Apply for a certificate of tax residency

If you're a New Zealand tax resident, you can request a certificate of New Zealand tax residency.

Tax residency status for individuals (ird.govt.nz)

Before you start

You'll need to give us your:

full name
residential address and, if different, postal address
date of birth
IRD number.

You'll also need to include:

the country or territory the certificate is for
a statement saying whether you're only a tax resident of New Zealand or a dual resident under the relevant tax treaty.

In myIR, go to 'I want to...'

Select 'Request a tax residency certificate'

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

Follow the prompts to complete your application

Or you can send us a message in myIR:

select 'Send a message'
put 'Certificate of tax residency' in the subject line
put all the details from 'Before you start' in the main part of your message.

You should also tell us:

how long you need the certificate for (if you need it for more than a year, tell us why)
how many certificates you need.

Submit your message to send it to us.

Log in to myIR

Other ways to do this

You can also send your request to us by post. Sign and date the letter and send it to us at:

Inland Revenue
PO Box 39010
Wellington Mail Centre
Lower Hutt 5045

Note the different timeframe by post. Once we receive all the necessary information, we aim to process your request within 30 days. If your request is incomplete or incorrect, it may take longer.

What happens next

We will only issue a certificate of tax residency if:

the name and IRD number you've given us matches our records
your New Zealand tax returns filing is up to date
you're a New Zealand tax resident.

If you applied in myIR using the 'Request a tax residency certificate' service and all the information you gave with your application is complete, your certificate will usually be available the next business day.

If you sent us a web message to ask for the certificate and you sent all the necessary information with your web message, we aim to process your request within 15 working days.

If your request is incomplete or incorrect, it may take longer.