Inland Revenue Department (New Zealand)

The Inland Revenue Department (IRD ) ( māori: Te Tari Taake ) is a Public Service Department ( Office of Public Services ) of the New Zealand Government, which is primarily responsible for the tax revenue of the state.

History

The emergence of the Inland Revenue Department goes back to the year 1878, when the Land Tax Act 1878, the colony of New Zealand became fiscally first divided into several districts and was established for the central administration of the tax revenue the Land Tax Department. Renamed in 1879 in Property Tax Department, was performed with the Land and Income Assessment Act 1891 a further change of name in Land and Income Tax Department. Then finally 1952 with the Inland Revenue Department Act 1952 a merger with the Stamp Duties Department made ​​and the Department received with the Inland Revenue Department 's final name.

Tasks

The tasks of the Inland Revenue Department today include not only the collection of taxes from individuals, businesses and organizations, but concerns among other individual areas of social welfare and pensions.

In addition to managing 7.119 million taxpayers ( individuals, businesses and organizations together ), the Department in 2011 managed over 1.756 million customers, who operate over the KiwiSaver program a part of their retirement, with the support of the state. Furthermore, the administration cared about 621,000 students who took the government loan to complete, gave out 200,000 tax credits and supported through various programs children and families.

In the financial period from April 2010 / March 2011, the Inland Revenue Department took a 46.8 billion NZ dollars, or in the financial year in question accounted for slightly more than 80% of total government revenue.