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Tax Policy

Information release
Published 19 December 2025

Reports to Ministers in 2025

Reports and briefing notes provided to Minister of Revenue’s office by Inland Revenue.

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November 2025

Date Number Title Minister(s) 
03/11/2025 BN2025/438
Collection Decision Support  Revenue
04/11/2025 IR2025/163  Approval to increase Inland Revenue’s counterparty exposure limit  Finance, Revenue
05/11/2025 BN2025/426 Microsoft 365 Copilot rollout
Revenue 
06/11/2025 BN2025/433  Update on Investment Boost  Revenue  
06/11/2025  25SR37 Weekly Status Report
Revenue
06/11/2025 IR2025/332
Working for Families Stewardship Programme of Work Report and Proactive Release  Finance, Revenue
10/11/2025 IR2025/447 Summary of tax treatment of carried interest  Revenue  
11/11/2025 IR2025/431 Financial arrangement rules - options to support new migrants  Revenue 
12/11/2025 IR2025/401  Vote Revenue: 2025 Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update submission for the Research and Development Tax Incentive appropriation Finance, Revenue
12/11/2025 IR2025/445 
Tax forecasts for the 2025 Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update  Revenue
12/11/2025 BN2025/451  Update on Croatian DTA  Finance, Revenue

14/11/2025

BN2025/454 

Taxation and the not-for-profit sector: Targeted consultation release  

Revenue

18/11/2025

IR2025/430

Quarterly performance report and quarterly debt report Q1 2025/26  

Finance, Revenue

19/11/2025

BN2025/453 

Māori Fisheries Amendment Act 2024 – legislative clarification and next steps

Revenue

20/11/2025 

IR2025/398 

Policy options to reduce tax debt 

Finance, Revenue

20/11/2025

IR2025/419 

Update on e-Invoicing in tax administration

Revenue 

20/11/2025 

IR2025/446

Draft submission to Cabinet Legislation Committee for bids on the 2026 Legislation Programme 

Revenue 

20/11/2025

25SR38

Weekly Status Report 

Revenue

21/11/2025 

IR2025/408

Vote Revenue: 2025 Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update for non-departmental expenditure appropriations 

Revenue

26/11/2025 

IR2025/444

Tax monitoring report: Collections to October 2025 

Finance, Revenue 

27/11/2025

IR2025/457

Approach to Budget 2026 and the 2026 Performance Plan 

Revenue 

27/11/2025 

BN2025/462 

Speaking notes for LEG on 4 December 2025-Taxation (Use Of Money Interest Rates) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2025 

Revenue 

27/11/2025

BN2025/471

Meeting with Tax Justice Aotearoa 

Revenue 

27/11/2025

25SR39             

Weekly Status Report 

Revenue   

28/11/2025 BN2025/466 
Information release: FamilyBoost Customer Experience and Understanding report  Revenue
28/11/2025 BN2025/480 RDTI: Speaking notes for ITS Ministers Meeting 1 December
Finance, Revenue  
 

October 2025

 Date  Number  Title Minister(s)
02/10/2025 BN2025/403 Meeting on capital markets with the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Finance, Revenue
03/10/2025 25SR32 Weekly Status Report  Revenue
07/10/2025 IR2025/395 Inland Revenue 2025 Annual Report to present to the House
Revenue
08/10/2025 BN2025/413 Meeting with delegation from Singapore Revenue
09/10/2025 25SR33 Weekly Status Report
Revenue
10/10/2025 BN2025/421 Publishing the Tax and Social Policy Work Programme  Finance, Revenue
15/10/2025 BN2025/412  Institute of Directors meeting briefing 
Revenue
16/10/2025 IR2025/372 Inland Revenue report: 2025 October Baseline Update Submission for Vote Revenue
Revenue
16/10/2025 25SR34 Weekly Status Report
Revenue
16/10/2025 BN2025/385 Taxation and the not-for-profit sector: Draft media statement, Q&A and proactive release
Finance, Revenue
21/10/2025 BN2025/424 Compliance update: Shareholder loans
Revenue
22/10/2025 IR2025/394 Update on GST officials' issues paper
Revenue
22/10/2025 IR2025/432 Joining International Statement in Relation to Exchanging Information on Immovable Property
Revenue
23/10/2025 IR2025/374 Tax monitoring report: Collections to September 2025
Revenue
23/10/2025 BN2025/404 Meeting with the Corporate Taxpayers Group on 29 October 2025
Revenue
23/10/2025 25SR35
Weekly Status Report
Revenue
24/10/2025
IR2025/381 Cabinet paper - Approval for the proposed approved information sharing agreement between Inland Revenue and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Revenue
28/10/2025
BN2025/423
Tax System Forum feedback on software issues paper
Revenue
29/10/2025
IR2025/409
Compliance economic-evaluation programme update
Finance, Revenue
29/10/2025
25SR36  Weekly Status Report
Revenue
30/10/2025
BN2025/443
Not-for-profits: Inland Revenue advice to the sector during targeted consultation 
Finance, Revenue
 31/10/2025 BN2025/436  Notes for Going for Growth Ministers meeting 12 November  Revenue

September 2025

Date Number  Title  Minister(s)
02/09/2025 IR2025/352 Tax monitoring report: Collections to July 2025 and near-final Revenue for the year to June 2025 Revenue
04/09/2025 IR2025/354  Inland Revenue draft 2024-25 Annual Report for your information  Revenue
04/09/2025  BN2025/370 PepsiCo tax case in Australia  Revenue
04/09/2025  25SR28 Weekly status report  Revenue
08/09/2025 IR2025/377  Speaking notes for LEG Committee meeting of 11 September on the FamilyBoost tax credit  Revenue
09/09/2025 BN2025/362 Information release for review – CAB-25-SUB-0217: Ensuring FamilyBoost Reaches More Families  Revenue
12/09/2025 25SR29 Weekly status report   Revenue 
17/09/2025 BN2025/387 Information release for review –Taxation (Annual Rates for 2025–26, Compliance Simplification, and Remedial Measures) Bill Revenue
18/09/2025 IR2025/363 Non-compliant employers  Revenue
18/09/2025
BN025/384 Overview of the tax treatment of software and current policy issues  Finance, Revenue
18/09/2025
BN2025/389 Inland Revenue’s working from home data collection results    Revenue
19/09/2025 25SR30 Weekly status report   Revenue
24/09/2025 BN2025/400 Notes for meeting on 29 September with Minister of Finance and Minister for Social Development and Employment 
Revenue
25/09/2025 IR2025/373  Tax monitoring report: Collections to August 2025  Revenue
25/09/2025 25SR31 Weekly status report  Revenue
26/09/2025 BN2025/400 FamilyBoost update   Finance, Revenue