SPECIAL WEBINAR: Managing Your Clients’ Tax Debt 2026 — What are your options? (live webinar)
Price excludes GST. Broadcast Date: 8 April 2026 (10-10:30am)
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Product Description
Overdue tax debt has more than doubled since the beginning of 2023 to total more than $9 billion on 31 December 2025. Recovering that debt is an increasing focus of Inland Revenue and has led to an upswing in company liquidations as Inland Revenue pursues overdue tax.
This webinar will outline the scale of the tax debt problem, what actions Inland Revenue are taking to recover the debt, and what practitioners can expect to see. We will provide some practical solutions on how you can help your clients manage their tax obligations and stay out of tax debt including:
- proposed changes to the tax pooling rules to allow the use of tax pooling for 2023 and 2024 tax year debts
- using tax pooling to prioritise and cover missed GST and PAYE payments (and help your clients avoid a potential prison sentence)
- how tax pooling can be used to defer income tax liabilities.
Upon satisfactory completion of this activity, you will be able to:
- discuss options with your clients for managing their historical tax debt
- understand the options open to your clients to ensure they stay out of tax debt
Duration: 0.5 (30 mins content + Q&A)
Suited to:
This course is suited to accountants at levels involved in managing their clients’ tax payments, but especially those with clients with tax debt or struggling to make their tax payments by the due date.
PRESENTERS
Chris Cunniffe FCA, Specialist Tax Advisor, TMNZ
Chris brings 40 years of leadership experience in tax, including Air New Zealand, BNZ, Inland Revenue and TMNZ – where he was previously CEO for 12 years. He has been a member of the New Zealand Tax Advisory Group for CA ANZ for over 20 years. Chris now acts as a specialist tax advisor to TMNZ, and leads the annual Inland Revenue Satisfaction Survey, alongside CA ANZ.
Stephen Richards, Partner – Tax Advisory, Findex/Crowe
Stephen Richards is Partner in the Tax Advisory team at Findex. Findex is one of the largest providers of integrated financial advisory and accounting services to individuals, SMEs, and corporates in Australasia.
Stephen has been practising in tax advisory for over 20 years and is a sought-after speaker on tax topics, including for CCH, CAANZ, and TEO Training courses and lecturing in taxation practice at the University of Otago.