IR4 Question 19 Business or rental income

Write the net profit or loss in Box 19B. This is the amount of income or loss after the deduction of all allowable business expenditure, including shareholders’ salaries paid or credited. Also include any net rental income or loss in Box 19B.

Don’t include any income already shown at Questions 12 to 16, losses from CFCs (see the notes to Question 34 at IR4 Question 34 Foreign rights) or claim donations here (see the notes to Question 23 at IR4 Question 23 Donations).

If expenses are deductible against income declared in Questions 12 to 14, claim them here.

Attach either:

• a fully completed Financial statements summary (IR10) form, or

• the company’s financial accounts.

The IR10 is a statistics form that sets out a general summary of information from the financial accounts.

If you complete an IR10 you don’t need to send the financial accounts as well. You still need to complete them (unless the company is very small) and keep them in case Inland Revenue ask for them.

Very small companies are not required to prepare financial accounts if these conditions apply during the income year. The company:

• is not part of a group

• has not derived income over $30,000

• has not incurred expenditure over $30,000.

Companies that don’t prepare financial accounts must fill in an IR10 using information from their trial balance or financial records.

For more information about who has to prepare financial accounts and minimum financial reporting requirements, go to the Inland Revenue website at www.ird.govt.nz (search keywords: financial reporting).