PAYDAY FILING I MINIMIZING YOUR TAX BILL I ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LEGISLATION I MORE ON EMPLOYMENT Got staff or contractors? Payday filing is on its way! In April of next year, there will be a new requirement from IRD to file your employment...
Can you believe that we’ve crossed the halfway point of the year? 6 months gone in what feels like a blink of an eye. This is a great time to review progress. With less than 6 months until we knock off for summer, how are...
This is a great time of year to take a look at how the last 12 months has compared to the previous year. It’s also a great time to set targets for the coming 12 months. For all our tax clients, we will be catching...
With a blink of an eye, we are already 1/12th of the way through 2018! Many of us will have made new years resolutions or set goals for 2018. In fact, if you haven’t set any goals for 2018, time to do it now! A common...
And so, we roll into another ‘silly season’. This is the time of year that for many of us, we work frantically trying to get everything sorted before the Christmas deadline. This self-imposed deadline is perhaps a little crazy; everyone knows it’s coming – after...
A new government And so, the election is over for another 3 years. As with any election, opinion is divided over the outcome. But the fact remains, New Zealand has a new government, who have promised to make a few changes. When all the campaigning, press conferences...
It’s hardly a secret, many areas of New Zealand have seen massive increases in prices for real estate over the last 5 years or so. It’s also no secret that IRD have noticed too. While we will have to wait for Winston to make both...
How productive are you? We Kiwis cop a bad rap for our productivity (or rather, our lack of productivity). It’s not that we’re aren’t hard working – in fact we are globally renowned for being hardworking – we just aren’t always that effective with our efforts....
What is the most valuable resource you have at your disposal? Your time. The only thing that each of us completely controls and ISN’T renewable is what we spend our time and attention on. Think of it this way, the average New Zealander lives 81 years,...
Most of us work hard for the money that we earn, so this post is dedicated to making good use of that money. How much does it cost? We often make purchases without really thinking about what something costs, or whether a purchase is the best use...