Declare income

Find out if you need to declare income

If you get a benefit or payment from us, you probably have to tell us if you, or your partner, get any extra income. It depends on what payments you get from us.

If you're not sure whether you need to declare income, select 'Do you need to declare'.

How to declare your income

Select your type of income to find out how to declare it and how this affects your payments from us.

• Wages
  Regular or casual.
• Self-employed or business income
  Earnings from a business or if you're self-employed.
• Child support
  This includes child support paid privately, or through Inland Revenue.
• ACC payments
  Includes regular and one-off ACC payments.
• Pension or superannuation scheme payments
  Includes overseas pensions, lump sum payouts, Kiwisaver and other.
• Trust income
  Regular and one-off payments from trusts.
• Insurance payments
  This includes payouts for a variety of circumstances.
• Other regular income
  This includes bank interest, investments, rental income and income from boarders.
• Lump sums or one-off payments
  This includes gifts, lottery wins and payments from wills.