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INLAND REVENUE TAX AUDITS: WHY PROPERTY INVESTORS NEED BETTER RECORDS THAN EVER

By Garreth Collard, Senior Property Accountant | August 20, 2026

Inland Revenue tax audits are increasing as IRD invests more heavily in compliance activity, data analysis, automated tools, and targeted reviews of property transactions. For New Zealand property investors, landlords, developers, and people caught by the bright-line rules, this means Inland Revenue now has a much stronger ability to detect undeclared income, GST errors, and incorrect…

GST & RENTAL PROPERTIES NZ: WHAT’S EXEMPT AND WHAT ISN’T

By Garreth Collard, Senior Property Accountant | July 7, 2024

Couple reviewing rental property paperwork and a spreadsheet on a laptop at home, with a thought bubble showing a piggy bank and "GST" representing their question about GST on rental income.

For GST-registered buyers, buying a property off a GST-registered seller means that the sale is zero-rated for GST i.e. none is paid by the seller and none claimed by the buyer.