He said IRD staff were baffled by the issue and still did not know the root of the cause. IRD spokesman Rowan McArthur said applications for IRD numbers were currently being processed within six days and there was "no technical/system or wider issue affecting this area." Boa told the New Zealand Herald he had contacted IRD almost every day for the past six weeks to get the issue resolved but it had still not been fixed. "They are being forced into a kind of legal grey area as they are waiting for his IRD number so they can pay him. "They have over 6 weeks of pay, $2000 plus at this point, waiting for him but their hands are tied until the IRD sort this.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 05, 2019 02:03 UTC