- New Zealand Inland Revenue issued Technical Decision Summary No. 24/10 on May 28
- Clarification on requirements for GST registration date
- Taxpayer deregistered from GST in mid-2021 and later tried to re-register with a backdated date
- Customer and Compliance Services approved registration but refused to backdate it
- Taxpayer questioned if registration application was voluntary and if decision not to backdate was valid
- Tax Counsel Office concluded application was voluntary and decision not to backdate was correct based on facts of dispute
Source: globalvatcompliance.com
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