28357 (2023). Hon Dr Deborah Russell to the Minister of Revenue

28357 (2023). Hon Dr Deborah Russell to the Minister of Revenue: How many full time equivalent employees will be required to deliver on the government’s commitment to do "increase funding for IRD tax audits to urgently expand the IRD tax audit capacity, minimise taxation losses due to insufficient IRD oversight, and to ensure greater integrity and fairness in our tax system" as outlined in the National Party and New Zealand First coalition agreement? 

Hon Simon Watts: The Government’s policy programme and priorities are set out in the Speech from the Throne and the coalition documents. I am currently seeking advice on a range of these items from officials. Decisions taken to progress the Government’s policy programme and priorities, including decisions about agency funding , will be announced in due course. Advice and modelling officials provide to support these decisions will be proactively released as part of a proactive release process.