Get My New Zealand IRD Online

• New Zealand IRD?

  Get My New Zealand IRD Number and How To Register?

  
  

  Your IRD number keeps track of the tax you pay and helps make sure you pay the right amount or get the right entitlements. It's unique to you. If you have a company, trust, partnership or other types of business, you'll need a different IRD number for each one. Your IRD number identifies you for all the tax-related events in your life. Your IRD number is unique to you, and you keep the same IRD number for life.

  There is no cost when you apply for an IRD number directly on the New Zealand Tax official Website, but you maybe find difficulties in getting the right information or certificate of registration, especially from overseas. In this case, if you want to apply it through the agency tax website, you can click..to make the application through us, but there will be a small fee for that service.

• My IRD?

  The Important and the Benefit of New Zealand IRD Number

  
  

  You need New Zealand IRD number for any tax-related obligations you have or entitlements you get. Common examples of when you need an IRD number include:

  
  

  • 1. earning income, for example from a job, benefit or investment
  • 2. opening a bank account
  • 3. joining KiwiSaver
  • 4. applying for Working for Families, child support or a student loan
  • 5. buying, selling or transferring property in New Zealand.

  
  

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  So, It’s a good idea to get an IRD number even if you do not need one yet. Even your child will maybe need an IRD number if they:

  • 1. earn income from any source
  • 2. gets interested from a bank account or investment
  • 3. are included in your application for Working for Families or child support.

  
  

  You can get an IRD number for your baby when you register their birth. If you do not have an IRD number when you start earning income, you'll pay a higher tax rate of 45%. Keep your IRD number where you can easily find it. You will need it for all tax-related events in your life. If you lose your number we can help you find it anytime if you made the application through our service, we will provide lifetime support for your IRD number recovery or reapplication

• Applying IRD?

  Three types of conditions for applying for the IRD number

  • 1, Apply for an IRD number if you live in New Zealand and are not a new arrival
  • 2, Apply for an IRD number if you are a new arrival to NZ
  • 3, Apply for an IRD number when living overseas

  
  Ask your tax agent (if you use one)
• IRD Requirement

  Apply for an IRD number if you live in New Zealand and are not a new arrival.

  What Are The Requirement To Obtain New Zealand IRD Number

  
  

  Use this process to apply for an IRD number if you:

  • 1, live in New Zealand and are a New Zealand citizen.
  • 2, are not a 'new arrival' to New Zealand, as advised by Immigration NZ, but do not have residency.

  
  

  Required documents: Make sure you have electronic and hard-copy versions of all your documents.

  You need one of these:

  • 1, New Zealand passport
  • 2, full New Zealand birth certificate issued after 1 January 1998
  • 3, New Zealand citizenship certificate
  • 4, New Zealand firearms or dealer license.

  
  

  You also need one of these:

  • 1, New Zealand 18+ card
  • 2, Kiwi Access Card
  • 3, New Zealand student photo ID.

  
  

  If you’ve changed your name you also need a document proving your name change, like a:

  • 1, marriage or civil union certificate
  • 2, name change certificate.

  
  

  If you are applying for an IRD number for your child you also need ID for your child, such as a:

  • 1, New Zealand passport
  • 2, full New Zealand birth certificate issued after 1 January 1998
  • 3, New Zealand citizenship certificate
  • 4, New Zealand student photo ID.

  
  

  If your documents do not show your relationship with your child you’ll also need a document such as:

  • 1, adoption papers
  • 2, parenting orders
  • 3, guardianship orders
  • 4, Statutory declaration IR595D form. (We can provide this form if you need help to send us an email if you met this requirement)

  
  

  You also need one of these:

  • 1, New Zealand driver license
  • 2, New Zealand 18+ card
  • 3, Kiwi Access Card
  • 4, New Zealand student photo ID.

  
  

  If you’ve changed your name you also need a document proving your name change, like a:

  • 1, marriage or civil union certificate
  • 2, name change certificate.

  
  

  If you are applying for an IRD number for your child you also need ID for your child, such as a:

  • 1, New Zealand passport
  • 2, full New Zealand birth certificate issued after 1 January 1998
  • 3, New Zealand citizenship certificate
  • 4, New Zealand student photo ID.

  
  

  If your documents do not show your relationship with your child you’ll also need a document such as:

  • 1, adoption papers
  • 2, parenting orders
  • 3, guardianship orders
  • 4, Statutory declaration IR595D form. (We can provide this form if you need help to send us an email if you met this requirement)

• IRD for new arrival

  Apply for an IRD number if you are a new arrival to NZ

  Use this process to apply for an IRD number if you are a 'new arrival' to New Zealand, as advised by Immigration NZ

  Required documents: If you have an Australian passport you will need:

  • your passport details.

  
  

  If you have a resident visa you will need:

  • 1, your passport details.
  • 2, your Immigration New Zealand Application Number (you can find this on your visa approval letter from Immigration New Zealand)

  
  

  If you have a student visa or a work visa you will need:

  • 1, your passport details.
  • 2, your Immigration New Zealand Application Number (you can find this on your visa approval letter from Immigration New Zealand)
  • 1, your most recent overseas tax number (if you have one)
  • 2, a New Zealand bank account (showing your name or account number) or customer due diligence (CDD), if you have one.

  
  

  You can apply for an IRD number for your child if:

  • 1, you hold a residency visa that includes your child
  • 2, your child has a student visa and you have a guardianship visa for that child.

   
• living overseas

  Apply for an IRD number when living overseas

  Requires documents: Any ID documents in foreign languages need to be translated.You need to scan or photocopy each of your documents

  You need each of these:

  • 1, photo ID
  • 2, proof of address (for example, a letter from your utilities company)
  • 3, tax identification number
  • 4, proof of reason for applying for IRD number, for example, working here or buying property here
  • 5, a fully functioning New Zealand bank account or customer due diligence.

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  If you’ve changed your name you also need a document proving your name change, like a:

  • 1, marriage or civil union certificate
  • 2, name change certificate.

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  Applying for an IRD number for your child

  • 1, As well as the ID for yourself you will also need:
  • 2, ID for your child – the same documents as listed above
  • 3, proof of your relationship with your child, for example, birth certificate, adoption papers or guardianship order.

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  Fill in the application form in PDF and sign together with all documents scanned copies, you can choose to email them to offshore@ird.govt.nz, or post your form and photocopies of your ID to Inland Revenue PO Box 39050 Wellington Mail Centre Lower Hutt 5045 New Zealand. In this case, the application can be processed within 8 to 10 working days, and after the tax office will text, email or post your IRD number to you. It can take 20 working days to arrive if you ask us to post it. If you find difficulties in this long process, you can choose to apply through the tax agency online or local agency, with a service fee, we would handle this process for you as you requested, which also with one-time service fees, we keep your IRD number life time secure for you, also lifetime update information or recovery while it lost.