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A selection of OIA requests that we've responded to in 2024 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 2024

Expenditure and outcomes on Māori and Pacific cultural competency learning and development from July 2020 to June 2024 2 Dec 2024 (PDF 2MB) Download document
Media release on Inland Revenue stopping the use of customer audience lists 3 Dec 2024 (PDF 146KB) Download document
Inland Revenue's approach to analysing, measuring, estimating and quantifying tax compliance and administration costs 3 Dec 2024 (PDF 2MB) Download document
Inland Revenue’s security polices and standards on securing personal information and the encryption method used when sharing files to Meta 3 Dec 2024 (PDF 309KB) Download document
Internal policies and procedures used for targeted advertising and a copy of email from Meta confirming the data file was deleted 4 Dec 2024 (PDF 5MB) Download document
Inland Revenue’s carbon neutral public service targets and total spend 4 Dec 2024 (PDF 450KB) Download document
Number of individuals earning over $1m annually 5 Dec 2024 (PDF 185KB) Download document
Number of times powers under the TAA were used to report unpaid tax to credit reporting agencies, and number of taxpayers notified for outstanding debts 9 Dec 2024 (PDF 1MB) Download document
Expenditure on and details of end-of-year functions 9 Dec 2024 (PDF 246KB) Download document
Number of individuals using NSW tax code and total wage income for last 5 financial years 9 Dec 2024 (PDF 388KB) Download document
Inland Revenue’s marketing campaigns generated within the last 5 years using custom audience lists and the terms and conditions with social media platforms 9 Dec 2024 (PDF 598KB) Download document
Reasons for Inland Revenue using custom audience lists and consequences of the unintended Meta disclosure 10 Dec 2024 (PDF 531KB) Download document
Steps taken to consult with the public on Inland Revenue’s use of custom audience lists 10 Dec 2024 (PDF 460KB) Download document
Number of departmental OIAs provided to the Minister of Revenue or his office for noting or consultation between 15 May and 15 November 2024 10 Dec 2024 (PDF 215KB) Download document
Emails created by media team to respond to media enquiries and copies of briefings memoranda sent to the Minister of Revenue on the use of custom audience lists 11 Dec 2024 (PDF 5MB) Download document
Monthly data for number of RDTI and RDLTC applications, financial value, outcome of applications, timeliness, assessment, and internal guides or procedures for processing applications 12 Dec 2024 (PDF 941KB) Download document
Copies of BN2024/340: Working for Families Stewardship Programme of Work Background and OIA Request (25OIA1001) and IR2024/425: Seeking feedback on the proposed published Tax and Social Policy Work Programme 12 Dec 2024 (PDF 7MB) Download document
Terms of agreement for the use of customer audience lists and details of the unintended disclosures and internal review 13 Dec 2024 (PDF 736KB) Download document
Total amount of Working for Families overpayments for the last five financial years 13 Dec 2024 (PDF 261KB) Download document
Number of data breaches recorded over the past 5 years, including details of each breach broken down by year 13 Dec 2024 (PDF 340KB) Download document
Total times adult entertainment websites have been blocked by filter on Inland Revenue issued laptops, broken down by the last 18 months 16 Dec 2024 (PDF 453KB) Download document
All correspondence between staff members at Tier 3 and above concerning the Meta unintended disclosure 17 Dec 2024 (PDF 4MB) Download document
Number of individuals within each tax bracket and how much revenue is collected for each bracket, as of November 2024 17 Dec 2024 (PDF 169KB) Download document
Total tax on taxable income by bracket and number of individuals for 2023 tax year 17 Dec 2024 (PDF 389KB) Download document
Legislation and internal policy information on using GST return credits to offset a payment from a formal payment arrangement 18 Dec 2024 (PDF 132KB) Download document
Information held on the Commissioner of Taxes vs Dalglish case 18 Dec 2024 (PDF 226KB) Download document
Wage subsidy risk review details 23 Dec 2024 (PDF 199KB) Download document

November 2024

Number and results of risk reviews undertaken by Inland Revenue on wage subsidy files referred by MSD 5 Nov 2024 (PDF 168KB) Download document
Copies of all documents to Ministers on ACT’s income tax policy per the 24 Nov 2023 Coalition Agreement 6 Nov 2024 (PDF 213KB) Download document
Trusts registered with Inland Revenue, GST registration, IR6 filing, and income tax paid in 2023 7 Nov 2024 (PDF 322KB) Download document
GST on rates, refunds on GST paid for rates, and relevant legislation 8 Nov 2024 (PDF 126KB) Download document
Number of s157 deduction notices issued in 2021/22, 2022/23, and 2023/24 by debt size and tax type 8 Nov 2024 (PDF 546KB) Download document
Repayment forecasts for student loans for the past 3 decades 11 Nov 2024 (PDF 218KB) Download document
Inland Revenue’s use of OneNZ’s Concierge for AI-powered voice provider 12 Nov 2024 (PDF 143KB) Download document
Inland Revenue’s use of custom audience lists for advertising purposes and the associated privacy breach 12 Nov 2024 (PDF 377KB) Download document
All communications between Inland Revenue and its marketing agencies between 1 - 26 September 2024 15 Nov 2024 (PDF 43MB) Download form
Bright-line test: tax payments, property count, enforcement actions, and resource allocation over the last five years 18 Nov 2024 (PDF 482KB) Download document
Commissioner’s statement about the TPU’s and media’s misrepresentation of information regarding custom audience lists 21 Nov 2024 (PDF 3MB) Download document
Copies of briefing notes BN2024/375 and BN2024/389 and joint report IR2024/372 21 Nov 2024 (PDF 2MB) Download document
Total Christmas bonus budget for staff by pay grade 22 Nov 2024 (PDF 210KB) Download document
New Zealand based borrowers over 65 with a student loan balance 25 Nov 2024 (PDF 146KB) Download document
Legal tender not accepted by Inland Revenue as payment 26 Nov 2024 (PDF 406KB) Download document
Copy of briefing note BN2024/374: Update on IR’s use of Custom Audience lists 27 Nov 2024 (PDF 865KB) Download document
Income tax collected by Inland Revenue by tax type (Income, GST, Corporate, Trust, etc.) and average household expenditure on Local Council Rates 27 Nov 2024 (PDF 430KB) Download document

October 2024

Child support payment statistics (comparison between Inland Revenue and Services Australia) for Sept 2023 - August 2024 3 Oct 2024 (PDF 424KB) Download document
Total revenue earned from sale of hashed data to social media platforms 3 Oct 2024 (PDF 262KB) Download document
Privacy impact assessment on use of custom audience lists for advertising campaigns 3 Oct 2024 (PDF 3MB) Download document
Directives (verbal or written) given by Ministers on how to prepare advice and policy options 4 Oct 2024 (PDF 108KB) Download document
Total spend on advertising for previous four financial years 4 Oct 2024 (PDF 221KB) Download document
List of people whose details were used in custom audience lists shared with social media platforms 7 Oct 2024 (PDF 3MB) Download document
The data format and personal identifiers used in custom audience lists shared with social media platforms and the associated privacy impact assessments 7 Oct 2024 (PDF 3MB) Download document
Privacy impact assessment on use of custom audience lists for advertising campaigns 7 Oct 2024 (PDF 3MB) Download document
Information provided to social media platforms and privacy impact assessment on use of custom audience lists for advertising campaigns 7 Oct 2024 (PDF 3MB) Download document
Staff guidelines relating to missed/late child support payments and employer deduction letter template 7 Oct 2024 (PDF 2MB) Download document
Progress on the Debt to Government framework guidelines, how Inland Revenue assesses financial hardship, and training for staff on vulnerable customers 8 Oct 2024 (PDF 561KB) Download document
Privacy impact assessment on use of custom audience lists for advertising campaigns and advice or communications with the Minister, Privacy Commissioner, Ministry of Justice and Crown Law 8 Oct 2024 (PDF 5MB) Download document
PwC Report on Management’s Assertion over Custom Audiences security controls as of August 21, 2013 8 Oct 2024 (PDF 375KB) Download document
Details of Wall Walk sessions for Inland Revenue staff for the last three financial years 8 Oct 2024 (PDF 3MB) Download document
Total amount spent by Inland Revenue on providing technical advice on the interpretation and application of tax law in the last three years 9 Oct 2024 (PDF 991KB) Download document
Percentage of total parental leave recipients by gender/age from 2020 -2024 9 Oct 2024 (PDF 323KB) Download document
Unclaimed money records by location 9 Oct 2024 (PDF 316KB) Download document
Personal information of Complaints Management Team and the Executive Leadership team in hashed data format 11 Oct 2024 (PDF 207KB) Download document
Number of audits, disputes, litigation actions, and pending settlements by industry, amount and reason for 2018 – 2024 financial years 15 Oct 2024 (PDF 4MB) Download document
Number of families estimated to receive FamilyBoost childcare payment by region 15 Oct 2024 (PDF 167KB) Download document
Copy of BN2024/303: Personal Income Tax 31 July communications plan 15 Oct 2024 (PDF 1MB) Download document
Total number of liquidation proceedings by region and value of debt for 2020 - 2025 16 Oct 2024 (PDF 581KB) Download document
Request for anonymised/hashed data used for social media custom audience lists 16 Oct 2024 (PDF 220KB) Download document
Inland Revenue’s contractual privacy and confidentiality obligations 16 Oct 2024 (PDF 2MB) Download document
Purpose of using custom audience lists on social media platforms 21 Oct 2024 (PDF 2MB) Download document
Percentage of taxpayers with NZBN registered in START 22 Oct 2024 (PDF 1MB) Download document
Tax statistics and exemptions for Māori businesses and Māori authorities for 2022/23 financial year 24 Oct 2024 (PDF 250KB) Download document
Credit reporting bodies used by Inland Revenue 24 Oct 2024 (PDF 257KB) Download document
Total spend on targeting advertising, number of individuals whose information was shared with third parties, and third parties Inland Revenue shared information with 29 Oct 2024 (PDF 4MB) Download document
Total number of taxpayers who declared income, average tax paid on income, loss, and average amount of loss from rental properties for last 10 financial years 29 Oct 2024 (PDF 873KB) Download document
Number of directly employed staff working at Inland Revenue and number who earn less than $27.80 per hour 29 Oct 2024 (PDF 206KB) Download document
Employer deduction exemptions for liable parents 29 Oct 2024 (PDF 260KB) Download document
Value of R&D loss tax credits approved, claimed, declined, and made available for 2016 – 2024 tax years and reasons for why claims may take +6months to finalise 30 Oct 2024 (PDF 1MB) Download document
Request for reports, briefings or other advice concerning the charities and not-for-profits sector since beginning of current parliamentary term 31 Oct 2024 (PDF 2MB) Download document

September 2024

Commissioner's guidance for child support review officers, and consistency with Australia 2 Sep 2024 (PDF 388KB) Download document
Credit card expenses for 5 job titles from January to July 2024 2 Sep 2024 (PDF 339KB) Download document
Revenue from income tax on foreign investment funds (FIFs) for 2022, 2023 and 2024 2 Sep 2024 (PDF 896KB) Download document
People opting out of data-sharing with Meta for targeted advertising, complaints received and correspondence with Privacy Commissioner 5 Sep 2024 (PDF 136KB) Download document
Revenue from income tax on foreign investment funds (FIFs) for the 2022-23 tax year 5 Sep 2024 (PDF 273KB) Download document
Number of taxpayers declaring negative net rents and the average loss for 2022 and 2023 6 Sep 2024 (PDF 153KB) Download document
Inland Revenue's change process, communication between the Commissioner and Minister, disestablished roles, spending on events and savings on consultants 9 Sep 2024 (PDF 4MB) Download document
Names of entities registered under the Charities Act and required to report under the Common Reporting Standard 10 Sep 2024 (PDF 282KB) Download document
Inland Revenue's use of information-gathering powers under the Taxation (Income Tax Rate and Other Amendments) Act 11 Sep 2024 (PDF 515KB) Download document
Data on provisional taxpayers for 2023-24 12 Sep 2024 (PDF 1MB) Download document
Mortgage interest claimed by property investors as an expense against taxable income 12 Sep 2024 (PDF 239KB) Download document
Tax audits of businesses from 2019 to 2023 12 Sep 2024 (PDF 472KB) Download document
Number of people with overdue student loan debt, and yearly overdue student loan debt since 2020 16 Sep 2024 (PDF 255KB) Download document
Salary bands and job titles for staff earning $150,000 and above 16 Sep 2024 (PDF 220KB) Download document
Data about the Minimum Family Tax Credit for the past two years 18 Sep 2024 (PDF 18MB) Download document
Estate IRD numbers issued from 2018 to 2024 18 Sep 2024 (PDF 130KB) Download document
Policy changes, communications, advice, training, funding and consultations about using te reo Māori 19 Sep 2024 (PDF 648KB) Download document
GST numbers and NZBNs for all companies, including government and private companies 20 Sep 2024 (PDF 102KB) Download document
Inland Revenue's employment policy for hiring ex-prisoners and how many are employed 20 Sep 2024 (PDF 363KB) Download document
Number of people filing FBT returns, number of employees and amount of FBT paid from 2020 to 2023 20 Sep 2024 (PDF 367KB) Download document
Recruitment spending, annual salary and number of people hired from October 2023 20 Sep 2024 (PDF 526KB) Download document
Protections Inland Revenue imposes on KiwiSaver schemes to safeguard members' KiwiSaver funds against identity theft 23 Sep 2024 (PDF 107KB) Download document
Applications for KiwiSaver withdrawals due to hardship in 2023 and 2024 24 Sep 2024 (PDF 1MB) Download document
Communications between marketing agency FCB and Inland Revenue in September 2024 26 Sep 2024 (PDF 202KB) Download document
GST paid by individuals broken down by income, gender, age, ethnicity and employment status 27 Sep 2024 (PDF 987KB) Download document

August 2024

Taxable income and number of entities by entity type for the 2022-23 tax year 2 Aug 2024 (PDF 307KB) Download document
GST, PAYE and company tax for the mining industry (excluding oil and gas) for the last 3 years 5 Aug 2024 (PDF 157KB) Download document
Inland Revenue's banded pay structure and union delegates by pay band and role 13 Aug 2024 (PDF 574KB) Download document
PIE income for over 65s by prescribed investor rate and taxable income 15 Aug 2024 (PDF 287KB) Download document
List of all third-party software platforms supporting myIR integration and communication 20 Aug 2024 (PDF 232KB) Download document
Number of Inland Revenue employee credit card holders by job title 20 Aug 2024 (PDF 467KB) Download document
Fraud and hidden economy audits, tax assessed and resulting prosecutions 21 Aug 2024 (PDF 576KB) Download form
Numbers of people in New Zealand paying child support, in arrears and referred to court 21 Aug 2024 (PDF 536KB) Download document
Tax policy report: Charities and not-for-profits overview (IR2024/110) 22 Aug 2024 (PDF 230KB) Download document
Amount of unclaimed money held by Inland Revenue 28 Aug 2024 (PDF 519KB) Download document
Internal and external investigations about incorrectly paid cost-of-living payments 28 Aug 2024 (PDF 397KB) Download document
Inland Revenue's documents prepared for the Working for Families Stewardship work 30 Aug 2024 (PDF 16MB) Download document

July 2024

Total GST revenue from Low Value Imported Goods (LVIG) for year ending 30 June 2023 2 Jul 2024 (PDF 283KB) Download document
Inland Revenue's digital strategy and implementation 5 Jul 2024 (PDF 10MB) Download document
Rules on tax residency status for individuals in New Zealand 5 Jul 2024 (PDF 236KB) Download document
Total sales and income, purchases and expenses and net GST payable broken down by industry for years ended 31 March 2022, 2023, and 2024 as at 3 July 2024 5 Jul 2024 (PDF 186KB) Download document
Number of customers, number of transactions, and total value of P3 payments made for the tax years 2022, 2023, and 2024 5 Jul 2024 (PDF 152KB) Download document
Income tax returns filed that included bright-line income for the 2023 income tax year, and rollover relief eligibility 15 Jul 2024 (PDF 681KB) Download document
Internal communications sent to staff regarding the reason behind the removal of the reply feature for web messages 16 Jul 2024 (PDF 160KB) Download document
Responsibility for overall strategic direction of data systems and processes, copy of data strategy, and use of Data Capability Framework 17 Jul 2024 (PDF 9MB) Download document
Job titles and number of employees relating to equality, diversity, inclusion, sustainability, environment, climate change mitigation, culture, art, history, heritage 17 Jul 2024 (PDF 144KB) Download document
Value of payments made for interest, late payment penalties, and other penalties of GST accounts, and number of customers with GST obligations for the 2024 tax year 18 Jul 2024 (PDF 347KB) Download document
Number of Small Business Cashflow (SBC) Loans written off as of 5 July 2024 since inception 26 Jul 2024 (PDF 111KB) Download document
Data on overseas-based borrower debt, including arrests at the border and total number of payments received 29 Jul 2024 (PDF 437KB) Download document
Number of child support and Working for Families customers with 50/50 care as at 31 March 31 Jul 2024 (PDF 535KB) Download document

June 2024

Month-by-month breakdown of revenue collected from the bright-line test, 2016-2023 4 Jun 2024 (PDF 204KB) Download document
P3 income tax paid by March balance date taxpayers on 7 May 2024 compared to 2023 and 2022 5 Jun 2024 (PDF 152KB) Download document
Request for copy of IR2024/027: Restoring interest deductibility for residential property 7 Jun 2024 (PDF 95KB) Download document
Working for Families policy on 50/50 shared care and its effect on the minimum family tax credit; the number of staff trained in MFTC and shared care 7 Jun 2024 (PDF 716KB) Download document
Details on rental income for 2022 and 2023 tax years - net rental income and interest expense claimed, income from overseas properties, number of properties 7 Jun 2024 (PDF 1MB) Download document
Historical income tax data for the past 40 years 10 Jun 2024 (PDF 304KB) Download document
Income Equalisation Scheme information per industry 2019-2024 11 Jun 2024 (PDF 2MB) Download document
Small Business Cashflow (Loan) Scheme 2020 data - number of loans, defaults, incorrectly applied, write offs, payment arrangements 11 Jun 2024 (PDF 982KB) Download document
All contracts and correspondence with ImpactLab since 1 January 2020 11 Jun 2024 (PDF 152KB) Download document
Total revenue from fair dividend rate (FDR) method 2020-2023 - KiwiSaver, PIEs, FIF 12 Jun 2024 (PDF 107KB) Download document
Student loans over $60,000 in bands of $5,000 - gender, ethnicity and domestic versus overseas status 14 Jun 2024 (PDF 243KB) Download document
Small Business Cashflow (Loan) Scheme - number of loans defaulted, and number repaid with penalties 14 Jun 2024 (PDF 226KB) Download document
Inland Revenue advertising - online platforms, privacy impact assessments, 'custom audiences' feature, amount paid to Meta and spent in total 18 Jun 2024 (PDF 5MB) Download document
Employment status of Filipino population in New Zealand 18 Jun 2024 (PDF 107KB) Download form
Ability of officeholders removed from the Companies Register to get documents and information from Inland Revenue 26 Jun 2024 (PDF 110KB) Download document
Average income for each percentile in 1% increments 27 Jun 2024 (PDF 965KB) Download document

May 2024

Information about the number of entities currently recognised by Inland Revenue as a tax Charity 1 May 2024 (PDF 202KB) Download document
Whether recommendations on page 4 of the Income tax rules of report 31 May 2002 were acted on 2 May 2024 (PDF 165KB) Download document
Information about job cuts and FTEs from 1 August 2023 2 May 2024 (PDF 486KB) Download document
Number of times employers were charged the $250 payroll penalty for late filing 3 May 2024 (PDF 130KB) Download document
Documents sent by Inland Revenue to prospective businesses and proposal documents as part of the RFP process 7 May 2024 (PDF 7MB) Download document
Algorithm Charter of Aotearoa New Zealand 8 May 2024 (PDF 26MB) Download document
Interest earned on unclaimed money and use of this money in 2024 9 May 2024 (PDF 126KB) Download document
Response times for myIR messages in the past 12 months 9 May 2024 (PDF 84KB) Download document
Reference to registered charities in legislation through actions or public communications 10 May 2024 (PDF 162KB) Download document
Workplace culture and or sexual harassment reviews conducted from 1 May 2022 to 1 May 2024 13 May 2024 (PDF 205KB) Download document
Consultant expenditure related to restructurings and redundancies from 1 October 2023 14 May 2024 (PDF 203KB) Download document
Request for Briefing Note BN2024-058 - Additional options for interest limitation phasing 14 May 2024 (PDF 335KB) Download document
Request for copies of reports IR2024-015, IR2024-027, IR2024-029, IR2024-030, BN2024/058 and IR2024/075 14 May 2024 (PDF 361KB) Download document
Number of positions earning between $95k and $100k 15 May 2024 (PDF 115KB) Download document
Request for reports, correspondence, and records of meetings about tax paid by multinational companies in New Zealand 15 May 2024 (PDF 3MB) Download document
Kiwisaver withdrawal between 2019 and 2024 17 May 2024 (PDF 178KB) Download document
Total spend on contractors and consultants since 1 January 2004 20 May 2024 (PDF 118KB) Download document
Active investigations and staff involved with Gloriavale 21 May 2024 (PDF 186KB) Download document
Data on use of paid parental leave in 2024 22 May 2024 (PDF 203KB) Download document
Year the fringe benefit tax de minimis threshold was introduced 24 May 2024 (PDF 1MB) Download document
Kiwisaver withdrawal statistics by region showing number and dollar amount monthly 28 May 2024 (PDF 267KB) Download document
Tax paid under the FDR method by Kiwisaver schemes concerning the foreign investment fund 30 May 2024 (PDF 180KB) Download document

April 2024

Income and expenses of creative businesses 3 Apr 2024 (PDF 579KB) Download document
Tax status of Christian churches 5 Apr 2024 (PDF 176KB) Download document
Total PAYE for under 18s for 2021, 2022 and 2023 8 Apr 2024 (PDF 212KB) Download document
Tax collected as a result of removing interest deductibility 8 Apr 2024 (PDF 345KB) Download document
Tax treatment of schedular payments and PAYE income 10 Apr 2024 (PDF 866KB) Download document
Documents supporting the bright-line intention test 11 Apr 2024 (PDF 746KB) Download document
Minimum repayments for overdue income tax 12 Apr 2024 (PDF 245KB) Download document
The Parliamentary Counsel Office and the Taxation Remedial Matters Act 12 Apr 2024 (PDF 158KB) Download document
Laws stating people must pay tax and the penalty if tax is not paid 15 Apr 2024 (PDF 193KB) Download document
Inland Revenue spending on public relations and communications 18 Apr 2024 (PDF 1MB) Download document
Communications on the use of te reo Māori 19 Apr 2024 (PDF 1MB) Download document
Proposals to reduce expenditure in the public service, including redundancies 19 Apr 2024 (PDF 784KB) Download document
GST paid to local authorities and councils 24 Apr 2024 (PDF 121KB) Download document
Inland Revenue's health, safety and wellbeing strategy, policy and performance 24 Apr 2024 (PDF 5MB) Download document
Total tax debt owed to Inland Revenue from 2016 24 Apr 2024 (PDF 168KB) Download document
Company tax statistics since 2000 by type of taxpayer 30 Apr 2024 (PDF 335KB) Download document
Debt forgiveness by gender for 2021, 2022 and 2023 30 Apr 2024 (PDF 122KB) Download document
The number of Inland Revenue search warrants and prosecutions since 2015 30 Apr 2024 (PDF 230KB) Download document

March 2024

Recognised Seasonal Employer Scheme data 4 Mar 2024 (PDF 329KB) Download document
Total tax and total net tax, average income by age and occupation 4 Mar 2024 (PDF 488KB) Download document
Number of companies filing regular loan interest RWT 5 Mar 2024 (PDF 142KB) Download document
Child support process for formula assessment 5 Mar 2024 (PDF 1MB) Download document
Data on income distribution of self-employed people paying child support 7 Mar 2024 (PDF 223KB) Download document
Reasons for KiwiSaver withdrawals 8 Mar 2024 (PDF 106KB) Download document
Wealth distribution in New Zealand and difference in tax paid 11 Mar 2024 (PDF 219KB) Download document
High wealth individuals report data on realised capital gains 12 Mar 2024 (PDF 166KB) Download document
Tax revenue by source and corporate tax by significant enterprises 13 Mar 2024 (PDF 145KB) Download document
Legal definitions of personal income and person 14 Mar 2024 (PDF 541KB) Download document
Statistics on company liquidations 2018 to 2024 15 Mar 2024 (PDF 324KB) Download document
Actions taken if PAYE indicates a child is working fewer than 30 hours 19 Mar 2024 (PDF 801KB) Download document
Income distribution between New Zealand males and females 19 Mar 2024 (PDF 524KB) Download document
Inland Revenue policy for referring child support payments to the Court 19 Mar 2024 (PDF 774KB) Download document
Restructures at Inland Revenue and consultation and decision documents 19 Mar 2024 (PDF 20MB) Download document
Inland Revenue collection of Court-imposed debt and number of Audit hours 21 Mar 2024 (PDF 138KB) Download document
Disestablished roles 1 August 2023 to 29 February 2024 and roles to be disestablised 26 Mar 2024 (PDF 284KB) Download document
Overseas-based student loans and third-party debt-collection agencies 27 Mar 2024 (PDF 126KB) Download document
New Zealand and offshore charities exempt from paying tax at March 2024 28 Mar 2024 (PDF 192KB) Download document
Prosecutions by GST or PAYE for last 5 years, and amount of GST and PAYE debt 28 Mar 2024 (PDF 909KB) Download document

February 2024

Inland Revenue’s debt collection guidelines and policies, including policies on calling frequency, and total debt, and total number of individuals with debt 1 Feb 2024 (PDF 265KB) Download document
Rationale behind the requirement to remain in New Zealand for 183 days to qualify for tax residency, when did the requirement come into effect, and documents for the last 10 years containing these recommendations 1 Feb 2024 (PDF 505KB) Download document
Total number of taxpayers using each type of Provisional Tax Method (standard, estimation, ratio, and AIM) for 2023 1 Feb 2024 (PDF 279KB) Download document
The number of top (1%, 10%, 50%) income earners and tax paid, the number of income earners by marginal tax rate and number of people by tax brackets including those not working 1 Feb 2024 (PDF 672KB) Download document
Inland Revenue’s Active 'Copilot for Microsoft 365' licenses and cost of licensing 2 Feb 2024 (PDF 136KB) Download document
Number of staff in following roles (including contractors): Programme Directors Programme Managers Project Managers Programme or Project Coordinators Business Analysts Change Managers Change Analysts Communications and/or Stakeholder Engagement Managers 9 Feb 2024 (PDF 323KB) Download document
Latest modelling projections that Inland Revenue has for future total KiwiSaver scheme FUM balances 12 Feb 2024 (PDF 179KB) Download document
Inland Revenue's position on changes in tax policy, specifically bright line and interest deductibility, and relevant documents. 16 Feb 2024 (PDF 273KB) Download document
Purpose and rationale of Child Support Act, how proportion of care is determined, information MSD and Inland Revenue share, breakdown of child support liability and payments made and procedures for correcting a child support assessment when MSD has made an error 19 Feb 2024 (PDF 2MB) Download document
Provisional tax & taxpayer data & tax agent data 21 Feb 2024 (PDF 1MB) Download document
Total number of paying parents for Child Support registered as employees and number of the liable parents who are in arrears and not making payments for the past 3 years 22 Feb 2024 (PDF 330KB) Download document
Date of the Parliamentary Counsel Office – Inland Revenue’s MoU, has the MoR been briefed on the MoU, and plans to update Inland Revenue’s website to include information about the MoU 23 Feb 2024 (PDF 336KB) Download document
Rationale for KiwiSaver funds to be transferred to a bank and be invested with Black Rock; and evidence that people consent for their funds to be transferred to a bank and invested 26 Feb 2024 (PDF 403KB) Download document
Inland Revenue’s interpretation of the KiwiSaver scheme rules, and enforcement actions taken by Inland Revenue or other government departments regarding withdrawals under those rules 26 Feb 2024 (PDF 233KB) Download document
The mean estimated net worth of the top ten families and bottom ten families in the HWI Project population for 2021, as well as the mean estimated net worth of the wealthiest 1% of the Project population sample 28 Feb 2024 (PDF 177KB) Download document
Contracts awarded within the Taupo District related to external organisations/service providers within the last three years 28 Feb 2024 (PDF 243KB) Download document
Copy of the HWI report and related income statistics (income vs income tax, income vs GST, income vs direct and indirect tax), OECD BEPS Pillar One queries 28 Feb 2024 (PDF 166KB) Download document
Copy of the Briefing to the Incoming Minister of Revenue 29 Feb 2024 (PDF 228KB) Download document

January 2024

Cost of creating the IR logo and ongoing costs with upkept of websites since 2017 12 Jan 2024 (PDF 434KB) Download document
Difference between IR publication types (I/S, C/S & O/S, TDS) and average time taken to issue a statement 16 Jan 2024 (PDF 297KB) Download document
Average time for enforcement actions and average debt for business owning parents in arrears for child support 17 Jan 2024 (PDF 123KB) Download document
Number of dropped calls by week and month for the last 3 years 24 Jan 2024 (PDF 6MB) Download document
PIE income and tax for trustees with a PIR of 28% 25 Jan 2024 (PDF 200KB) Download document
Inland Revenue's hold music playlist 25 Jan 2024 (PDF 502KB) Download document
End of year expenditure on bonuses, presents, Christmas decorations and gatherings, and office closures for 2022 and 2023 26 Jan 2024 (PDF 329KB) Download document
Statistics on personal grievances, mediations, amount paid in liability insurance, Employment Relations Authority cases in the last 3 years 29 Jan 2024 (PDF 484KB) Download document
Total sum of all Unclaimed Monies (UM), date passed to IR, number of individuals owed, and how UM is tracked 29 Jan 2024 (PDF 666KB) Download document
Copy of the draft of the annual report under the Tax Principles Reporting Act 2023 29 Jan 2024 (PDF 152KB) Download document
Taxable income of super annuitants by income band and age from 2018/19 to 2021/22 30 Jan 2024 (PDF 259KB) Download document
Last updated: 04 Feb 2025
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