[UNCLASSIFIED]

Good afternoon,

Thank you for your request made under the Official Information Act 1982. We will respond to your request within
20 working days from the date of receipt.

Kind regards,
Governance & Ministerial Services

-----Original Message-----
From: Anatoly Kern <[FOI #16154 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 22 July 2021 1:21 pm
To: oia <[IRD request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Grounds for Child Support Debt write offs

Dear Inland Revenue Department,

2020 annual report for IRD, under "Managing child support debt" contains the following phrase:
"We wrote off $249 million to encourage payments from customers and resolve historical debt."

Digging into the question of how CS IRD kills several hundred people every year I am interested in finding out how this 'encouragement' works and looking for the exact legal grounds for these write-offs on yearly basis, separately for main debt and penalties backdating to 2011.

E.g. section of the CSA (like section 180B, would be interested to see if there are any other of significant value really), amount of main debt written off under this section, amount of penalties written off under this section.

Yours faithfully,

Anatoly Kern

-------------------------------------------------------------------

This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #16154 email]

Is [IRD request email] the wrong address for Official Information requests to Inland Revenue Department? If so, please contact us using this form:
https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...

If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA page.

-------------------------------------------------------------------
This email and any attachment may contain confidential information. If you have received this email or any attachment in error, please delete the email / attachment, and notify the sender. Please do not copy, disclose or use the email, any attachment, or any information contained in them. Consider the environment before deciding to print: avoid printing if you can, or consider printing double-sided. Visit us online at ird.govt.nz

hide quoted sections

[IN CONFIDENCE RELEASE EXTERNAL]

Dear Mr Kern

Please find attached our response to your Official Information Act request
of 22 July (22OIA1073).

 

Regards

 

OIA team

Governance & Ministerial Services | Inland Revenue

 

 

 

This email and any attachment may contain confidential information. If you
have received this email or any attachment in error, please delete the
email / attachment, and notify the sender. Please do not copy, disclose or
use the email, any attachment, or any information contained in them.
Consider the environment before deciding to print: avoid printing if you
can, or consider printing double-sided. Visit us online at ird.govt.nz