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Below are a selection of OIA requests that we've responded to in 2022 where the information might be of public interest.

  • Personally identifiable information has been redacted.
  • Responses sent during a calendar month are published the following month.

December 2022

Number of businesses who file tax returns on a cash basis 1 Dec 2022 (PDF 138KB) Download document
Information regarding taxes paid by 14 to 19-year-olds 14 Dec 2022 (PDF 508KB) Download document
Request for information about staff Christmas parties 14 Dec 2022 (PDF 320KB) Download document
Inland Revenue’s engagement with lobbyists 14 Dec 2022 (PDF 752KB) Download document
Request for Child Support formula and criteria calculation 15 Dec 2022 (PDF 318KB) Download document
Information on tax debt 16 Dec 2022 (PDF 1MB) Download document
Request for taxpayer data by age group 16 Dec 2022 (PDF 865KB) Download document
Working for Families payment and debt data 20 Dec 2022 (PDF 427KB) Download document
Inland Revenue's Social Media Expenses 21 Dec 2022 (PDF 259KB) Download document

November 2022

Inland Revenues Liability Insurances 4 Nov 2022 (PDF 6MB) Download report
KiwiSaver member data 7 Nov 2022 (PDF 179KB) Download report
Inland Revenue's Executive Team Appointment Process 9 Nov 2022 (PDF 967KB) Download report
Small Business Cashflow Scheme data 15 Nov 2022 (PDF 132KB) Download report
Inland Revenue employee’s obligation to uphold New Zealand’s Legislation 16 Nov 2022 (PDF 117KB) Download report
Contact Centre statistics for the last 6 years 16 Nov 2022 (PDF 350KB) Download report
Prisoners' exemption from Child Support 18 Nov 2022 (PDF 199KB) Download report
Tax debt arising from default assessments 18 Nov 2022 (PDF 577KB) Download report
Ratio option for calculating provisional tax 21 Nov 2022 (PDF 98KB) Download report
Inland Revenue employee’s leave entitlements 23 Nov 2022 (PDF 746KB) Download form
Contractors and their average hourly rate data 25 Nov 2022 (PDF 246KB) Download report
Mask Expenditure 29 Nov 2022 (PDF 789KB) Download report

October 2022

GST proposal for KiwiSaver fees 3 Oct 2022 (PDF 141KB) Download report
Cleaning and security contract providers 5 Oct 2022 (PDF 359KB) Download report
RIS - GST status of statutory and regulatory charges 6 Oct 2022 (PDF 523KB) Download report
Tax avoidance and non-compliance through mobile payments and digital wallets 10 Oct 2022 (PDF 179KB) Download report
Unclaimed charitable donation tax credits 11 Oct 2022 (PDF 136KB) Download form
Total tax collected by provisional tax method for 2020 and 2021 tax years 14 Oct 2022 (PDF 228KB) Download report
Gender affirmation - reassignment leave policy 18 Oct 2022 (PDF 14MB) Download form
Individual tax debt by income - region - and use of tax agent 18 Oct 2022 (PDF 2MB) Download form
Paid parental leave data 18 Oct 2022 (PDF 182KB) Download report
Revenue officers obligation under the Code of Conduct 18 Oct 2022 (PDF 146KB) Download report
Debt details of 10 largest tax debtors 25 Oct 2022 (PDF 329KB) Download report
Numbers of active and non-active trusts by type 25 Oct 2022 (PDF 371KB) Download report
Data on tax agents filing returns using myIR 28 Oct 2022 (PDF 258KB) Download report
Number of businesses in breach of T and C of CSP, RSP and SBCS 31 Oct 2022 (PDF 282KB) Download form
Request for KiwiSaver data by age demographics 31 Oct 2022 (PDF 863KB) Download form

September 2022

IR3NR (non-resident) filer data 1 Sep 2022 (PDF 206KB) Download report
Under 18 year old tax-payers who are self-employed and registered for GST 2 Sep 2022 (PDF 248KB) Download report
Inland Revenue's policy on drug testing employees and the number of random/non-random drug tests 2 Sep 2022 (PDF 121KB) Download report
Inland Revenue's Tūrama app 5 Sep 2022 (PDF 287KB) Download report
Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) data 5 Sep 2022 (PDF 663KB) Download report
Interest deductibility rules 6 Sep 2022 (PDF 338KB) Download report
Arrests at the boarder relating to Student Loan borrowers 6 Sep 2022 (PDF 109KB) Download report
Policies and training relating Child Support Administration Reviews 9 Sep 2022 (PDF 246KB) Download report
Inland Revenue's Harassment, Discrimination and Bullying Policy 12 Sep 2022 (PDF 959KB) Download report
Documents within CabNet mentioning Whangārei in relation to health care and infrastructure 15 Sep 2022 (PDF 184KB) Download report
NZ Wealth Distribution Research Enquiry 15 Sep 2022 (PDF 172KB) Download report
Alternatives for RealMe services 16 Sep 2022 (PDF 107KB) Download report
Information sharing data with other agencies 19 Sep 2022 (PDF 145KB) Download report
Tax debt data and debt write offs 19 Sep 2022 (PDF 256KB) Download report
Well-being effects and academic results on children when receiving Working for Families 22 Sep 2022 (PDF 162KB) Download report
Training for diversity, inclusion, equity and anti-racism initiatives 28 Sep 2022 (PDF 197KB) Download report
Road congestion charging and proposals to charge levies on parking building owners 28 Sep 2022 (PDF 126KB) Download report
Eligibility for the Cost of Living Payment 29 Sep 2022 (PDF 147KB) Download report
Cost of Living Payment criteria and administration procedure 29 Sep 2022 (PDF 190KB) Download report
Contracts with Korn Ferry - the value of each contract and type of service 30 Sep 2022 (PDF 151KB) Download report

August 2022

Use of paper tax return forms 2 Aug 2022 (PDF 188KB) Download report
Taxpayers under the age of 18 data 3 Aug 2022 (PDF 117KB) Download report
Working for Families data 3 Aug 2022 (PDF 372KB) Download report
Inland Revenue organisational data 5 Aug 2022 (PDF 307KB) Download report
Debt owed by taxpayers in Levin 15 Aug 2022 (PDF 493KB) Download report
Taxpayer data by industry classification 16 Aug 2022 (PDF 663KB) Download report
Collection of overseas student loan debt 23 Aug 2022 (PDF 379KB) Download report
In-Work Tax Credit 25 Aug 2022 (PDF 609KB) Download report
Organisational spending on social media staff contractors and consultants 25 Aug 2022 (PDF 319KB) Download report
Provisional Tax method usage 25 Aug 2022 (PDF 211KB) Download report
Registered trusts data 25 Aug 2022 (PDF 190KB) Download report
Data centres 31 Aug 2022 (PDF 310KB) Download report

July 2022

International tax compliance and treaties 5 Jul 2022 (PDF 214KB) Download report
Cost-benefit analysis conducted before the Commissioners Statement on 21 February 2022 6 Jul 2022 (PDF 217KB) Download report
FTE communications and media staff data 6 Jul 2022 (PDF 516KB) Download report
Marketing and advertising costs 11 Jul 2022 (PDF 187KB) Download report
Public consultation gig and sharing economy and cryptocurrencies 12 Jul 2022 (PDF 250KB) Download report
Advertising costs for interest limitation rules 13 Jul 2022 (PDF 127KB) Download report
Inland Revenue’s policy on Te reo Māori use 14 Jul 2022 (PDF 3MB) Download report
Inland Revenue’s use of “The Wall Walk” sessions 14 Jul 2022 (PDF 1MB) Download report
Professional engagements with Ormsby persons and associated companies 18 Jul 2022 (PDF 144KB) Download report
Tax revenue due on investment properties 18 Jul 2022 (PDF 133KB) Download report
Data on overseas based student loan borrowers 19 Jul 2022 (PDF 566KB) Download report
Tax return filing policy with pension 20 Jul 2022 (PDF 151KB) Download report
Profits, losses and averages of income tax for farming groups 22 Jul 2022 (PDF 547KB) Download report
Child Support demographic data 25 Jul 2022 (PDF 450KB) Download report
Interest on Child Support 25 Jul 2022 (PDF 106KB) Download report
Total Individual income tax by tax rates 25 Jul 2022 (PDF 388KB) Download report
Farming sector contribution in GST, income and profit taxes 27 Jul 2022 (PDF 329KB) Download report
Total debt and student loan debt 28 Jul 2022 (PDF 173KB) Download report
Psychometric testing 29 Jul 2022 (PDF 140KB) Download report

June 2022

Student loan temporary repayment suspension data 3 Jun 2022 (PDF 449KB) Download report
Student loan repayment data for Northland 3 Jun 2022 (PDF 231KB) Download report
Details on cleaning and security services used for Freyberg Building 7 Jun 2022 (PDF 186KB) Download report
Unsupported Child Benefit and child support payment process 8 Jun 2022 (PDF 253KB) Download report
Information on Fringe Benefit Tax filing returns and methods 9 Jun 2022 (PDF 416KB) Download form
Child support complaints outstanding debt and legal action enforcement data by demographic 14 Jun 2022 (PDF 595KB) Download form
Child support customer demographics 15 Jun 2022 (PDF 356KB) Download report
Total debt owed and Inland Revenue’s collection approach during pandemic 15 Jun 2022 (PDF 940KB) Download report
Inland Revenue’s spending and planned spending on external management consulting over the last five years 17 Jun 2022 (PDF 905KB) Download report
Income tax and Working for Families statistics 30 Jun 2022 (PDF 229KB) Download report

May 2022

Number of individuals with taxable income above $1M for the 2020-21 tax year 2 May 2022 (PDF 113KB) Download document
Rainbow Tick data 2 May 2022 (PDF 230KB) Download document
Documents on the Retroactive Tax Framework 6 May 2022 (PDF 872KB) Download document
Agencies Inland Revenue has a partnership with regarding border security 9 May 2022 (PDF 167KB) Download document
Tax collected from lotto since 1987 11 May 2022 (PDF 144KB) Download document
Working for Families - percentage of families claiming WfF and cause of the drop from 2011 to 2018 11 May 2022 (PDF 230KB) Download document
Policy development on the income tax treatment of software development 12 May 2022 (PDF 5MB) Download document
Reports, briefings notes, aide memoires, cabinet papers by Inland Revenue from January 2020 on the effective marginal tax rates that beneficiaries are facing 12 May 2022 (PDF 142KB) Download document
Details of the Executive Leadership Team away days for the last 2 years 13 May 2022 (PDF 151KB) Download document
Amount of tax revenue generated for 2021-22 tax year 16 May 2022 (PDF 175KB) Download document
Data on net contributors vs net recipients of tax for NZ residents and citizens of tax for the years 2000 to 2021 16 May 2022 (PDF 806KB) Download document
Total GST filed in returns for specific months in 2019 and 2020 19 May 2022 (PDF 184KB) Download document
Advice, correspondence and meeting minutes with Hon Stuart Nash as Minister of Revenue on charitable and tax exempt status of organisations 23 May 2022 (PDF 11MB) Download document
Data, guidelines and advice on historical requests for relief of tax in ACC lump sum back payments 23 May 2022 (PDF 6MB) Download document
Reports, briefings notes, and aide memoires to Ministers regarding extending the bright-line test to farmland, commercial properties and a vacant land tax 24 May 2022 (PDF 173KB) Download document
Tax revenue received broken down by ethnic groups 24 May 2022 (PDF 177KB) Download document
Data on child support customers and payments ceasing due to death or suicide 26 May 2022 (PDF 1MB) Download document
Inland Revenue full-time employees (FTE) data and current office space occupied 27 May 2022 (PDF 233KB) Download document
Current KiwiSaver account holders and number who opted out since 2007 30 May 2022 (PDF 485KB) Download document

April 2022

Total received from GST on all goods/services and food products in 2021 4 Apr 2022 (PDF 139KB) Download report
Inland Revenue’s overtime and Annual Leave policies 5 Apr 2022 (PDF 1MB) Download report
Inland Revenue’s civil claims against phoenix trading offenders 7 Apr 2022 (PDF 152KB) Download report
2018-2021 Budget bids for additional resources for handling OIA’s 8 Apr 2022 (PDF 101KB) Download report
Child Support debt collection 8 Apr 2022 (PDF 153KB) Download report
Contract details between Inland Revenue and third party researchers 8 Apr 2022 (PDF 155KB) Download report
Subnational distribution of individual income 11 Apr 2022 (PDF 466KB) Download document
Behavioural Event Interviewing 22 Apr 2022 (PDF 184KB) Download report
GST payments basis numbers 22 Apr 2022 (PDF 196KB) Download report
Legislation requiring IRD number 22 Apr 2022 (PDF 313KB) Download report
Legislative proof that tax is compulsory 22 Apr 2022 (PDF 122KB) Download report
COVID-19 Support Payment data 28 Apr 2022 (PDF 194KB) Download report

March 2022

Student Loan Repayment Data 2021 8 Mar 2022 (PDF 107KB) Download report
Child Support - Debt Collection and Administrative Reviews 9 Mar 2022 (PDF 258KB) Download report
COVID-19 financial support - data by region 11 Mar 2022 (PDF 5MB) Download report
Original Child Support Act 1991 signed by the Governor-General 23 Mar 2022 (PDF 796KB) Download report
KiwiSaver active member data 24 Mar 2022 (PDF 564KB) Download report
Income tax paid every second in New Zealand 28 Mar 2022 (PDF 110KB) Download report



February 2022

Wellbeing frameworks 1 Feb 2022 (PDF 244KB) Download report
Overdue debt 2 Feb 2022 (PDF 269KB) Download report
Student loan debt likely never to be repaid 4 Feb 2022 (PDF 110KB) Download report
Data on tax losses carried forward in the agricultrual sector 10 Feb 2022 (PDF 301KB) Download report
KiwiSaver entitlement 10 Feb 2022 (PDF 225KB) Download report
Student loan repayments 11 Feb 2022 (PDF 210KB) Download report
Compliance and tax fraud 14 Feb 2022 (PDF 222KB) Download report
Student loan contracts 14 Feb 2022 (PDF 3MB) Download report
Face to face meetings with taxpayers in Wellington 18 Feb 2022 (PDF 160KB) Download report
Seeking information about IRD debt collection practices 21 Feb 2022 (PDF 373KB) Download report
Child support collection 22 Feb 2022 (PDF 205KB) Download report
Carbon neutrality project 28 Feb 2022 (PDF 172KB) Download document
Income tax by age of taxpayer 28 Feb 2022 (PDF 153KB) Download report

January 2022

Individual's gross incomes 22OAI495 20 Jan 2022 (PDF 217KB) Download report
Inland Revenue's Rainbow Tick accreditation 22OIA1265 19 Jan 2022 (PDF 188KB) Download report
Inland Revenue's Rainbow Tick accreditation 22OIA1467 19 Jan 2022 (PDF 186KB) Download report
Donation Tax Credit claims 22OIA1496 26 Jan 2022 (PDF 257KB) Download report
Inland Revenue's paid advertising 22OIA1461 21 Jan 2022 (PDF 345KB) Download report
Inland Revenue's paid advertising - attachment 1 21 Jan 2022 (PDF 293KB) Download document
Inland Revenue's paid advertising - attachment 2 2022 (PDF 656KB) Download report
Last updated: 24 Apr 2026
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