Latest from Inland Revenue Department

Letters: IRD and when businesses go bust; disgruntled diner calls out restaurant portions

OPINION: 'Please hospo, give us a bit more to actually eat, especially vegetables.'

Inland Revenue to spend $29 million on chasing tax cheats

The department will target student loan borrowers, multinationals and crypto traders.

Crypto crackdown: Pay up or face consequences, IRD says

Inland Revenue is targeting customers who are actively dealing in cryptoassets.

Build Partners collapse: Who wants $12.7m from construction company?

The amount is far worse than the approximately $5m initially thought to be owed.

Inside Economics: Winners and losers in the interest rate game - and why it matters

OPINION: We need to stop self-pathologising, because NZ's not that special.

Tax minimisation strategy sees billions shifted ahead of trustee tax hike

Trust-owned companies appear to have flushed out excess retained earnings to save on tax.

Surge in 'unclaimed money' managed by Inland Revenue

Increased amounts of money available are due to changes to the Unclaimed Money Act.

Alleged wage subsidy fraud trial likely next year

Wage subsidy trial: Tax agency charges could be merged with $977k fraud allegations.

Revenue Minister Simon Watts tackles Big Tech on tax

Changes are afoot. An academic is sceptical about one approach, and favours another.

Cafe owner mum-of-six jailed for tax evasion, claiming benefits in $420k con

Cafe operator misappropriated payroll taxes, claimed benefits.

Political Roundup: Is Chris Hipkins to be trusted on tax reform?

OPINION: Labour's 'Wealth Tax Faction' has pressured Hipkins to act.

Govt boosts early childhood rebate by up to $75 a week, 100,000 families eligible

Up to $75 a week is there for eligible households as National keeps an election promise.

Popular Auckland restaurant, bar and nightclub operation in liquidation, owes $1.3m

The first liquidator's report on two entertainment venues is out.

IRD scathing of commercial and industrial property tax hike

The change flies in the face of the Government's commitment to improving productivity.

Slow growth won't stop income tax cuts, Nicola Willis says

A return to surplus by 2026-27 remains in question.

Landlord tax break cost rose by $800m to $2.9b

National’s pre-election fiscal and tax plans costed the policy at $2.1b.

Trusts that earn less than $10,000 likely to be exempt from tax hike

The Government is welcoming the committee's proposal to avoid over-taxation of trusts.

Diana Clement: Are you guilty of ‘harmless’ fraud?

OPINION: 'Harmless' fraud is a crime we all pay for.