nznewbie wrote:Hi hsmpkiwi2
I just got an email from HO saying that they have made a decision on my case. Am so nervous to see if it was approved.
Yeah, i got IRD to write up a tax summary for me. Hope that works....Since i couldn't get the 12months summary from IRD i asked for exceptional consideration instead (12 months bank statement and letter from employer)
Hey mate,
Glad to hear your application is well under way. Can you give us an update when you hear anything?
I dont have 12 months payslips (because I foolishly threw many of them away before I started keeping them for my HSMP application) so I will be sending 12 months of bank statements, a letter from my employer stating my income over the period claimed for, and a copy of my Summary of Earnings provided by the IRD (available on request). I expect I will not have any trouble if I provide these materials.
AFAIK we do not do a tax return in NZ - I don't even think there are any forms they send out?
Regarding this point, the guidance notes to the HSMP application state:
Definition of a tax return
52. The term ‘tax return’ may denote any of the
following:
• a document generated by a tax authority, which shows details of
declarable taxable income on which tax has been paid or is to be paid in a tax year (e.g. tax refund letter or demand);
• a document generated by your employer for the purposes of an official
return to a tax authority, showing details of earnings on which tax has
been paid in a tax year (e.g. P60 in the UK);
• a document generated by yourself/the business/the company for the purposes of an official return to a tax authority, showing details of your earnings on which tax has been paid/is to be paid in a tax year, which has been 'approved/registered/stamped' by the tax authority e.g. SARAL in India.
Self-certified tax documents, which you
have completed yourself are not
acceptable.
The documents that the NZ IRD can provide us appear to satisfy these requirements.
