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Tax New Zealand: January v2026.01 release

Updated over 2 weeks ago

An update for the Access APS NZ Tax Application (2026.01) will be released on Thursday, 29 January 2026, between 7 pm and 9 pm NZDT.
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The changes being made include:

New features for 2025

  • IR1215 'As Agent For' company return: Introduced support for IR1215 company returns filed as agent, including return creation, tax calculations, lodgement with Inland Revenue, reporting, and desktop integration.

  • Working for Families worksheet enhancements: Updated the cloud worksheet to include editable fields for Working for Families payments received from WINZ and Inland Revenue, ensuring accurate net entitlement calculations and proper syncing to the tax ledger
    2025 Tax return improvements.

  • Working for Families tax credits calculation: Corrected an issue where tax credit calculations weren't updating properly when child end dates were entered, ensuring accurate entitlement amounts.

  • IR526 donation tax credit improvements: Enhanced the donation tax credit form to correctly handle transfer amounts with corrected decimal place formatting, and improved the quick transfer reference display in the tax ledger.

  • IR3, IR3NR, IR4, and IR6 transfer enhancements: Updated the 'Other Transfers' functionality to correctly capture recipient tax year/period and tax type information when transferring credits to different IRD numbers.

  • IR3NR Tax Summary report updates: Corrected the mapping of 'Total Other Income' and adjusted the NRWT (Non-Resident Withholding Tax) display for accurate reporting.

  • IR7 partnership return fixes: Corrected an issue where partnership expenses were incorrectly distributed to the income section of partner IR3 returns instead of the expenses section.

  • GST return improvements: Correction made for opening returns when special characters appeared in client names, and corrected the status display for assessed returns in the monthly GST boxes.

  • Return save and sync improvements: Resolved issues affecting tax returns that were preventing saves, syncing to the ledger, status changes, and report generation. Returns now save reliably even when working within keypoints for extended periods, and previously inactive returns can now be updated and synced to the desktop ledger without errors.

Tax rate updates

  • UOMI interest rate changes: Updated Use of Money Interest (UOMI) rates effective from 16 January 2026.

Desktop component updates

In this release, there are changes to the desktop, so you will need to download and install the following files from the 30th of January 2026.

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