Inland Revenue’s system upgraded ahead of schedule

Inland Revenue’s systems are back online early after completing the latest round of Business Transformation work ahead of schedule.

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The system was scheduled to be shut down until 8am tomorrow but because the upgrade went really well, IR has been able to reinstate its myIR service and re-open applications for the Resurgence Support payment through myIR from now.

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The applications are open for those businesses with a reduction in revenue due to the alert level event which began on February 15.

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As at 4pm on Friday, IR had received 14,074 applications totalling $41.25 million. IR had disbursed $17.10 million to 6,342 people.

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During the shutdown, changes were introduced for:

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• paid parental leave for individuals

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• New Zealand foreign trusts, and

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• for unclaimed money

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For more information about tax relief and income assistance for people affected by COVID-19 visit www.ird.govt.nz/covid19

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