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Revealed: IRD's new approach to claw back mounting tax debt
Number of people granted tax debt writeoffs increased more than four-fold in 2021.
IRD staying mum on overseas payment recipient numbers
Nearly 1000 people have already opted out of accepting the $350 cost of living payment.
Scam text messages referring to cost of living payment reported to Cert NZ
Cert NZ says scammers often use current events to try to deceive people.
PM Jacinda Ardern on TVNZ resignation and recruitment
PM comments on TVNZ situation
Tax trip-up: The implications of a working holiday business trip
Businesses warned to be careful about combining work and holidays.
Act demands Covid response inquiry, would scrap Three Waters if in power
The Act leader has released the party's first 100 days plan.
IRD hunts 170,000 bank accounts for $350 cost of living payment
Thousands are at risk of missing out on the upcoming payment.
'Heavy-handed': Application to put Propellor Property Investments into liquidation
Tax is at the heart of the move against the Christchurch-headquartered business.
'Completely unsound': NZ's biggest-ever fraudster's appeal rejected
John Richard Bracken will stay in prison despite begging in tears to be let out.
Inland Revenue takes flak over surge in overdue taxes
Levels of unpaid GST triple, and PAYE and KiwiSaver debts double, since 2017.
'We wonder why we work': Desperate family does not qualify for Govt help
Chris Luxon: 'It's heartbreaking' hearing stories from people in the squeezed middle.
IRD bungle leads to prisoner's special suppression order
The prisoner is back in court on hefty fraud charges.
NZ's biggest-ever tax fraudster appeals after $17.3 million con
John Richard Bracken pleaded not to be sent back to prison.
The plight of landlords: Fewer buying homes, borrowing from banks
Landlords lose tax breaks gradually, on a descending scale.
High-profile prisoner back in court on fraud charges
Phillip John Smith is accused of using documents to obtain a pecuniary advantage.
'High income earners likely trying to avoid new tax bracket'- IRD
High earners are likely to declare nearly $3billion less in income after a new tax bracket
Sophisticated scammers said IRD had money for woman
Scammer claimed IRD had a ballot to give away unclaimed money - and she was a winner.
Fears Inland Revenue laxity has primed 'tsunami' of business failures
IRD denies going soft as data reveals taxman drove 80% decline in court liquidations.
Inland Revenue breaches real estate agent's rights to a fair trial
A real estate agent is off the tax hook after the High Court ruled IRD was at fault.
Insolvencies slump, but so does IRD enforcement
Insolvencies continue to plumb record lows. Given the conditions, how long can this last?
'Don't be caught like we were' - parents snared in tax trap after helping daughter
'It never occurred to us we would be liable for tax' - father of family caught.
Tax grab: 44,000 people fall into top tax bracket
Surprise as 44,000 extra people hit by Labour's new tax bracket.
Companies dodge $400m tax by paying owners $9.4b earnings
Shareholders avoided as much as $400m in tax by getting $9.4 billion in dividends in 2021.
A thousand IRD staff to remain displaced for most of the year
A plan is in place to earthquake strengthen Wellington's largest single office building.
Jarrod Gilbert: Will a cashless society drive down crime?
Opinion: More than half of New Zealanders don't routinely carry cash anymore.
Hamish Rutherford: Do the rich only get richer?
IRD study is looking into how the rich get rich, but excludes some who have got poorer.
Insolvency wave yet to hit as company liquidations remain lower than 2019
Insolvency numbers are significantly lower than GFC but the worst is yet to come.
Law firms pitch to challenge IRD wealth project
Wealthy Kiwis targeted by IRD project seek legal pitches for possible court fight.
Banned: Property developer barred from running a company
Auckland property developer banned from being a director over $860,000 earthworks bill.
GST extension for businesses as Inland Revenue shuts down for a week
Inland Revenue will finish the final stage of its upgrade during the shutdown.
Draft resurgence payment applications to be wiped ahead of criteria change
The criteria changes from six months in operation to one month on Thursday.
New insolvency regime: Costs concern if liquidations surge
Some insiders concerned 'low quality practitioners' now have a veneer of respectability.
Accountants call for permanent legislative fix to work from home tax extension
Lockdown shows permanent working from home tax policy needed, say chartered accountants.