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A selection of OIA requests that we've responded to in 2025 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.

July 2025

Customer research projects with overseas based Student Loan borrowers OBB 1 Jul 2025 (PDF 165KB) Download document
Total number of overseas-based student loan debtors arrested within the last 15 years 3 Jul 2025 (PDF 195KB) Download document
Total income tax revenue gathered in the tax year 2024-25 and how much will be refunded to taxpayers 3 Jul 2025 (PDF 226KB) Download document
The number of people who owe Inland Revenue money broken down by resident/non-resident, overpaid entitlements, unmet obligations (e.g. Child support), student loan and penalties 4 Jul 2025 (PDF 344KB) Download document
Kilometre reimbursement rates for the 2024–2025 income year 4 Jul 2025 (PDF 408KB) Download document
List horticultural plants included in the Investment Boost Policy 4 Jul 2025 (PDF 99KB) Download document
Annual KiwiSaver transfer numbers broken down into age brackets for 1 July 2023 – 30 June 2024 7 Jul 2025 (PDF 183KB) Download document
Build to Rent (BTR) developments (completed and in development) in NZ 8 Jul 2025 (PDF 185KB) Download document
Copies of 25SR10, IR2025/008, IR2025/086, IR2025/089, IR2025/152, BN2025/153, BN2025/170, BN2025/182 & BN2025/184 8 Jul 2025 (PDF 3MB) Download document
Income tax payment obligations that have been waived, written off, or remitted by tax year from 2018 - 2024 9 Jul 2025 (PDF 152KB) Download document
Information relating to the introduction of two-factor authentication 9 Jul 2025 (PDF 387KB) Download document
Historical version of the IR595 form 10 Jul 2025 (PDF 924KB) Download document
GST, PAYE and Income Tax for the Farming Industry for the last 20 years 10 Jul 2025 (PDF 488KB) Download document
Number of trusts that were formally wound up, ceased or registered in each of the last three financial years 10 Jul 2025 (PDF 299KB) Download document
Information on drones used during the light show in Rotorua on the 19, 20, and 21 June 2025 14 Jul 2025 (PDF 225KB) Download document
Total value and number of tax refunds paid to individuals (i.e., not companies, trusts, etc) for the recent 2025 tax year, and the previous 4 years 15 Jul 2025 (PDF 131KB) Download document
Number of trusts that were formally wound up, ceased to exist, or registered in each for the 2019-2020, 2021-2022 financial years 15 Jul 2025 (PDF 210KB) Download document
Total amount of Prescribed Investor Rate (PIR) tax collected annually by Inland Revenue from KiwiSaver funds, Portfolio Investment Entities (PIEs) from 2019 to 2024 16 Jul 2025 (PDF 216KB) Download document
Which sectors have the largest number of companies recording a loss and information on the profit and loss of residential rental properties 18 Jul 2025 (PDF 660KB) Download document
Copies of BN2025/243, BN2025/247 & BN2025/251 18 Jul 2025 (PDF 440KB) Download document
Request for BN2025/243: 100% Expensing and BN2025/251: Investment Boost calculator 21 Jul 2025 (PDF 303KB) Download document
How Inland Revenue monitored the financial alignment between wage subsidy recipients’ tax filings and actual business performance 22 Jul 2025 (PDF 148KB) Download document
Copies of BN2025/215, BN2025/230, BN2025/247 and BN2025/251 22 Jul 2025 (PDF 753KB) Download document
Information on exemptions granted under section 6E of the Tax Administration Act 1994 22 Jul 2025 (PDF 148KB) Download document
Any documents prepared or commissioned by Inland Revenue relating to inheritance tax, estate tax, or wealth transfers at death from 1 January 2017 to 27 June 2025 24 Jul 2025 (PDF 15MB) Download document
Copies of IR2025/197, BN2025/196, BN2025/206, IR2025/203, BN2025/210, BN2025/213, IR2025/204, BN2025/215, BN2025/222, BN2025/224, BN2025/228, BN2025/223, BN2025/230, BN2025/214, BN2025/234, BN2025/244, BN2025/245, BN2025/247, IR2025/198 & 25SR1 25 Jul 2025 (PDF 23MB) Download document
How much has IR spent on the commissioning of surveys among adult New Zealanders from 2015-2024 28 Jul 2025 (PDF 209KB) Download document
Copy of tender documentation for Cloud hosting arrangement 29 Jul 2025 (PDF 3MB) Download document
Unclaimed Money - Does Inland Revenue receive interest on these funds? 29 Jul 2025 (PDF 121KB) Download document
Follow up to 26OIA1056: Details of all active and non-active trusts registered in the last two financial years and so far this current financial year 31 Jul 2025 (PDF 189KB) Download document
Inland Revenue policy regarding the distribution and supply of printed IR340 booklets to the public, number of printed booklets and information about issues with the distribution 31 Jul 2025 (PDF 1MB) Download document

June 2025

Copies of information relating to any incidents when material or items were mistakenly left unaccompanied in public 4 Jun 2025 (PDF 16MB) Download document
Information on New Zealand Tax Residents who report overseas income 6 Jun 2025 (PDF 340KB) Download document
Use of AI in recruitment for Policy Graduate Advisor roles and a copy of the job description 6 Jun 2025 (PDF 984KB) Download document
How Inland Revenue supports the mental wellbeing of its frontline staff who regularly engage with clients in financial distress 9 Jun 2025 (PDF 263KB) Download document
The number of families that have applied, approved and received FamilyBoost payments and reports on the reasons for low uptake of the scheme 9 Jun 2025 (PDF 781KB) Download document
Copies of all advice sent to the MoF and MoR or their offices regarding FamilyBoost in the last 2 months 9 Jun 2025 (PDF 2MB) Download document
Breakdown of tax collected annually 10 Jun 2025 (PDF 284KB) Download document
Latest forecast of debt impairments and write-offs (including PAYE) for the 2025 year and reason for increase over past few years 10 Jun 2025 (PDF 305KB) Download document
Inland Revenue's total redundancy spend, numbers of confirmed job cuts, total cost savings due to restructures 11 Jun 2025 (PDF 241KB) Download document
Number of parents liable for Child Support aged 15-18 since 2014, how many had no income yet were required to pay child support and how many exemptions were in place 16 Jun 2025 (PDF 397KB) Download document
Reports to the Public Service Commission on how Inland Revenue complied with the Plain Language Act 2022 16 Jun 2025 (PDF 748KB) Download document
Number of manual compliance reviews of IR3 returns 16 Jun 2025 (PDF 426KB) Download document
Superannuant PIE income and tax on PIE income for the 2020-21 to 2023-24 tax years 18 Jun 2025 (PDF 225KB) Download document
Number of individuals receiving the full or partial Government KiwiSaver Contributions by gender 23 Jun 2025 (PDF 230KB) Download document
Number of reported self-harm incidents relating to Inland Revenue 24 Jun 2025 (PDF 154KB) Download document
Copies of reports IR2025-008 and BN2025-184 25 Jun 2025 (PDF 2MB) Download document
Correspondence with Facebook regarding the use of Custom Audience lists 26 Jun 2025 (PDF 2MB) Download document
Inland Revenue's current work from home policy and previous versions 27 Jun 2025 (PDF 5MB) Download document
IR's new process of matching owners to unclaimed money 27 Jun 2025 (PDF 106KB) Download document
Non-remittance of PAYE and GST withheld or charged by financial year 2017 onwards 30 Jun 2025 (PDF 625KB) Download document

May 2025

Number of customers, refund value, and average amount of unclaimed tax refund 2 May 2025 (PDF 188KB) Download document
Copies of 25SR03, 25SR04, 25SR05, IR2025/023, BN2025085, BN2025/042, IR2025/007, BN2025/051, IR2025/018 5 May 2025 (PDF 14MB) Download document
Copies of BN2025/035, IR2025/007, BN2025/051, IR2025/018, BN2025/061, IR2025/066, IR2025/012 & IR2025/022 6 May 2025 (PDF 1MB) Download document
Households eligible for FamilyBoost, number of payments declined, and total amount paid out 6 May 2025 (PDF 263KB) Download document
Monthly tax outturn data for the period April 2020 – March 2025 in relation to trusts 6 May 2025 (PDF 166KB) Download document
Submissions made relating to taxation and the not-for-profit sector including the names of non-individual submitters 7 May 2025 (PDF 3MB) Download document
Criteria(s) of decisions to disallow a person’s status as a nominated person 8 May 2025 (PDF 124KB) Download document
Legislative files relating to section 108 of the Land and Income Tax Act 1954 9 May 2025 (PDF 19MB) Download document
The average tax rate and other taxable income of New Zealand Superannuation (NZ Super) recipients 9 May 2025 (PDF 328KB) Download document
Total Microsoft Office spend for the latest financial year, including product list, usage details, and staff access 12 May 2025 (PDF 310KB) Download document
Briefings on the impact of April 1 interest rate increase on overseas student loan repayments 13 May 2025 (PDF 204KB) Download document
All documents and communications relating to IRS notices 2024-78 & 2023-11 13 May 2025 (PDF 2MB) Download document
Copies of IR2025/080: GST treatment of management fees charged to managed funds – next steps, and IR2025/138: Information on Budget 2025 Initiatives 15 May 2025 (PDF 1MB) Download document
Prosecutions undertaken since 1 January 2020 and recorded ethnicity of those prosecuted 15 May 2025 (PDF 632KB) Download document
Number and names of Complying Superannuation Funds since January 2020 and total value of government contributions/number of CSF members per year ending 30 June 15 May 2025 (PDF 166KB) Download document
Documents in relation to updates to Diversity and Inclusion, or Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), or Belonging and Inclusion 16 May 2025 (PDF 3MB) Download document
Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) obligations for employers when EVs are installed at employee’s home 19 May 2025 (PDF 262KB) Download document
Total number of FamilyBoost claimants by month 21 May 2025 (PDF 158KB) Download document
Briefings on options to amend tax credit settings to enable greater financial security and/or reduce the Effective Marginal Tax Rate of low income individuals 21 May 2025 (PDF 5MB) Download document
Copies of BN2025/102, IR2025/080, IR2025/138, and BN2025/139 22 May 2025 (PDF 629KB) Download document
Copies of IR2025/080, 25SR07, 25SR07, BN2025/121, 25SR08, BN2025/041, 25SR09, IR2025/138, BN2025/139, BN2025/102 and IR2025/078 22 May 2025 (PDF 17MB) Download document
Tax collected from PIE funds, split between KiwiSaver and non-KiwiSaver PIEs 23 May 2025 (PDF 104KB) Download document
PIE income of recipients of New Zealand National Superannuation for 2022-23 27 May 2025 (PDF 146KB) Download document
Number of taxpayers living overseas reporting residential rental income for 2019-23 tax years 27 May 2025 (PDF 235KB) Download document
Value of GST payments for 2025 tax year and Number of customers with GST obligations 28 May 2025 (PDF 173KB) Download document
Copy of documents relating to the 2017 GST Treatment QWBA's 28 May 2025 (PDF 405KB) Download document

April 2025

Penalties for suppliers that do not collect taxable supply information for goods and services they buy or sell and related legislation 1 Apr 2025 (PDF 208KB) Download document
Health insurance benefits provided to staff and percentage of staff who use benefits from 2014 to present 1 Apr 2025 (PDF 132KB) Download document
Arrests at the border information for overseas-based student loan borrowers 2 Apr 2025 (PDF 215KB) Download document
Copies of IR2025/019: Revised Cabinet paper – Student Loan Scheme Repayment Threshold and BN2025/031: 2025-26 Student loan repayment threshold 3 Apr 2025 (PDF 910KB) Download document
Definitions of micro, small and medium enterprises as used by Inland Revenue 4 Apr 2025 (PDF 168KB) Download document
Provisional tax taxpayers liable to pay over $5k in Residual Income Tax based on 2023 income tax returns 4 Apr 2025 (PDF 818KB) Download document
Copies of BN2025/005, IR2025/019, BN2025/017, 25SR01, BN2025/026, BN2025/020, IR2025/010 & BN2025/031 8 Apr 2025 (PDF 5MB) Download document
Independent contractors engaged by Inland Revenue for more than 5 years as at 20 March 2025 8 Apr 2025 (PDF 337KB) Download document
Total amount of loans issued to small businesses under the SBCS (loan) and repayment details 9 Apr 2025 (PDF 198KB) Download document
Corporate tax rebates for both NZ and multinational companies, transfer pricing investigations 9 Apr 2025 (PDF 965KB) Download document
Data on the disposal of trading stock by businesses 10 Apr 2025 (PDF 178KB) Download document
Total number of businesses and value of tax losses carried forward for period 1 April 2020-31 March 2024 10 Apr 2025 (PDF 232KB) Download document
Inland Revenue's written approvals for disclosing information to social media platforms and details on the internal review of the unintended disclosures 14 Apr 2025 (PDF 1MB) Download document
Total number of Kiwisaver members, total amount of GVC paid, and total number receiving GVC 14 Apr 2025 (PDF 488KB) Download document
Total number of FTEs, redundancies and disestablished roles by ethnicity and job title 15 Apr 2025 (PDF 1MB) Download document
Documents relating to the total spend within Inland Revenue specific to Ngāti Rangi region 16 Apr 2025 (PDF 240KB) Download document
Individual taxpayers with rental property income and paid PAYE tax or declared income from self-employment in 2019-24 23 Apr 2025 (PDF 400KB) Download document
Donation tax credits paid by Inland Revenue in the last 5 tax years 28 Apr 2025 (PDF 223KB) Download document
Inland Revenue's Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plan for myIR 28 Apr 2025 (PDF 144KB) Download document

March 2025

Average student loan repayment time by living and tuition costs for 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020 and 2024 4 Mar 2025 (PDF 507KB) Download document
Copies of 9 reports, 4 briefing notes and 3 weekly status reports 4 Mar 2025 (PDF 7MB) Download document
Income tax collected from age groups under 21 4 Mar 2025 (PDF 2MB) Download document
Information collected in activity logs when using myIR 4 Mar 2025 (PDF 567KB) Download document
Inland Revenue's audit process and policy regarding charitable organisations 5 Mar 2025 (PDF 203KB) Download document
Inland Revenue's email archiving retention and disposal policy 5 Mar 2025 (PDF 148KB) Download document
Company tax by industry and foreign ownership by ANZSIC 6 Mar 2025 (PDF 840KB) Download document
Inland Revenue's definition of Māori data, and Māori data sovereignty or governance strategy/policy 6 Mar 2025 (PDF 5MB) Download document
Companies Inland Revenue uses for advertising, public relations and hashing data for 3rd party platforms 7 Mar 2025 (PDF 223KB) Download document
High-wealth individuals research project data not in the public domain 10 Mar 2025 (PDF 121KB) Download document
Copies of BN2025/017: US Presidential memo about the Global Minimum Tax, and BN2025/031: Student loan repayment threshold 13 Mar 2025 (PDF 1MB) Download document
Total interest charged, outstanding balances and write-offs for the Small Business Cashflow Scheme 13 Mar 2025 (PDF 322KB) Download document
Inland Revenue's use of AI, list of AI technologies and purposes, governance framework and benefits of AI use 14 Mar 2025 (PDF 9MB) Download document
Structure and salary bands for Inland Revenue's Tax Counsel Office 18 Mar 2025 (PDF 386KB) Download document
Student loan border arrests since the current Government took office 18 Mar 2025 (PDF 113KB) Download document
Copies of BN2025/017: US Presidential memo about the Global Minimum Tax, and IR2025/010: Tax monitoring report - collections to December 2024 19 Mar 2025 (PDF 1MB) Download document
Total discrepancies for property tax from 2009 to 2025, main home exemption for compliance, and history of the IR833 form 19 Mar 2025 (PDF 343KB) Download document
Total returns reviewed for incorrect or fraudulent activity, and number of fraud or hidden economy audits from 2018 to 2024 19 Mar 2025 (PDF 392KB) Download document
Accepted methods for advanced pricing agreements (APAs) and transfer prices for goods and services 20 Mar 2025 (PDF 233KB) Download document
Charging GST on advance customer payments for services from registered vendors 21 Mar 2025 (PDF 110KB) Download document
Communications, advice, decisions and documents on the internal review of using custom audience lists, and Taxpayers' Union public statements 26 Mar 2025 (PDF 21MB) Download document
Number of 18 to 25-year-olds receiving the KiwiSaver government voluntary contribution (GVC) since 2020 27 Mar 2025 (PDF 240KB) Download document

February 2025

Number of people receiving income under sCB6 of the ITA, property transfer data, and FTE property compliance employees 3 Feb 2025 (PDF 500KB) Download document
Copies of BN2024/415: Response to Xero, and BN2024/419: Timing used in income tax policy costing advice 4 Feb 2025 (PDF 2MB) Download document
Working for Families tax credit entitlements received in the Masterton district over the last 5 years 4 Feb 2025 (PDF 145KB) Download document
Copy of BN2024/415: Response to Xero 4 Feb 2025 (PDF 1MB) Download document
Rented or sublet accommodation provided to employees 4 Feb 2025 (PDF 143KB) Download document
The Commissioner's decision to no longer supply hashed data to social media platforms 7 Feb 2025 (PDF 143KB) Download document
Types of privacy breaches recorded in the last 5 years 7 Feb 2025 (PDF 369KB) Download document
Number of contractors hired from January 2018 to February 2025 who were previous Inland Revenue employees 10 Feb 2025 (PDF 353KB) Download document
Legislation allowing Inland Revenue to share personal information without taxpayer consent 11 Feb 2025 (PDF 270KB) Download form
Total number of myIR logins, and number of myIR logins using RealMe, UserID and password 11 Feb 2025 (PDF 282KB) Download document
Number of farms in New Zealand by ANZSIC codes, and GST turnover by band for 2023-24 12 Feb 2025 (PDF 351KB) Download document
Small Business Cashflow (SBC) loan recovery data since January 2022 12 Feb 2025 (PDF 314KB) Download document
Verification process for issuing IRD numbers and sharing information with Immigration New Zealand 13 Feb 2025 (PDF 474KB) Download document
Requirement to provide personal information for in-store purchases over $1,000 17 Feb 2025 (PDF 207KB) Download document
Total problem gambling levy, gaming duties revenue and FBT paid by the horse-racing and gambling industries since 2021 17 Feb 2025 (PDF 648KB) Download document
Sharing the summary of earnings report with ACC under the information-sharing agreement 18 Feb 2025 (PDF 171KB) Download document
Method of calculating prescribed interest rates for fringe benefit tax 24 Feb 2025 (PDF 139KB) Download document
FamilyBoost claim applications received, approved and declined by region 26 Feb 2025 (PDF 419KB) Download document
Purpose and use of income tax, GST, excise duty and customs duty 26 Feb 2025 (PDF 288KB) Download document
Quarterly FamilyBoost payments by region 26 Feb 2025 (PDF 342KB) Download document
Aggregated, anonymized data and survey documents for the HWI research project 27 Feb 2025 (PDF 141KB) Download document
Bankruptcy and liquidation write-off totals for 2022 and 2023 27 Feb 2025 (PDF 429KB) Download document
Total PAYE and GST currently overdue, and total amounts written off for last 10 years 27 Feb 2025 (PDF 420KB) Download document

January 2025

Contracts, communications and financial information for software solution and information service companies 15 Jan 2025 (PDF 509KB) Download document
Outstanding tax liabilities waived in the last 2 years from organisations and registered charities 21 Jan 2025 (PDF 384KB) Download document
Income and revenue by ANZSIC level 4 industry code for the last 5 tax years 23 Jan 2025 (PDF 244KB) Download document
Far North and Northland region student loan debt data 28 Jan 2025 (PDF 1MB) Download document
Number of fraud reports received annually and statistics on investigations completed 30 Jan 2025 (PDF 162KB) Download document
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