Income tax return: Maori authorities
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Income tax return: Maori authorities
Form Number: IR8 / Form Code: IR8
About this Guide
Use this return to file your Maori authority yearly income and expenses information for the 2020 (1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020) income year.
This form can be completed on-screen by typing content directly into the PDF document. Once you have completed the form it is important that you print it out as you will not be able to save the information you enter into the form.
When to use this guide
All Maori authorities must file a tax return each year, whether they have received income or not.
A Maori authority is any of the following:
- Trusts and companies that administer Maori freehold land under Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 (Maori Land Act 1993)
- The Maori Trustee
- Maori Trust Boards
- Crown Forestry Rental Trust
- Te Ohu Kai Moana Trustee Limited
- Aotearoa Fisheries Limited
- Trusts and companies that receive and manage fisheries assets allocated under the Maori Fisheries Act 2004
- Trusts and companies that receive and manage assets of the Treaty settlement redress process.
For a complete definition of “Maori authority” see the back of the Maori authority election (IR483) application form.
For help in completing this return, see the – Maori authorities’ tax return/Annual Maori authorities’ credit account return guide 2020(IR8G).
What you will need
Maori authority IRD number
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