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You can claim 33.33 cents for every dollar you donated to approved charities and organisations.

You can only claim on donations that added up to the same amount or less than your taxable income during the tax year.

Who can claim

You can claim donation tax credits if all of the following situations apply to you.

  • You're claiming as an individual and not on behalf of a trust, partnership or company.
  • You earned taxable income during the tax year in which you're claiming a donation.
  • You were a New Zealand tax resident at any time during the tax year, 1 April to 31 March.

What you can claim

You can claim tax credits for donations of $5 or more when the donation:

  • was to an approved charity or organisation
  • did not provide any direct benefit to you or your family
  • was not given, bequeathed, done or appointed by will or made by way of a full or partial debt forgiveness.

Approved donee organisations

You can claim your donation tax credits online and no paper form is required. IRD will automatically calculate the credit and pay it into the bank account provided. This can be done via an IR Account. You can find out more information on ird.govt.nz/donations