Hey,
I have been in NZ for more than a year now, I came here in my family visa and now I'm under New Zealand resident visa. Here is my situation,
I'm basically from India, I didn't yet worked under any employer in NZ or even done any jobs in NZ. What I'm doing is I'm working as a freelancer, that means working as an IT person from my computer, I have few clients around the world who calls me for their IT works and I log into their server/PC to fix their IT related issues. So once after that I will get paid from them to my NZ bank account.
I didn't yet applied for an IRD number.
The total amount of money that I will get each month depends on the works that I will get, honestly here is the approx: amount of money that I had earned last few months,
Jan 500 NZD
Feb 2350
Mar 800
Apr 750
May 4050
June 540 etc
I love working in IT field and it is bit difficult to find exact IT job here, that's why I'm still working as a freelancer and not looking for a different type of work at the moment.
So what I'm wondering is, do I'm subjected to pay any TAX in NZ for the work that I'm currently doing ?
If yes, what is the procedure, How can I do that ?
I highly appreciate help from you all who knows well about the NZ tax system, I didn't yet consulted with any tax agents because it's bit costly to get an appointment with them and I'm currently not getting much money to spent.
Cheers,
Charls