North Canterbury News: June 15, 2023

TAXATION
12 The North Canterbury News, June 15, 2023
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Warning scammers are active
Inland Revenue is warningcustomers
to be wary of scammers during the
2023tax season.
Thisyear InlandRevenuewill send
around 3.5 million tax assessments,
mainly using customersmyIR
accountsaswell as the post.
Theywill arrive in mail boxes up
until the end of July.
The assessments showwhether
there is arefund due,abill to pay, or
whetherthe rightamountwas paid for
the 2022/23 tax year.
Tax is vitaltoNew Zealandlife, but
it can be complicated.
Thatiswhy InlandRevenuehas the
information campaignrunningtotell
people what to expect, and when,
based on their situation.
Inland Revenue also has awarning
about scammers who try to take
advantageofpeople,particularly
duringtax season.
Scammersknow when it is tax
season and targetthis time of thetax
yeartotry to rip people off, andgain
access to bankaccountsand other
personal information.
Inland Revenuewill only payfunds
directly intothe bankaccount it has on
record and we willask peopletolog in
to theirmyIR account from ird.govt.nz.
Do not click on any links you receive
in emailsortext messages, it is always
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Beware ... Inland Revenue is warning
customers to be wary of scammers. PHOTO:FILE
safer to typeinthe addressdirectly to
your web browserand navigate from
there.
We will ask for bankaccount details
if we don’t havethem, butimportantly,
we will always ask people to provide
these in asecureway using theirmyIR
account or through our call centre
(0800257 777).
We will alsogive people until
February nextyear to pay an income
tax bill.
Abill won’t have to be paid
immediately—scammers often try to
create asense of urgency.
Inland Revenue will never put the
dollar amount of arefund in an email
or text message and will not ask for
your credit or debitcard details in
ordertopay arefund.
It will also never ask you to reply to
an emailortext message to provide
your bank account details.
Inland Revenue will alsonever
speaktocustomers threateningly.
Anyonecan get caught out.
Scammersmay call, text or email
promising atax refund if people
provide personal details.
If it seems too good to be true, it’s
probably ascam.
To provide an additional layer of
protection, we strongly recommend
you enable two­factor authentication
—more details can be foundatird.
govt.nz andsearch for two­step
verification.
For more information about scams
visitird.govt.nz/managing­my­tax/
scams. If you think you have received
ascam forward it to phishing@ird.
govt.nz.
Fed farmers continues opposition to ute tax
FederatedFarmers continues to
oppose the increase in Ute Tax
announced in the recent budget.
Transport spokesperson Mark
Hooper says it is just another cost on a
productive sector already underhuge
pressurewith rapidly increasing costs
and slipping commodity prices.
‘‘We’ve opposed the UteTax from
day one because farmers don’t have
viable or reliablealternatives to get
the job done on their farms —and now
the Government is increasing it,’’
Hoopersaid.
The budget announcement will see
feescharged to buyers of high
emissionsvehiclesincreasing, and the
threshold for whatqualifiedasahigh
emissionsvehicle will reduce from
192gofCO2 per kilometre to 150g.
‘‘Tofund the changes to make it
easier for New Zealanders to
purchase cleaner imports, we're
adjusting charges on high emissions
vehicles,’’ thethen Transport
Minister,MichaelWoods said.
‘‘This includes vehicleslike utes
which are amongthe highest emitting
vehicles withinour fleet.’’
Mr Hooper says farmers are not
driving utesassomesortofstatus
symbol.
‘‘Wehave agenuine need for
reliable four­wheel drivevehicles to
tow equipment and get around our
farms safely.’’
The budgetannouncement will
increase the maximum fee charged on
the registration of anew ute to $6900
(up from$5175 previously), and the
registration of aused ute to $3450 (up
from $2875).
‘‘Farmers shouldn’t be taxed on
their work vehicles to subsidise
wealthy Tesla owners in Remuera and
Karori. That'sjust wrong.
‘‘The announcement is abitter pill
to swallow for farmers who arealready
being hammered with all sorts of cost
increases,’’ Mr Hooper says.
‘‘Instead of heaping new costs on to
aproductive sector,the Government
shouldbefocusing on sorting out the
state of our pothole­riddledrural
roads.
‘‘If theydon'tget on to that soon, we
might need aute to go anywhere.’’
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