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Below are a selection of OIA requests that we've responded to in 2023 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.

 

August 2023

Policy limiting New Zealanders working abroad to return for only 30 days before becoming New Zealand tax residents 2 Aug 2023 (PDF 958KB) Download document
Policy limiting New Zealanders working abroad to return for only 30 days and COVID exemption 4 Aug 2023 (PDF 1MB) Download document
Number of individuals unable to file an IR3 for the 2023 tax year 8 Aug 2023 (PDF 126KB) Download document
Number of customers with birthdays defaulting to 01-01-1900 10 Aug 2023 (PDF 700KB) Download document
Bright-line property rule policy and amounts collected since its application 10 Aug 2023 (PDF 279KB) Download document
ACC levies and estimate of ACC earner premium for people aged 65 and older 14 Aug 2023 (PDF 206KB) Download document
Information relating to the alleged abuse of the accredited employer work visa scheme 17 Aug 2023 (PDF 409KB) Download document
Number of staff and expenditure on IT and fixed term, contractors, and consultants from 2014 18 Aug 2023 (PDF 1MB) Download document
Statistics on child support administrative review applications declined in 2022 18 Aug 2023 (PDF 110KB) Download document
Guide for the tax treatment of schedular payments 21 Aug 2023 (PDF 147KB) Download document
Policies on assisting vulnerable customers and reviewing historical child support payments 21 Aug 2023 (PDF 710KB) Download document
Breakdown of income tax revenue (PAYE) per tax bracket for 2021, 2022 and 2023 21 Aug 2023 (PDF 270KB) Download document
Total amount of net PIE tax paid by KiwiSaver schemes on behalf of members for the years ended 31 March 2018 to 2022 22 Aug 2023 (PDF 136KB) Download document
Information collected on rental income tax returns by individual income, age, and occupation 24 Aug 2023 (PDF 341KB) Download document
Inland Revenue’s work from home policy and number of Wellington based employees 25 Aug 2023 (PDF 905KB) Download document
Tax debt by percentage in relation to Inland Revenue’s 2022 Annual Report 28 Aug 2023 (PDF 842KB) Download document
Total value of Residual Income Tax (RIT) by provisional tax method for taxpayers for the 2021-22 tax year 29 Aug 2023 (PDF 477KB) Download document
Geographical breakdown of tax revenue by population centre to the 2022/23 financial year 30 Aug 2023 (PDF 309KB) Download document
Policy on Best Start payment and transition tax arrangements 31 Aug 2023 (PDF 130KB) Download document

July 2023

IRD accounts created for individuals on accredited employer work visas between August 2022 and May 2023 3 Jul 2023 (PDF 237KB) Download document
Status of MoU between IR and PCO 3 Jul 2023 (PDF 283KB) Download document
Inland Revenue’s notifications to tax agents regarding ITAs 5 Jul 2023 (PDF 157KB) Download document
Individuals on extended leave or terminated due to mandated vaccine policy in 2021 6 Jul 2023 (PDF 284KB) Download document
Inland Revenue expenditure on insurance premiums and amount claimed since 2000 6 Jul 2023 (PDF 227KB) Download document
Inland Revenue employees procuring property and floor space managed in the last 5 years 7 Jul 2023 (PDF 256KB) Download document
Debt Statistics for INC, GST, and PAY for 2018 through 2023 7 Jul 2023 (PDF 311KB) Download document
Number of individuals identifying as men who take paid parental leave 10 Jul 2023 (PDF 241KB) Download document
Value of assets, liabilities, and filed returns for trusts in 2021-22 13 Jul 2023 (PDF 135KB) Download document
Clarification on the declaration when applying for the Covid Support Payments Resurgence Payments 18 Jul 2023 (PDF 147KB) Download document
Information on collecting child support and entitlements, policies, and complaints 20 Jul 2023 (PDF 513KB) Download document
Inland Revenue policies on eligibility for Loss of Potential Earnings payments for ACC claimants 20 Jul 2023 (PDF 128KB) Download document
Overtime payments and FTE from 2016 - 2022 26 Jul 2023 (PDF 67KB) Download document
Number of provisional taxpayers and total amount of provisional tax paid annually 28 Jul 2023 (PDF 420KB) Download document
Total expenditure on bottled water and flowers in 2022 and 2023 31 Jul 2023 (PDF 185KB) Download document
Child support administrative review process, interpretation, and statistics on ground 8 reviews 31 Jul 2023 (PDF 472KB) Download document

June 2023

Applications relating to the Income Equalisation Scheme 2 Jun 2023 (PDF 295KB) Download document
Tax collected after the enactment of Neutralising Base Erosion and Profit shifting Bill 8 Jun 2023 (PDF 200KB) Download document
High-wealth Individuals Research Project contractors 9 Jun 2023 (PDF 231KB) Download document
Annual government tax credit paid by individual income band 14 Jun 2023 (PDF 789KB) Download document
Inland Revenue’s power to investigate de-registered companies 14 Jun 2023 (PDF 265KB) Download document
Tax Modelling information 15 Jun 2023 (PDF 716KB) Download document
Inland Revenue’s hold music 15 Jun 2023 (PDF 288KB) Download document
PwC NZ consultants and PwC's involvement in tax policy projects 19 Jun 2023 (PDF 2MB) Download document
Number of NZ Superannuation recipients in 2021-22 tax year 20 Jun 2023 (PDF 169KB) Download document
Kiwisaver debt information 20 Jun 2023 (PDF 597KB) Download document
Cost of Living Payment recipients and repayment obligations 26 Jun 2023 (PDF 143KB) Download form
Statistics on multinational firms receiving the wage subsidy 28 Jun 2023 (PDF 285KB) Download document
Statistics on the COVID-19 schemes and wage subsidy fraud 28 Jun 2023 (PDF 379KB) Download document
Communication with PwC Australia and misconduct information on PwC NZ 28 Jun 2023 (PDF 909KB) Download document

May 2023

Communications to staff on applications for COVID Support Payments and COVID Resurgence Payment 1 May 2023 (PDF 4MB) Download document
Operating expenditures for Working for Families and Child Support 1 May 2023 (PDF 740KB) Download document
Formula for assessing child support payments 4 May 2023 (PDF 157KB) Download document
Work from home policy, office space provided to unions, cost of office space and equipment 8 May 2023 (PDF 6MB) Download document
Tax paid by top 311 surveyed people in the High Wealth Individual research project for the last 5 tax years 11 May 2023 (PDF 216KB) Download document
Top 20 highest student loan balances 12 May 2023 (PDF 165KB) Download document
Top 30 highest student loan balances 12 May 2023 (PDF 157KB) Download document
Music licenses by building 16 May 2023 (PDF 267KB) Download document
Prosecutions and investigations relating to tax evasion charges 17 May 2023 (PDF 778KB) Download document
Government contributions to KiwiSaver accounts by income band 18 May 2023 (PDF 942KB) Download document
Total number of KiwiSaver members by income band and KiwiSaver contribution rate 18 May 2023 (PDF 805KB) Download document
Top 100 student loan debt individuals and debt collected 18 May 2023 (PDF 321KB) Download document
Average amount of unclaimed tax refunds prior to the disestablishment of cheques 19 May 2023 (PDF 259KB) Download document
Surveys sent to customers and the Codes of Conduct relating to liquidating entities 19 May 2023 (PDF 11MB) Download document
Redundancies and severance payments for FYs 2020-2023 23 May 2023 (PDF 347KB) Download document
Staff suspensions for 2022/23 23 May 2023 (PDF 156KB) Download document
RDTI credit recipients 23 May 2023 (PDF 706KB) Download document
Cost of Living Payment eligibility 24 May 2023 (PDF 214KB) Download document
Information on oil rig income tax exemption, tax deduction for petroleum mining, and acquisition of exploration data 24 May 2023 (PDF 785KB) Download document
Number of New Zealand foreign trusts 24 May 2023 (PDF 375KB) Download document
Income tax collected from 14–19-year-olds 25 May 2023 (PDF 300KB) Download document
Requirement for NZSX-listed companies to disclose outstanding COVID-19 wage subsidy repayments 26 May 2023 (PDF 245KB) Download document
Breakdown of bonuses/pay awards to employees in the 2022/2023 financial year 29 May 2023 (PDF 139KB) Download document
Number of employee sick days and resignations for FYs 2020-2023 29 May 2023 (PDF 326KB) Download document
Revenue collected since introducing Bright Line Test 30 May 2023 (PDF 541KB) Download document

 

April 2023

Monthly breakdown of KiwiSaver data 3 Apr 2023 (PDF 323KB) Download document
Auditing schools for donations 13 Apr 2023 (PDF 364KB) Download document
Compliance with Toitū and carbon neutrality plan 14 Apr 2023 (PDF 379KB) Download document
KiwiSaver members by income band and contribution rate 20 Apr 2023 (PDF 208KB) Download document
Child support call centre wait times 24 Apr 2023 (PDF 137KB) Download document

 

March 2023

Gender non-binary, transgender, and gender fluid workforce guidelines 1 Mar 2023 (PDF 30MB) Download document
Annual carbon travel limits for staff 2 Mar 2023 (PDF 144KB) Download document
Tax liability and debts of early childhood education providers 8 Mar 2023 (PDF 469KB) Download document
Staffing numbers at the Home Straight building in Hamilton 9 Mar 2023 (PDF 130KB) Download document
Number of Land Transfer Tax Statements and audits by and Inland Revenue 15 Mar 2023 (PDF 238KB) Download document
Processing and assessment times for the R&D Tax Incentive 16 Mar 2023 (PDF 466KB) Download document
Inland Revenue’s debt management policy 17 Mar 2023 (PDF 142KB) Download document
Job titles of Inland Revenue employees 20 Mar 2023 (PDF 390KB) Download document
Number of student loan arrests at the border and review of arrest at the border process 20 Mar 2023 (PDF 844KB) Download form
Inland Revenue’s Business Transformation outcome KPIs 21 Mar 2023 (PDF 199KB) Download document
Working for Families payments and debt write-off data for July - December 2022 24 Mar 2023 (PDF 300KB) Download document
Inland Revenue staff responsible for locating owner of unclaimed monies 28 Mar 2023 (PDF 699KB) Download document
Standard practice for accidental overpayment of Working for Families entitlement 30 Mar 2023 (PDF 782KB) Download document

 

February 2023

GST collected from sales on firearms and ammunition 2 Feb 2023 (PDF 138KB) Download document
Income and tax data for early childhood education providers 7 Feb 2023 (PDF 323KB) Download document
Number of 65+ individuals who make PAYE contributions 7 Feb 2023 (PDF 168KB) Download document
Income tax debt by customer type 8 Feb 2023 (PDF 2MB) Download document
Technology Advisory Groups at Inland Revenue 13 Feb 2023 (PDF 1MB) Download document
Inland Revenue's complaints process 13 Feb 2023 (PDF 3MB) Download document
KiwiSaver hardship withdrawal figures for December 2022 and January 2023 15 Feb 2023 (PDF 230KB) Download document
Total amount spent on consultants by consultancy firm for the last six years 17 Feb 2023 (PDF 940KB) Download document
Bright-line test main home exclusion 24 Feb 2023 (PDF 251KB) Download document

 

January 2023

Whanganui Crown revenue data 16 Jan 2023 (PDF 224KB) Download document
Direction sent to financial institutions requiring them to add, correct or update IRD 19 Jan 2023 (PDF 913KB) Download document
Investigations into deduction denials and excessive renumeration data 25 Jan 2023 (PDF 365KB) Download document
Working for Families data 25 Jan 2023 (PDF 468KB) Download document
Motion Sickness Campaign 30 Jan 2023 (PDF 639KB) Download document
Last updated: 15 Sep 2023
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