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How many times has IRD requested information from NZ foreign trusts in the past year?

Alex Harris made this Official Information request to Inland Revenue Department

The request was refused by Inland Revenue Department.

From: Alex Harris

Dear Inland Revenue Department,

According to the Prime Minister, tax-free New Zealand foreign trusts must retain detailed information on their activities and provide it on request to the IRD ("NZ government not digging heels in over foreign trusts - PM John Key". Stuff, 5 April 2016). I would like to request the following information under the OIA:

* How many times in the last year did IRD request information from an NZ foreign trust?
* How many times was such a request successful
* On how many occasions was information requested from an NZ foreign trust disclosed to a foreign government? If the answer is more than zero, I would like a breakdown by country.
* If any request for information was not successful, what action was taken, if any?

I would prefer to receive an electronic response. Queries about
this request will be automatically forwarded to me by the
fyi.org.nz website.

With regards to s12 of the OIA, I am an NZ citizen and in NZ.

Yours faithfully,

Alex Harris

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From: Commissioners Correspondence
Inland Revenue Department

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Good afternoon,

 

On behalf of Christina Goodall, Manager Commissioner's
Correspondence, please find attached an acknowledgement of your Official
Information Act request.

 

 

Manager Commissioner's Correspondence

 

 

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From: Commissioners Correspondence
Inland Revenue Department

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Good afternoon Mr Harris,

Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received on 5 April 2016. I apologise for the time it has taken
to respond to your request.

 

Thank you,

 

Christina Goodall

Manager, Government and Executive Services

 

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