Thread: Useing the firearms register

Originally Posted by No.3

- only other one is MyIRD which I'm not signed up for and it's no point going through that much work for one request for info that actually isn't my issue to sort.

Been signed up to myIRD for years. Use it to prepare my tax return prior to sending to accountant to finalise. What I do myself helps to reduce the accountant's fees for my tax return. And also to check that IRD figures agree with mine. Sometimes they are out but usually only by cents. Don't trust them.

Had a query re overseas income a month ago. Submitted query thru MyIRD and got a reply within their advised 14 days Totally painless. Original sign up was simple, I'll hazard at a guess, easier than RealMe. I could see however that if people haven't got great computer skills their systems would be shite.

The surprising thing to me, when I first signed up to MyIRD is how much detail they have of your income. One of my bank accounts which only earns a few cent interest a year. It was all there. Banks of course are required to submit that info monthly.

Also have had a RealMe login for over 20 years. Part of my trade rego. Use it to also access my pension details. Also painless to access.
No, I'm not about to rush in to register my firearms.

Originally Posted by zimmer

Been signed up to myIRD for years. Use it to prepare my tax return prior to sending to accountant to finalise. What I do myself helps to reduce the accountant's fees for my tax return. And also to check that IRD figures agree with mine. Sometimes they are out but usually only by cents. Don't trust them.

Had a query re overseas income a month ago. Submitted query thru MyIRD and got a reply within their advised 14 days Totally painless. Original sign up was simple, I'll hazard at a guess, easier than RealMe. I could see however that if people haven't got great computer skills their systems would be shite.

The surprising thing to me, when I first signed up to MyIRD is how much detail they have of your income. One of my bank accounts which only earns a few cent interest a year. It was all there. Banks of course are required to submit that info monthly.

Also have had a RealMe login for over 20 years. Part of my trade rego. Use it to also access my pension details. Also painless to access.
No, I'm not about to rush in to register my firearms.

We do the same - that's the royal we as in my wife sorts all that and generally it's complete and accurate no errors. Still a circa $650 rubber stamping exercise every year though, but at least I don't need MyIRD... I just have to ensure all the receipts are flagged and entered each month and income confirmed.

I have to use the IRD site all the time for GST and stuff. Once you get your head around it, its quite easy to use. I never talk to anyone from the IRD. My accountant does that for me at tax time. Think he has a direct line to them as he has literally picked up the phone in my presence and rung them and got an answer instantly.

Lots of people reporting the same issue though. Register is a pig to use

2 factor what crap if my phone got stolen and they got my realme the 2 factor in most cases is a cell number for a texted code. Bam they have everything they need.

Originally Posted by Happy Jack

2 factor what crap if my phone got stolen and they got my realme the 2 factor in most cases is a cell number for a texted code. Bam they have everything they need.

Is your phone not locked? You can also remotely brick your phone in about a minute if you know it's been stolen.

Originally Posted by Coop

Is your phone not locked? You can also remotely brick your phone in about a minute if you know it's been stolen.

Jeez my 2 year old grand daughter can unlock my phone. Not sure how she does it but she does.

Originally Posted by zeropak

Jeez my 2 year old grand daughter can unlock my phone. Not sure how she does it but she does.

She has seen you do it plenty of times

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Mines always locked but I don't carry it 24-7 so it could get stolen and I might not know straight away. Lots of us older folks are like that

Originally Posted by Happy Jack

Mines always locked but I don't carry it 24-7 so it could get stolen and I might not know straight away. Lots of us older folks are like that

It's good that you lock it. It's pretty hard to get into a locked phone. I'm being unironic here too. I'm lazy and my phone is unlocked a lot of the time but it's usually on my person at all times as I'm a stupid millennial.

As a web developer 2FA does remove over 99 percent of attempted account hacks. Most hacks are done automatically using bots and they just look for low hanging fruit while checking a bunch of login combinations and ignore any that come up with a 2FA, The registry itself will most likely be compromised before a single users credentials and 2fa are spoofed. Simply because the effort involved for a single users gun ownership details isn't worth the effort. The best thing you can do is use non identifiable information in your passwords and have them 10+ characters long. And never reuse passwords from your other accounts.

How can your wife view your IRD affairs?

Originally Posted by zimmer

How can your wife view your IRD affairs?

Got you worried has he ?

Originally Posted by akaroa1

Got you worried has he ?

Nah, after 50 odd years of marriage I'm either immune or to dumb to realise.

Originally Posted by zimmer

How can your wife view your IRD affairs?

Wives have a special 6th sense and they can see through solid steel gun safe walls !

Originally Posted by zimmer

How can your wife view your IRD affairs?

Co-director, so getting everything sorted with the accounts kind of leads into everything being sorted with the IRD. Even when I was employed, joint banking so she sees 'everything'... Once the accounts are ready and balanced and GST sorted, there's only vehicle claims left to process in and once that's done the IRD stuff is pretty much straightforward. There might be a slight adjustment, but when you're in a simple LLC arrangement it's very basic. What it does mean is that the company and the wife get the email confirmation by IRD, mine follows up a couple of days later on a thin piece of tree.