Inland Revenue (IR) will turn off its computer systems for seven days from this Thursday to implement the latest round of planned transformation changes. All phone and online services will be unavailable from 3pm on 9 April until 16 April. That includes two business days – April 14 and 15. IR’s deputy commissioner change, Greg James, said that in the context of the Covid-19 crisis, it was important for New… Read more
The revenue system will be closed for a week in April as Inland Revenue introduces a new round of changes to make tax more straightforward. Inland Revenue’s Deputy Commissioner Transformation, Greg James, says to make the changes Inland Revenue’s key services will be unavailable between 3pm Thursday, 9 April and 8am Thursday, 16 April. “Transformation is now well advanced but there are still two chunks of change to come. Student… Read more
Customers have logged into the new myIR more than two million times since one of the largest data migrations undertaken by a New Zealand government agency. Some 20 million income tax records, representing around $5 billion in financial transactions, were moved over to Inland Revenue’s new tax system during a seven-day shutdown of services. Since Inland Revenue reopened on Friday 26 April 2019, the new system has handled: 2.1 million… Read more
One of the biggest IT projects ever undertaken in the state sector has successfully passed its latest hurdle with the transition of more than 19.7 million taxpayer accounts from one Inland Revenue computer system to another. Revenue Minister Stuart Nash is congratulating staff and the external agencies, including banks and ICT companies, who worked on the project known as Business Transformation Release 3. “We are committed to ensuring our tax… Read more
The tax system is about to close for a week as Inland Revenue implements its biggest changes in 20 years. Online services in myIR will be unavailable from 3pm Thursday afternoon and will reopen at 8am on Friday 26 April 2019. Inland Revenue contact centres and front counters at its offices will also be closed. Inland Revenue Deputy Commissioner Sharon Thompson says the dates were carefully chosen to cause the… Read more
Inland Revenue is gearing up to take around 1.9 million calls between now and July – a 23 percent increase on the same period last year – as the modernisation of New Zealand’s tax system continues. With the third stage of the process rolling out over Easter, Inland Revenue has brought in and trained more than 300 temporary workers to help cope with what will be an unprecedented demand, says… Read more