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Rolling over return data from the previous tax year

Here's a list of data that gets rolled over from the previous tax return when you use an automatically created return or add a new return.

If the schedule is likely to have data pre-populated from IR data or from data distribution, the schedule won't be rolled over.

Tax return data that is rolled over

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This information is correct for the current tax year.

Main form refers to the Tax > Compliance list > Tax return page, as opposed to an attached workpaper or schedule.

Schedule or workpaper

Field

Return type

Adjustments

Description

IR8

Business income

Income source

IR4, IR6, IR7, IR8, IR9

Business income statement

Type of business

Other income description

Expenses description

Other expenses description

Depreciation on buildings and assets

Description

Date purchased

Sold

Months claimable

Cost

Opening value (from prior-year closing balance)

Rate

Method

IR3, IR3NR, IR4, IR6, IR7, IR8, IR9

Donation deductions

Name of donee

IR4, IR8, IR9

Donations schedule

Name

IR526

Estate or trust income

Payer

Complying/foreign/non-complying selection

IR3, IR3NR, IR4, IR6

Expenses claimed

Expense description

IR3, IR3NR, IR6, IR7

Income from another partnership

Name of partnership

Passive or active?

IR7

IR1261 overseas income summary attachment

Payer

Income type

Tax jurisdiction

IR3

IR215 main form

Details of children

Names

Shared care option

IRD number

Non-resident spouse or partner

Name

Country of residence

IRD number

Other payments:

Description

IR3

IR3NR main form

Jurisdiction of tax residency

Tax identification numbers (TINs) are not issued by jurisdiction

TIN not required in jurisdiction

Tax identification number

IR3NR

IR4 main form

Non-resident for tax purposes

IR4

IR526 main form

Partner IRD number

Partner name

IR526

IR6 main form

Type of estate or trust

IR6

IR7 main form

Attribution of income/loss setting

IR7

Overseas income

Payer

IR4, IR6, IR7, IR8, IR9

Rental income

Income source

IR3, IR3NR, IR4, IR6, IR7, IR8

Rental income statement

Full address

Other income description

Other expenses description

Depreciation on buildings and assets

Description

Date purchased

Sold

Months claimable

Cost

Opening value (from prior-year closing balance)

Rate

Method

IR3, IR3NR, IR4, IR6, IR7, IR8, IR9

Residential property income

Residential income method

Description (excluding 2022 to 2023)

IR3, IR4, IR6, IR7, IR8, IR9

Royalties

Payer

IR3NR,

Self-employment income

Income source

IR3, IR3NR

Working for families

Details of children

Names

Date of birth

IRD number

Care start date

Care stop date

Date of death

IR3

Tax return data that isn't rolled over

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These schedules aren't rolled over. Most of the data will be pre-populated from IR data or from data distribution.

This information is correct for the current tax year.

  • IR4J Annual imputation return

  • IR8J Annual Māori authority credit account return

  • Dividend income

  • Government subsidy

  • Income with tax deducted from summary of income

  • Interest income

  • Look-through company income

  • Maori authority distribution

  • Other income

  • Partnership income

  • Portfolio investment entity (PIE) income – IR3, IR3NR, IR4, IR6 and IR7

  • Sale of property

  • Schedular payments income

  • Shareholder salaries with no tax deducted.