IRD using 'covert' investigation tactics

Tax investigators are going undercover.
 
Hamish McNicol discusses the IRD's covert activity on NBR Radio and on demand on MyNBR Radio.

Hamish McNicol
Mon, 18 May 2015

Inland Revenue has been gathering evidence using “covert” visits, including staff posing as customers and business “walk-bys,” as part of its tax compliance investigations.

But it is refusing to comment on how widespread the application of undercover investigations are, saying it will “not

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