How to complete IR330 for a new job
An IR330 is Inland Revenue’s tax code declaration. You complete the IR330 form when you start a new job so the payer knows which IR330 tax code to use on your pay. The IR330 NZ form is a Tax code declaration IR330, not a return you file in myIR.
This IR330 guide is for the 2026/27 tax year (1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027). It is for a Hamilton barista on day one, a Wellington teacher changing schools, and anyone who also gets a Work and Income payment beside wages.
What is IR330?
What is an IR330: it is the Inland Revenue IR330 tax code declaration form. Inland Revenue’s complete my tax code declaration page calls it the Tax code declaration IR330. What is a IR330 form in payroll talk: the IR330 tax declaration you hand to the person who pays you. What is IR330 form in official words: Tax code declaration (IR330).
Use this form if you are an employee receiving salary or wages, or you receive a main benefit or NZ Superannuation. Inland Revenue IR330 August 2026 is blunt on the top of page 1. Give this completed form to your employer. If you receive a main benefit or NZ Superannuation, give this form to Work and Income. If you do not complete sections 1, 2 and 3, your employer must deduct tax from your pay at the non notified rate of 45% (plus earners levy).
- ✓ Gather what Inland Revenue asks for. Complete my tax code declaration: you will need your IRD number and your tax code.
- ✓ Get the current IR330 form NZ. Download IR330 from Inland Revenue, or get an IR330 NZ form from your employer or Work and Income.
- ✓ Fill section 1: your details. First names in full, family name, IRD number. Eight digit numbers start in the second box.
- ✓ Fill section 2: your tax code. Complete a separate tax code declaration for each source of income. Choose only 1 tax code per source. Use the flowcharts on pages 2 and 3.
- ✓ Sign section 3. Declaration, signature, and date. Incomplete sections 1, 2 and 3 trigger the 45% plus earners levy path.
- ✓ Hand the IR330 in. Employer for salary or wages. Work and Income for a benefit, New Zealand Superannuation, Veteran’s Pension, or a student allowance. Tell your payer if the tax code later changes.
Source: Inland Revenue complete my tax code declaration and Tax code declaration IR330 (August 2026). Employer payday filing and wage records sit on the PAYE and payslips hub. This page stays on how to fill the IR330 form, where to get it, and who keeps it.
Where to get IR330 and how to download IR330 form
Where can I get an IR330 form: Inland Revenue says download the Tax code declaration IR330 form, or you can get one from your employer or Work and Income. The live IR330 form download on that page is labelled Tax code declaration IR330 Aug 2026 (PDF 360KB). That is the current IR330 form PDF Inland Revenue hosts.
Employer’s guide IR335 (June 2026): all new employees must complete a Tax code declaration IR330 when they start working for you. You can order forms from Inland Revenue or download and print forms from ird.govt.nz/forms-guides. That is the inland revenue forms IR330 path, the IRD forms IR330 path, and the IR330 form printable path. An IR330 download form from a 2018 staff pack is not the live Inland Revenue IR330 form.
People still land on old packs labelled IR330 2018, IR330 2021, IR330 form 2024, IR330 2025, or IR330 form 2022. Use the August 2026 IRD IR330 form download. A Fulton Hogan 2018 Employee IR330 PDF is a stale employer copy, not Inland Revenue’s current IR330 tax form PDF.
This page is the NZ IRD form IR330, the IR330 Inland Revenue form, and the IR330 ird tax code declaration. It is not a Canon IR330 printer. If you typed canon IR330 looking for tax, you want the Inland Revenue NZ IR330 form.
Pull highlight: Give the completed IR330 to your employer or Work and Income. Inland Revenue’s complete my tax code declaration page does not ask you to post the IR330 tax declaration form back to Inland Revenue.
IR330, IR330C, and the MSD change tax code form
The IR330 contractor mixup is common. IR330 C in search is IR330C. Inland Revenue IR330: if you are a contractor using WT tax code, use the Tax rate notification for contractors IR330C form. That is a different IRD IR330 form NZ path.
| Form | Who uses it | Where it goes |
|---|---|---|
| IR330 tax code declaration form | Salary or wages, main benefit, NZ Superannuation. Tax code IR330 letters such as M, ME, M SL, SB, S. | Employer, or Work and Income. Keep 7 years after the last wage payment (IR330 and IR335). |
| IR330C | Schedular payments. Tax code WT. Inland Revenue IR330C 2024 PDF. | The person who pays you. Not IR330. See the Withholding and Schedular hub. |
| Work and Income Change tax code | NZ Super or Veteran’s Pension tax code change. | MSD online form. You need client number, name, IRD number, current tax code, new tax code. Updated 2 July 2026. |
How to fill the IR330 tax code declaration form
The IR330 tax code declaration, the tax code declaration form IR330, and the IR330 (tax code declaration) are the same Inland Revenue page 1.
Section 1 is your details on the IR330 tax declaration. Write first names in full, family name, and IRD number. The IR330 form IRD layout says 8 digit numbers start in the second box. Section 2 is the IR330 tax codes box: enter your tax code here. You must complete a separate tax code declaration for each source of income. Choose only 1 tax code per source of income. Use the flowcharts on the next page. Section 3 is the declaration you sign and date.
Inland Revenue’s about tax codes page: our tax code declaration IR330 has a flowchart on pages 2 and 3 to help you work out the right tax code to use. You complete the IR330 and give it to your employer or payer. If you do not give your employer an IR330, they will deduct tax from your pay at the non declaration rate of 45%. If your tax code changes, you will need to give your employer or payer a new IR330. Example: you may move from an M SL tax code to an M tax code when you pay off your student loan.
IR330 tax codes NZ on pages 2 and 3 include main codes M, M SL, ME, ME SL, plus CAE (casual agricultural worker, shearer or shed hand, up to 3 months), EDW (election day workers for advanced voting and election day), NSW (recognised seasonal worker visa or foreign fishing crew), and STC if you hold a tailored tax code certificate. Secondary letters sit on page 3. Which SB, S, SH, ST, or SA to write is the secondary tax code guide. Dollar take home after you have a letter sits on the PAYE calculator.
The flowchart also asks whether annual net income will be between $24,000 and $70,000 (note 4) and whether you or your partner receive Working for Families, NZ Super, veteran’s pension, or an overseas equivalent (note 5). Note 5: if those payments apply you must use tax code M or M SL if you have a student loan. You cannot use ME or ME SL. Note 10: if you have a tailored tax code certificate, enter STC on page 1 and show the certificate to your employer. You can apply in myIR or download Tailored tax code application IR23BS. Help choosing a code: ird.govt.nz/tax-codes or 0800 227 774.
Employer side, IR330 and IR335: you must keep this completed IR330 form for your business records for 7 years following the last wage payment you make to the employee. When an employee gives you this form, you must change their tax code, even if you have been given different advice in the past. Inland Revenue’s deductions from salary and wages page: if your employee does not give you a completed IR330, deduct PAYE at the non notified rate of 45% plus ACC earners levy. Use ND as the tax code on the Employment Information return and the PAYE calculator.
Main job IR330
Inland Revenue: you only have 1 main income, which is your highest income source. Follow page 2 of the IR330 form ird flowchart for M, ME, M SL, or ME SL. One IR330 tax code declaration IRD form per payer.
Extra job IR330
A second source needs its own IR330 tax code form. Do not write M on two jobs. govt.nz: if you start a new job you may need to change the tax code you use for any other sources of income.
Use case: Hamilton cafe, first pay
Situation: Hypothetical barista starts Tuesday. No old IR330 on file. IR330: download IR330 form online from Inland Revenue (August 2026 PDF), fill names, IRD number, tax code from pages 2 and 3, sign. Action: hand it to the cafe before that first pay. If the form is missing, Inland Revenue tells the employer to use ND at 45% plus ACC earners levy.
Use case: Wellington teacher plus NZ Super
Situation: Hypothetical teacher changes school and already gets NZ Super. IR330: new school gets a completed IR330 tax code declaration IR330 ird nz for the salary. Super is not that form in myIR. Action: Work and Income Changing your tax code for NZ Super and Veteran’s Pension: complete the Change tax code form with client number, name, IRD number, current tax code, and new tax code. Inland Revenue still owns which letter is right.
Trap: old year PDFs, IR330C, or two lots of M
Do not complete an IR330 form 2024 online pack, an IR330 tax forms 2021 pack, or an employer IR330 2018 printout as if it were live. Inland Revenue’s current IR330 form 2026 / IR330 2026 download is August 2026. Do not use IR330 for listed schedular work: that is IR330C. Using M on two sources at the same time is the example Inland Revenue gives of a wrong code. About tax codes: Inland Revenue may ask the employer to change it and will notify you.
What people get stuck on
r/LegalAdviceNZ asks who gets the IR330 when there is a benefit and a job. Inland Revenue and the form: every source needs its own completed IR330. Give one to the employer and one to Work and Income. PersonalFinanceNZ: the IR330 does not go to Inland Revenue for filing; the employer keeps it. Medium had no useful NZ IR330 how to thread. Quora had none we could use. Geekzone talk was IR330C rates, not this employee form. Picmi says employers can collect the same fields electronically. IR335 still requires name, IRD number, and tax code, and a 7 year keep, whether paper or computer records.
IR330 form online, IR330 complete online, and myIR
Inland Revenue’s live path for salary and wages is to download the IR330 PDF, fill it, and hand it to your employer. IR330 complete online through myIR is not on the complete my tax code declaration page. Tailored tax codes are the myIR exception (IR330 note 10). NZ Super and Veteran’s Pension can use Work and Income’s Change tax code form online. govt.nz change or get a tax code still points you to complete a Tax Code Declaration form IR330 and hand it to your employer or Work and Income (page last updated 1 April 2021; follow the live Inland Revenue steps).
If you receive NZ Super, Inland Revenue also says you can update your tax code through the Ministry of Social Development’s website. Work and Income: if you have a tailored tax code and you do not renew or change it before the end of the financial year, your tax rate will default to 45% on 1 April.
What is an IR330 form?
An IR330 is Inland Revenue’s Tax code declaration. Employees receiving salary or wages, and people who receive a main benefit or NZ Superannuation, use this IR330 tax form so the payer knows which tax code to deduct. It is not a tax return and you do not send the completed IR330 to Inland Revenue.
Where can I get an IR330 form?
Download the IR330 form PDF from Inland Revenue’s complete my tax code declaration page (Tax code declaration IR330 August 2026). You can also get one from your employer or Work and Income. Employer’s guide IR335 (June 2026) says you can order forms from Inland Revenue or download and print them from ird.govt.nz/forms-guides.
Can I complete IR330 online?
Inland Revenue’s live path for salary and wages is to download the IR330 PDF, fill it, and hand it to your employer. There is no myIR IR330 submit button on the complete my tax code declaration page. If you receive NZ Super or Veteran’s Pension, Work and Income lets you change the tax code through its Change tax code form online.
Is IR330C the same as IR330?
No. IR330 August 2026: if you are a contractor using the WT tax code, use the Tax rate notification for contractors IR330C form. Inland Revenue’s schedular payments page: download IR330C (2024), or get it from the person who pays you, then give the completed form to that payer. Do not use IR330 for listed schedular work.