Making tax hard to get wrong

Sometimes making it easy to get tax right is not enough to make sure people are paying the tax they're required to. To stop people avoiding their obligations, whether deliberately or accidentally, we also need to make it hard to get wrong.

Below are examples of some of the ways we do this.

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Property compliance Buyer and seller tax statements we get from Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) make it easier for us to help you prepare for property taxes.
Building compliance and providing certainty with large businesses Significant enterprises often have complex tax cases with difficult facts and circumstances due to their nature and size. We work 1-on-1 with these customers.
Working with tax professionals Tax professionals deal directly with a majority of our customers. So we work in partnership with them and their professional bodies to achieve our compliance goals.
Using analytics to prevent fraud and errors We use analytics to identify trends and patterns, build a customer filing history, and to spot return errors and potential fraud.
Using 3rd party data to spot suspicious activity We use Government agency and other 3rd party data to protect the integrity of the tax system by spotting suspicious activity.
Anonymous tip-offs Information we get from anonymous tip-offs help us build cases for investigation, but also improves the messaging we create to help customers get taxes right from the start.
Working with the Police and organisations dealing with cash We work with the New Zealand Police Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and associated reporting entities like banks, casinos and international money transfer providers who identify suspicious activity, often involving cash.

Te whakarite kia uaua te mahi hēnga tāke Making tax hard to get wrong

Making tax hard to get wrong