Register as a resident withholding tax payer

All Income tax dates

Before you start

You’ll need:

If you pay more than $5,000 a year in interest as part of your taxable activity, select ‘Register for Resident withholding tax on interest (IPS)'.

If you’re deducting RWT on dividends treated as interest or Māori authority distributions, select ‘Register for Resident withholding tax (RWT)'.

You’ll find this under ‘Registration, application and enrolment’.

Other ways to do this

You can either:

complete the registration online
download and fill in the form Resident withholding tax – interest payer registration – IR450. Post it to one of the addresses on the form. Remember to take a copy for your records.

Submissions take up to 10 days to process.

We’ll contact you if we need more information. Your resident withholding tax account will be available in myIR after your application is processed.