Lodge your GST return (New Zealand)

To lodge your GST return

1. In MYOB, go to the Accounting menu and choose GST and provisional tax.
2. Click Get started.

3. To continue working on an existing return, click the date listed in the Period end column, then skip to step 5.

4. To start a new return:

   1. Click Add return. The Return details page appears.

   2. Enter your IRD/GST number and select your Return type.

   3. If prompted, enter your myIR user ID and password.

      • Don't have a myIR user ID? It's easy to register for myIR by heading to the IRD's registration page.

      • Getting an error when logging in to the IRD website? Clear your internet browser cache and try again.

   4. Enter your GST output tax adjustment account and GST input tax adjustment account. Ensure these are not both the same account.

   5. Select your GST taxable period, Period end and Accounting basis.

      Can't select a month in Period end?

      If you've prepared a GST return for a previous period, that period won't appear in the Period end drop down list.

   6. Select whether you want to include year-end adjustments in the return.
   7. Click Create. The return appears, pre-filled with the amounts that have been transferred from MYOB.
5. Review the amounts and click Validate to check the formatting. Make any changes that are required.
6. (Optional) To save your changes (if you want to complete the return later) click Save.
7. Click Prepare to file, and if all details are correct, click File. A message appears requiring you to confirm that you want to file the return with Inland Revenue.

8. Click Confirm.

9. Click File to file the return with Inland Revenue. The GST lodgement page reappears showing the submission status of the return.

Once you've lodged your return, pay any outstanding amounts to the IRD. After you've paid your GST or received your refund, you'll need to record the payment in MYOB.