As the lockdown in New Zealand extended, your business may be eligible for the second round COVID-19 Resurgence Support Payment (RSP). Receiving any other Government COVID-19 support does not affect eligibility for the RSP.

You will have to meet the criteria listed here (https://www.strong.co.nz/news/2021/8/18/ird-covid-19-resurgence-support-payment-rsp) in order to apply.

When applying for the 2nd RSP, the start date of the continuous 7-day period where your business or organisation has experienced a drop in revenue must be in the following affected period: On or after 8 September 2021 and immediately before all of New Zealand returns to alert level 1.

This continuous 7-day affected revenue period then needs to be compared against a typical regular 7-day revenue period that starts and ends in the 6 weeks prior to 17 August 2021 (or, for the purposes of organisations that have been in business for 1 month, a typical continuous 7-day revenue period in the 1 month prior to 17 August 2021) to determine whether there has been a 30% decline in revenue.

Applications for the 2nd RSP is available now, you can complete your application within myIR portal.

For more information, please refer to: https://www.ird.govt.nz/covid-19/business-and-organisations/resurgence-support-payment

We are also able to apply RSP on your behalf,. If you are interested in applying RSP, please don’t hesitate to contact us via celia@strong.co.nz.

Be well and stay safe.