13 Oct 2025

IRD cracking down on people owing small amounts

From Checkpoint, 4:06 pm on 13 October 2025

Ignoring your tax debt wont make it go away - that message from IRD as it cracks down on people owing relatively small amounts. The department is phoning people who owe more than $1000 and have had the debt for more than 6 months. IRD Customer Segment leader Tony Morris spoke to Lisa Owen.