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No one wants to be in the situation that the globe finds itself in right now,” the Prime Minister said.

“We found that there are a lot of problems. “We know that the cost of living has increased. She said the cost of living crisis has also exposed “a problem in our grocery sector in New Zealand”, adding, "We do need to address that as well".

Ardern says the vast majority of people to receive the benefit are taxpayers based in NZ.

The payment was one of the measures the government was using to help New Zealanders deal with the cost of living increases in the aftermath of the Covid economic recovery, she said. "What a slap in the face to hardworking Kiwi taxpayers who pay tax only for that to be given to people around the world who haven't been in New Zealand paying tax for many years in some cases." The payment would be distributed by IRD using an automated system so it was not always possible to work out if people were living in New Zealand and the cost of doing so would outweigh any benefits, she said. "The alternative in creating a perfect system would be in creating a less timely payment and potentially those who need it most not being reached." Ardern said the vast majority of those who would receive the payment were New Zealand taxpayers who were based in New Zealand. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the cost of trying to recover the $350 cost of living payment from New Zealanders living overseas would outstrip the benefits.

Watch the Finance Minister's Budget speech. Credits: Newshub. The Government has started paying out its $350 cost of living payment, with $116.67 starting to ...

By RNZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the cost of trying to recover the $350 cost of living payment from New Zealanders living overseas would outstrip.

"What a slap in the face to hardworking Kiwi taxpayers who pay tax only for that to be given to people around the world who haven't been in New Zealand paying tax for many years in some cases." The payment was one of the measures the government was using to help New Zealanders deal with the cost of living increases in the aftermath of the Covid economic recovery, she said. The payment would be distributed by IRD using an automated system so it was not always possible to work out if people were living in New Zealand and the cost of doing so would outweigh any benefits, she said.

Nearly 1000 people have opted out of the government's $350 cost of living payment, Inland Revenue says.

People must have had a 2022 tax assessment with eligible income such as salary and wages or bank interest." "It just feels really quite unfair. "I got an email on Saturday, the Saturday just passed. It's just another blow. She said the government was not "asking for IRD to actively go out and find those individuals, the cost of doing so would outweigh the benefit". "My sense is this is very widespread, it's a major muck-up, it's like the government pressed 'send all' - it's certainly not targeted and for ministers to be dismissive of it is I think quite disrespectful."

McGuire said they both had their New Zealand bank accounts open and had filed tax returns last year, which meant their stated incomes would have fallen well ...

Information is on the IRD website. If all that is required is a New Zealand bank account left dormant then tens if not hundreds of thousands could have got this payment." "We were told it would be targeted and this is clearly not the case. She still has a New Zealand bank account with KiwiSaver linked to it. "If someone has left the country and hasn't told IRD they're not living here currently we will have treated them as resident here and they may receive the Cost of Living payment," she said. Willis said the problems have occurred because it was a policy "made on the fly" and she had a lot of sympathy for IRD which was having to administer it. Oliver said he would have preferred to see a more targeted approach to those doing it the toughest, such as boosts to Working for Families and tax credits. "The Government wanted to give out money, and the only organisation that can do that is the IRD. "The money could make a lot of difference to a lot of families and it just seems a bit wasted imagining how many people like us might be out there." Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday morning said she accepted people living overseas would receive the cost of living payment and she did not know how many people there could be. Kelly McGuire and her partner left last November after eight years living in New Zealand and were "surprised" on Saturday to receive an email saying they were entitled to the first of three cost of living payments adding up to $350 over the next three months. The Herald has spoken to several others in similar situations and social media is flooded with stories of people living overseas, some who had lived here as temporary migrants, receiving the payment despite its intention to be targeted at those living here.

The National Party has accused Labour of spraying taxpayers' cash around the world to undeserving expats, but the government insists the scheme is not a waste ...

"IRD emailed me saying they are going to give me money. An Inland Revenue spokesperson said eligibility for the cost of living payment would be based on information it held at the time each instalment was due. "This would mean some people who should receive the payment may not, and conversely, some people who received the payment should not have," a regulatory impact statement said. Government ministers were warned in May that some of the information Inland Revenue held would not be up to date. The money is supposed to go to New Zealand tax residents over the age of 18 living in the country, who earned up to $70,000 last financial year and are not entitled to the winter energy payment. Kiwis living overseas have received letters from Inland Revenue saying they qualify for the cost of living bonus, even though they are not New Zealand tax residents.

An Australian citizen says she and her partner have been given New Zealand's cost of living payment, despite having returned home after less than a year he.

Watch the Finance Minister's Budget speech. Credits: Video - Newshub; Image - Getty Images. The first portion of the Government's cost of living payment will ...

Some BNZ customers are hitting snags accessing their online banking today. A Herald reader said the bank's website and phone banking app were having issues ...

Today's payment is $116.67, as is the second one at the start of September. The third instalment for eligible people is $116.66, payable on October 3. The payments were designed to help combat the impact of surging inflation on household budgets. It was the first outage recorded on the bank's status page since a major malfunction on the evening of July 2. "Some customers are currently experiencing issues logging into their accounts on the BNZ mobile banking app," he said. A Herald reader said the bank's website and phone banking app were having issues on the day an estimated 2.1 million people were due to get their first cost-of-living payment. A BNZ spokesman today said the app was having some issues but browser users on computers should be able to access banking as usual.

“Some customers are currently experiencing issues logging into their accounts on the BNZ mobile banking app,” he said. “Internet banking is still working, so if ...

“The fuel excise tax, road user charge, and public transport discounts have all been extended. It even appears the cost of living payments have been paid to some people living overseas, despite only having been intended for residents. ANZ and BNZ were hit by temporary mobile banking outages on Monday as people rushed to check whether their cost of living payments had hit their accounts.

The first instalment of the Government's cost of living payment is hitting Kiwi's bank accounts today, however many are having problems checking to see if ...

The first instalments of $116 began landing in bank accounts yesterday. Budget 2022 ringfenced $814 million for the initiative, for an estimated 2.1 million ...

People must have had a 2022 tax assessment with eligible income such as salary and wages or bank interest." "It just feels really quite unfair. "I got an email on Saturday, the Saturday just passed. It's just another blow. She had a disability and got the Winter Energy Payment - so she missed out on the cost of living distributions. She said the Government was not "asking for IRD to actively go out and find those individuals, the cost of doing so would outweigh the benefit".

The first instalment of the $350 cost of living payment could be coming your way, here's everything you need to know.

But it was about doing what we could," she told Breakfast in May. Ardern denied the payment was a "band-aid" and said incomes had grown more than the cost of living under Labour. "I don't think that it would have been possible to have delivered something that would have made all of these pressures go away.

Revenue Minister David Parker told RNZ it is estimated about 1 per cent of the approximately 2.1 million people who received the payment are not eligible for it ...

"But it's an unavoidable reality of paying it based on data that's held by Inland Revenue, rather than seeking a lot more data through an application process. Advice to ministers also warned the rollout of the payment would have "critical operational impacts" on Inland Revenue and would "compromise" its "already stretched workforce". That would mean about $7.35 million had been paid out to 21,000 people in error. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said yesterday the payment would help New Zealanders through the "peak of the global inflation storm". The Government is not going to "chase down" ineligible people to get the money back, Parker added. It was "unfortunate" some people overseas had received the payment, Parker said.

The government is coming under further pressure over its cost-of-living payment rollout - this time because it is reaching far fewer people than advertised.

For most people now that is done automatically but people on IR3 returns and the like file on a different timetable, as do some people who use tax agents. "We obviously prefer if there's none, but the only alternative is wasting money on further administrative costs that would cost more. And I want to know why they aren't across the details of this. They're patently wrong," he said. Some 137,000 missed out because the department did not have bank account information for them. In some instances, residential information may be out of date if customers haven't advised us they have left New Zealand."