Inland Revenue will go offline and close its call centres for a week, next month, as it implements the a key stage of its $1.6 billion Business Transformation project. MAARTEN HOLL/STUFF Inland Revenue offices will also be closed to the public during the transition. Inland Revenue deputy commissioner Sharon Thompson said the dates for the shutdown had been carefully chosen to cause "the least possible disruption". "Easter and Anzac Day happens during this period and there are only two full business days within these dates." But underneath the bonnet, Inland Revenue is gradually retiring its aging mainframe-based computer system First, which uses Cobol software that has become increasingly difficult to update and support.

Source: Stuff March 19, 2019 21:56 UTC