International Automatic Exchange of Information
New Zealand has signed up to the Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) – a global OECD initiative to combat tax evasion.
Inland Revenue has been running an AEOI awareness campaign since 9th June 2018 with a primary focus of this campaign being to generate awareness among New Zealand tax residents most likely to have offshore accounts or financial interests, so they can take steps to determine if their tax affairs are in order and disclose if they identify issues. New Zealand tax residents with complex international tax affairs should contact us for support or advice.
This awareness campaign has included online advertising on relevant websites and via Facebook. These ads include a link to IRD’s campaign landing page.
As part of AEOI financial institutions will provide Inland Revenue with information about foreign tax residents with financial accounts in New Zealand, in line with the Common Reporting Standard (CRS).
IRD are now exchanging information with many other countries so it is vital you tell us about any income or assets you may have in other countries, if you don’t then chances are IRD will find out about it and that may cause you a few problems, something no one likes happening with IRD
The requirement of New Zealand Tax Residents to report world-wide income hasn’t changed, but IRD are now more likely to find out about it even if you don’t declare it. Please make sure information regarding ALL overseas income, bank accounts or assets is provided to us for your tax return preparation, even if you think it’s non-taxable income!
