Inland Revenue has started consultations on plans to slash its workforce and begin restructuring. Last year IRD revealed plans to cut 1500 staff between 2018 and 2021 as part of a cost-reduction and modernisation programme. Last year IRD released a report into its plans to modernise its systems. Inland Revenue Commissioner Naomi Ferguson said there had been a "comprehensive programme of communications" about the changes over the past year. "The proposed new structure is all about bringing Inland Revenue closer to customers by organising our front line services around them.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 09, 2017 09:22 UTC