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Once again, we find ourselves going through a Covid-19 lockdown. Click here to see a brief video about some of the support available to businesses and how to access them....

It’s still only been a few short weeks since the Nation moved to level 1.  And while in many respects, much of life is returning to some sense of normality, there are lasting effects that will be with us for some time.  Not least of...

No two ways about it, NZ has had a bit of a tough time going through the various alert levels.  Our collective productivity has taken a bit of a hammering.  There has been a lot more optimism since the move to level 2, and there...

The Small Business Cashflow Loan Scheme looks to have been reasonably successful – at the end of last week, it was approaching $1 billion in loans advanced.  The feedback that we have heard has been largely positive with most receiving the loans quickly. This is a...

As part of level 2 restrictions in the workplace, we will be using the NZ COVID Tracer app for contract tracing. You will need to have the NZ COVID Tracer app installed on your phone. Please use it to scan the QR code poster outside...

There has been a lot of criticism of the government backed loan scheme that was announced last month.  Particularly, many small and mid-sized businesses have found them difficult to access.  The government has responded by opening another avenue for businesses to borrow.  Directly off the...

This is a busy time of year for paying tax, there is provisional and terminal income tax, maybe FBT as well as the usual suspects of PAYE and GST.  All at a time when for many businesses, cash has stopped rolling in. On the first of...

Welcome to day number 1 of the lockdown.  As we get used to this new, temporary way of life, here is some important stuff for businesses: If you haven’t done so already… If you qualify and haven’t yet applied for the wage subsidy or if you’re not...

Yes, Covid-19 is here, and it is creating some fundamental changes in how our country operates incredibly quickly.  One of the benefits of living on small islands in the south pacific is that we are relatively isolated.  As of writing this there are only 20...

For our tax clients, you might have heard us grumble about under-staffing at IRD and how that slows down the work we do for you.  It transpires that 700,000 calls didn’t even make it into the queue to talk to someone (about 40% of the...