Te tiritiri mōhiohio ki Te Manatū Whakahiato Ora (MSD) Information sharing with Ministry of Social Development (MSD)

This agreement enables MSD and Inland Revenue (IR) to share information for the purposes of:

• assessing eligibility for, and entitlement to, benefits and subsidies
• assessing and enforcing obligations related to benefits, subsidies and tax
• registering new customers or updating customer contact information 
• modelling and costing new policy proposals
• testing systems and operational processes to enable subsequent sharing, and
• statistical analysis and research.