Filing annual returns for an overseas limited partnership
Updating your overseas limited partnership details each year
The general partners of an overseas limited partnership must file an annual return with the New Zealand Companies Office. Financial information is not required — the purpose is simply to ensure that the overseas limited partnership details are up to date on the register.
When to file your annual return
It's a legal requirement that the general partners file an annual return with us each year but a limited partnership is not required to file an annual return in the calendar year of its registration.
When you first register a limited partnership, your annual return filing month will default to March but you can change your filing month to one that better suits you or your business.
We'll send an email reminder when your return is due for filing
We'll send you a reminder by an email on the first day of your annual return filing month. That email reminder will contain a link directly to the Limited Partnerships Registers website where you can log in and follow the appropriate steps to file your return.
Before you file your online annual return
Your annual return confirms that details held on the register are accurate and up to date.
If there’s been a change that has yet to be recorded on the register, you should do this before you start filing.
Information you'll need to confirm
Your annual return will include the following information:
- Details of its registered office, address for service and postal address
- Email address — official email address for communication
- Details of the general partners
If any of your limited partnership's details on the register need updating, please use the relevant maintenance service to update the register before you file your annual return.
Authority to file your annual return
To file an annual return for your limited partnership, you must have:
- a RealMe® login
- an online services account with the Limited Partnerships Registers
- confirmed your authority to manage information on behalf of your limited partnership.
How to file your annual return
To file your online annual return, select the link in the email we send you. Once you've logged in, follow these steps.
- From the 'View Details' screen, navigate to 'Maintain Limited Partnership' and select ‘File Annual Return'.
- Confirm if the 'General Details' information is correct.
- Confirm if the 'Addresses' information is correct.
- Details of its registered office, address for service and postal address
- Email address — official email address for communication
- Confirm if the 'General Partners' information is correct.
- Complete the signatory details and select ‘Submit’.
Alternatively log in to your online services account, go to your dashboard and select the limited partnership from 'My Businesses' list.
Log in and go to your online dashboardPayment is required
While there's no registration fee payable, we do collect some levies when you file an annual return:
- an FMA levy of $21.74 (plus GST), and
- an XRB levy of $6 (plus GST).
What happens if you don't file an annual return
If you don't file your overseas limited partnership's annual return, the Registrar may take this to mean your limited partnership is no longer active and place a note on the register declaring it inactive.
