Authority To Act

Authority To Act
  • If you are a Sole Trader please complete an Individual/Sole Trader ATA – You will need your personal IRD Number for this.
  • If you are any other entity please complete an Other Entity ATA – You will need your other entity’s IRD Number for this. This must be signed by all controlling persons within the entity.
  • If you are an other entity and you also require us to complete your personal tax requirements you will need to fill out an Individual/Sole Trader ATA as well as an Other Entity ATA (please complete 2 separate forms).

Individual/Sole Trader Authority To Act

Inland Revenue requires that sufficient authority to act has been obtained before we can link you to our tax agency. This authority must state the tax payer’s name and IRD number.
Name
Name
First
Last
Enter your ID number without any spaces or hyphens.

By signing this document you acknowledge:

  • We authorise SMYD Accounting / Advisory Limited (tax agent) to link this IRD number to their tax agency and obtain information from Inland Revenue from all channels.
  • The tax agent will link all tax types to ensure full understanding of our tax position.
  • The authority will be ongoing but can be terminated by either party at any time.
  • Linking allows the tax agent to have full access to information held by InlandRevenue and the ability to modify details relating to the tax type of the linkage.
  • Correspondence for linked tax types will be directed either to the online tax agent or the client.
  • We authorise the online tax agent to prepare, submit and sign tax returns on behalf of the client.
  • We authorise communication between IRD and the tax agent via written correspondence, phone, email, fax or any digital platform as appropriate.
  • We authorise you to furnish to any third party, financial information of mine/ours as you see fit that is requested in furtherance of our business activities.
  • We may utilise the services of third parties, including tax pooling intermediaries, from time to time and as separately notified to you to manage your tax affairs. To perform the services, we provide these third parties with access to your data to the extent this is required to perform the services. This requires information being sent to these services providers in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

Other Entity Authority To Act

Inland Revenue requires that sufficient authority to act has been obtained before we can link your entity to our tax agency. This authority must state the company name, company IRD number, and position of the signee/s.

This must be signed by all controlling persons within the entity. For example:

  • for a Company, each of the company directors;
  • for a Partnership or Limited Partnership, each of the partners;
  • for a Trust, each of the Trustees;
  • for a registered Charity, each of the executive committee members.
Enter your company ID number without any spaces or hyphens.

By signing this document you acknowledge:

  • We authorise SMYD Accounting / Advisory Limited (tax agent) to link this IRD number to their tax agency and obtain information from Inland Revenue from all channels. 
  • The tax agent will link all tax types to ensure full understanding of our tax position. 
  • The authority will be ongoing but can be terminated by either party at any time. 
  • Linking allows the tax agent to have full access to information held by InlandRevenue and the ability to modify details relating to the tax type of the linkage. 
  • Correspondence for linked tax types will be directed either to the online tax agent or the client. 
  • We authorise the online tax agent to prepare, submit and sign tax returns on behalf of the client. 
  • We authorise communication between IRD and the tax agent via written correspondence, phone, email, fax or any digital platform as appropriate. 
  • We authorise you to furnish to any third party, financial information of mine/ours as you see fit that is requested in furtherance of our business activities. 
  • We may utilise the services of third parties, including tax pooling intermediaries, from time to time and as separately notified to you to manage your tax affairs. To perform the services, we provide these third parties with access to your data to the extent this is required to perform the services. This requires information being sent to these services providers in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

Signatories

Signatory Name
Signatory Name
First
Last