COVID-19 Repayments

About this form

Complete this form if you want to repay a COVID-19 payment.

COVID-19 payments include:

Wage Subsidy
Wage Subsidy Extension
Resurgence Wage Subsidy
Leave Support Scheme (used to be 'Essential Workers Leave Support')
Short-term Absence Payment
Wage Subsidy March 2021
Wage Subsidy August 2021

Please note the questions in this form may change dynamically based on your answers to previous questions.

Keeping a copy of this form

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Business Details

Business name (required)Enter the name used on your application.

Business IRD number (required)If you’re not sure, you can search for your IRD number

New Zealand Business Number (NZBN) (optional)

Contact Details

First name(s) (required)

Last name (required)

Phone number (required)This must be a valid New Zealand number.

Email address (required)

Address Line 1 (required)

Address Line 2 (optional)

Suburb (optional)

City (required)

Postcode (required)If you're not sure what the postcode is for this address, you can find it with the NZ Post postcode finder

Repayment Details

Are you an Employer or Sole Trader? (required)

Employer

Sole Trader

Why do you need to repay it? (optional)

New rate (optional)

Part time

Full time

Correct type of subsidy (optional)For example: Leave subsidy, Wage subsidy, Essential workers leave support etc.

Date business closed (optional)

Sole trader date of change (optional)

Sole trader change (optional)

Employee subsidy change details (optional)Include employee name(s), IR number, date of change and type of change e.g. on ACC, resigned, wrong subsidy rate (part-time/full-time) etc.

Do you know how much you need to repay? (required)

Yes

Don't know

How much are you repaying? (optional)

Comments (optional)

Declarations

The information I have provided is true and correct (required)

I have read the Ministry of Social Development's privacy notice and understand how my information will be used (required)

I understand my responsibility to let the Ministry of Social Development know about any changes in my circumstances and what will happen if I do not do this (required)