Use this return to file your Maori authority yearly income and expenses information for the 2008 (1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008) income year.

This form can be completed on-screen by typing content directly into the PDF document. Once you have completed the form it is important that you print it out as you will not be able to save the information you enter into the form.

All Maori authorities must file a tax return each year, whether they have received income or not.

A Maori authority is any of the following:

• Trusts and companies that administer Maori freehold land under Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 (Maori Land Act 1993)
• The Maori Trustee
• Maori Trust Boards
• Crown Forestry Rental Trust
• Te Ohu Kai Moana Trustee Limited
• Aotearoa Fisheries Limited
• Trusts and companies that receive and manage fisheries assets allocated under the Maori Fisheries Act 2004
• Trusts and companies that receive and manage assets of the Treaty settlement redress process.

For a complete definition of "Maori authority" see the back of the Maori authority election (IR483) application form.  

For help in completing this return, see the - Maori authorities' tax return/Annual Maori authorities' credit account return guide 2008 (IR8G).

Maori authority IRD number

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After you finish

Please print, sign and attach your completed Accounts information (IR10) form or a set of financial accounts and post to your nearest Inland Revenue office.

You may wish keep a copy of this form for your personal records.