Pronk said January was usually a slow month for IRD applying to High Courts around New Zealand to have liquidators appointed.
But by Monday this week, the Gazette showed it had applied to liquidate 16 companies, Pronk said.
“If they do advertise in January it is normally from mid-January onwards. Not so in 2025,” he said.
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The quietest January for IRD liquidation applications this decade was in 2020 when only four were made, Pront noted.
The Gazette showed that on January 10 and 13, IRD applied to High Courts to liquidate many companies.
The first six companies on this list are associated with Gulati Group of East Tamaki and directors Onil Kumar Gulati and Penoy Gulati.
IRD has this month applied to…