Auckland business chased for $46,000 in Covid payments

Auckland business owner Hugh Grierson says he’ll have to liquidate his business if Inland Revenue won’t show some leniency in chasing him to repay Covid support funding. He was not able to open the business during the Covid-19 lockdowns and claimed $36,000 in wage subsidies and resurgence support payments and $11,000 from the small business cashflow scheme. Inland Revenue (IR) said the comparative period Grierson used to prove the required drop in income was incorrect. “I picked a good week and a bad week from the specified month to represent my drop in sales. An Inland Revenue spokesperson said, as on May 22, there had been 6921 small business cashflow scheme customers asked to repay their loans.