IRD Number nightmare

[Meadow]

When hubby started work 2 weeks ago,er nobody told us about the ird number thingy.
So he then gets told fill one out and send it to them as you get taxed at 48 or something percent
So thinking its fairly straightforward procedure hubby takes couple hrs of yesterday morning and we head into inland revenue place.
The lovely guy at the counter said,we need your passport to photocopy and send away and the whole thing will be sorted out in 48hrs
Hubby tells him that his passport is in immigration as he is sponsering me for a work permit
He said should be no problem getting it of immigration as its only a photocopy so they can have it back.
Ok so we run all the way from i.r to immigration. To be told that the woman who is dealing with my case is on her lunch,but the guy took our cell and told us he would leave her a note,which he wrote in front of us saying URGENT
We then come home and at 4ish hubby phones immigration to see whats going on .Again woman cannot be found,so e-mail is left
So i check bank today online and nearly died.Hubbys pay is well and truly halfed
Its bad enough just now as hes only on training wage,which aint great.
So i phoned immigration and again spoke to a lovely helpful woman(they are good with you on the phone though,must admit)
And she then told me that due to huge backlog in Chch my application,including hubbys passport has been sent to wait for it.........
PALMERSTON BLOODY NORTH
I nearly choked,and if the poor wee Kiwi at the end of the phone had trouble understanding my Glaswegian at the beginning,well she was totally knackered at the end of the call
What a blooming nightmare
So looks like beans on toast for dinners for couple weeks
ach im pi$$d off

[ebianca]

What a nightmare Meadow.

I presume they will refund the extra tax once the number is sorted although doesn't help you at the moment.

Hope you can get it sorted before the next pay day.

beth

[Meadow]

Cheers B
Aye it should get refunded,dont know if its at the end of the tax year
Hows things going with yous?Hubby found a job yet? And when he does,mind and get your ird numbers sorted out quickly lol
hows the new house?
take care

[ebianca]

Nothing on job front yet- if he doesn't here anything this week it is back to serious job hunting- can't wait for them forever can we.

House is fab!!!!!!Really feels like home already!

[Meadow]

Good luck with the job hunting,im sure things will work out fine
Thats great with the house.
We love this house too,even though its a rental,it still feels like our own
The landlord is a really nice guy,laid back Kiwi
Hubbys employer is faxing Palmerston North now and hopefully should get a photocopy of his passport faxed back today
As dont want next weeks pay to be a shocker like this one
btw another thing to beware of when you start new employment.
The company hubby works, the woman who sorts the wages convinced hubby its a good thing to start a kiwi saver
Hubby never likes to disagree said ok
They took of ,i cant remember exactly but i think it was about 30 bucks from his pay.
So i done some research and he shouldnt be getting kiwi saver on a work permit.So he got onto employers and they are cancelling it and giving us it back.
As if the pay wasnt low enough lol
Just incase anyone else comes across this on a work permit

[kiaora!!]

wow i have to say i m quite surprised

i m an office manager and responsible for pays etc and you dont even need to provide your ird number to process pays until the 20th of the following month coz that s when the company has to send of the monthly schedules and your hubbies ird number has to be on that!

his company could have handled that way different!!!!!!!!

[Meadow]

Thanks for that Kiaora
I will have to get hubby to have a wee word with them and see whats going on
If the woman dealing the wages thought you can join kiwi saver on a work permit,then maybe she aint got a clue with the tax thingy
I thought myself it was a bit harsh,but wasnt really sure whos to blame,i dont have a clue with these kind of things
Yip he will have to be having words
cheers

[kiaora!!]

just double check with him first, they could have paid him on a normal tax code, probably M, all of May.. any period before that would have been the high tax rate
Maybe it was his april pay then?
get him to have a kind word with them and see what they say :)
could be kind of hard to reverse tho, as once the pays are finalised they cant be reversed

[kiaora!!]

re kiwi saver, she would have to put in her system if your hubby is a resident or citizen or not.. if she put it in correctly then the system wont take anything off for kiwi saver

[Taffy]

Employers have to take tax at the high rate regardless of the employers return as if you don't end up getting an IRD number in time, then they can get in to serious trouble!! Watch out for that Kiwisaver Scheme - it all sounds well and good, but once you're in it you're stuck with it for so many years before you can opt out or get your money back. It's great that they want to help people save for retirement, but the system is a financial trap as it stands.