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IR Schedules New Zealand interest

Did you receive any New Zealand interest between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2019 from:

  • banks

  • Inland Revenue

  • building and investment societies

  • credit unions

  • securities

  • a partnership, look-through company, estate or trust

  • loans you’ve made?

If so, show all the New Zealand interest you received at Question 13B. If the interest is from a partnership, look-through company, estate or trust please tick Box 13C.

If you were charged commission on any of your interest, claim this at Question 26. Read the note about expenses at IR Schedules Other expenses and deductions.

Interest on broken term deposits

If you’ve broken a term deposit during the year, you may have “negative interest” to account for. This is interest you’ve repaid on the term deposit. It may reduce the amount of interest you need to declare on your tax return.

If you broke the term deposit in full, use the worksheet below to deduct the negative interest from the gross interest amount shown on your Deduction certificate for RWT on interest (IR15) or equivalent statement. In all other cases, the negative interest is deductible in a later tax return when the term deposit matures.

RWT

During the year, RWT will have been deducted from some or all of your interest and you can claim a credit for this.

The interest payer will usually send you an IR15 or similar statement which shows the gross interest paid and the amount of RWT deducted.

Add up the amounts from each statement or certificate and print the totals in Boxes 13A and 13B.

Don’t send Inland Revenue your statements or IR15s, but keep them in case they need to see them later.

Interest of $50 or less

If the interest you received for the year is $50 or less, you may not receive a certificate or statement, but you still need to show the gross interest and RWT. Get the details from your bank statements.

Interest on joint accounts

If you hold a joint account, you must show your share of the interest in your tax return.

Interest from overseas

If you received interest from overseas, convert your overseas interest and tax credits to New Zealand dollars and show it at Question 17. Please read the notes at IR3 Question 17 Overseas income.

Farm vendor mortgage or finance bonds

If you received interest from a farm vendor mortgage or farm vendor finance bonds approved by the Rural Banking and Finance Corporation of New Zealand, only half of the interest is taxable. Show the RWT deducted and the taxable amount of interest in Boxes 13A and 13B.

Income from financial arrangements

If you are a party to a financial arrangement, such as government stock, local authority stock, mortgage bonds, futures or deferred property settlements, you may have to calculate the income or expenditure from the financial arrangement using a spreading method, rather than on a cash basis. To determine whether a spreading method must be used, see “Financial arrangements”.

If the financial arrangement matures, is sold, remitted or transferred, a “wash-up” calculation, known as a base price adjustment, must be made.

Any RWT will have to be deducted on a cash basis. Show the RWT deducted and any income from the financial arrangement in Boxes 13A and 13B.

Interest paid by Inland Revenue

If Inland Revenue pay you interest because you overpaid your tax, include the gross interest in Box 13B in the income year you received the interest.

Interest paid by a person

If you paid Inland Revenue interest because you underpaid your tax, include it as a deduction in the return at Question 26 for the income year the interest is paid.

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