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Own your home and rent a room to a flatmate? How IRD's floor-area method works, a full worked example, and how to file it on your IR3 — for the 2025-26 tax year.

Inland Revenue has published the 2025-26 kilometre rates (the 2026 income year) for vehicle expense claims. Zelvo is already updated, so your mileage deductions use the new IRD km rates automatically.

Zelvo is live. Here's what it does, what it doesn't do yet, and how you can help shape what comes next.