Donate your tax rebate

Individual Tax Refunds

You can claim any donation you make within four years. The four-year period starts on April 1 of the year after you make the donation.

You need to have donated $5 or more from earned taxable income while residing in New Zealand at any time in that tax year and be an individual.

Company Tax Refunds

Businesses can claim a tax deduction on donated amounts limited to the amount that would be the company's net income before considering the donation deduction.

Claim your rebate and donate again

You can increase your impact for people affected by leprosy by gifting your Inland Revenue refund to Leprosy Mission New Zealand towards a world without leprosy.

The Leprosy Mission New Zealand is Registered Charity No CC37638.

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How to transfer your tax rebate:

1. Visit the IRD Website
2. Complete an IR526 form
3. In Box 10 of this form, enter Leprosy Mission New Zealand’s IRD number (10-471-141)
4. Under ‘Name of person receiving the tax credit’, write ‘Leprosy Mission New Zealand (Inc.)’
5. Enter the year
6. In Box 11, choose the amount you’d like to transfer (this can be all or part of the rebate)
7. Staple your donation receipts to the back of the form.
8. Send your completed IR526 form (with donation receipts) to the Inland Revenue Department.
9. Your rebate will be transferred to our IRD number and then paid directly into our bank account

If you would like a tax receipt for the amount you have transferred so that you can claim a further rebate on this amount next year, please, email us at supporterservices@leprosymission.org.nz with ‘Tax Rebate Donation’ in the subject line and the following included in your email:

• Name
• IRD number
• Address
• Amount transferred