We recommend that taxpayers change all personal contact details to those of their tax agent or other authorised representatives. This includes postal address email and telephone numbers.
If IRD manages to contact you directly, you should take full details and lodge a formal complaint to the commissioner, and cc your agent.
Tax agents and intermediaries report ongoing frustration that IRD communicates directly with clients, undermining relationships to the detriment of the NZ tax system. The following article comments on the issues.
Coincidentally Radio NZ ran a related item on Monday 28 May – see here
See responses to this article here
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The following article was written for and published by Accountancy Insurance in their Autumn 2017 newsletter.
The article discusses IRD review and audit activity, penalties, and the benefits and process for voluntary disclosures of shortfalls.
IRD has an ever increasing focus on audit activity including the so-called “hidden economy”.
In this article we comment on IRD’s current areas of interest, some challenges with IRD’s approach, and how you should respond.
We have also announced a new service that provides client structural and land transaction information in a user-friendly format.
This article briefly sets out the benefits of voluntary disclosures but highlights some significant negative aspects of the way that IRD sometimes administers them.
This article explains how IRD charges unsuspecting taxpayers with interest rates that exceed all but lenders of last resort, and calls for a change in approach.