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GoCushy documentation for New Zealand

The whole product, documented — plus the parts that only matter here: GST, what makes a tax invoice, what changes the moment you sell to someone overseas, and getting it all into Xero.

New Zealand in six numbers

GST rate
15%
Register above
NZ$60,000Rolling 12 months
Invoice needs GST number above
NZ$200
Invoice needs buyer details above
NZ$1,000
Supply invoice within
28 daysOnce asked
Keep records
7 years

Start here — the New Zealand parts

These four exist only on this site. They are the things a checkout built somewhere else gets not-quite-right.

Selling

Getting paid

AI and automation

This is the part that is genuinely different from other checkouts: an AI agent you already use can operate the whole thing.

Running the business

If you are setting up for the first time

  1. Decide whether you are required to be GST registered, or want to be. That is a conversation with your accountant, not a setting.
  2. If you are registered, enter your GST number and turn tax collection on — see GST on your sales.
  3. Leave international selling off until you have decided you want it — see selling overseas.
  4. Build one product and one offer, then make a test purchase and read the invoice it produces. It should say GST, carry your GST number, and show a total that matches the page.

Step four takes two minutes and catches more than anything else on this list.

Further reading

The blog covers the same ground at more length, including what a payment processor actually stores about where your buyer was, and the difference between a zero-rated and an exempt sale.

General information about how GoCushy behaves, correct as at 19 August 2026. It is not tax advice about your circumstances — your accountant knows those and we do not.