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Invoicing in New Zealand Highlights
Requirements Snapshot
Tax Overview
Tax Type: Goods and Services Tax (GST)
Tax Authority: Inland Revenue Department (IRD)
Current tax rates: Standard rate 15%; Reduced rate 9%; Zero rated: 0% (e.g. exports); some exemptions (financial services, residential rent)
Currency: New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
Archival Overview
Legal archiving period: 7 years
Archive Location: Not prescribed
e-Signature Overview
e-Signature required: For non Peppol B2B invoices e-Signatures can be used to prove authenticity and integrity. Not required
Business-to-Business (B2B)
Model: Post audit
e-invoicing obligations: None. Use of e-invoicing is voluntary.
B2B invoicing Government Platform: N/A. MBIE promotes adoption and maintains a directory of Peppol-ready businesses, but does not operate a transaction
Invoice issuance requirements: If used, must follow PINT A-NZ Billing XML via Peppol; otherwise, standard GST taxable-supply-information rules apply (any format, incl. paper/PDF/email)
Invoice reception requirements: No mandatory e-invoice reception requirements
Business-to-Government (B2G)
e-invoicing obligations:
- Mandatory in phases: central agencies must receive e-invoices since 31 March 2022;
- Agencies sending/receiving >2,000 domestic trade invoices/year must send and receive e-invoices from 1 January 2026;
- Large suppliers (revenue >NZD 33 million in each of the prior two years) must submit e-invoices to government buyers from 1 January 2027
B2G invoicing Government Platform: Peppol Network, with MBIE as New Zealand's Peppol Authority. There is no separate government clearance portal — exchange is decentralised via certified Peppol Access Points)
Invoice issuance requirements: NZBN (New Zealand Business Number) required as the routing identifier; must be sent via a certified Peppol Access Point in PINT A-NZ format
Invoice reception requirements:In-scope agencies must be able to receive e-invoices through their accounts payable system via Peppol
B2G invoice formats: PINT (Peppol INTernational) A-NZ Billing specification, mandatory since 15 May 2025 (replaced the earlier ANZ Peppol BIS 3.0)
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