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Business Startup How do I get started in business? What structure should I use? Should I have a trust? What can I claim? What are my risks? Read more...

First Year How can I pay less tax? Who can be my trusted business advisor? How can I get my bank to help me? How’s my business performing? What are my risks? Read more...

First 5 Years Am I paying too much tax? IRD audit – am I frightened? Are my monthly results accurate? How do I make more profit? Is my accountant giving me value for money? Read more...

Well Settled How do I make more profit? Could I benefit from having a CFO on tap? Are my business risks fully covered? Could a new accountant boost me to higher level? Read more...

Time To Exit How do I prepare to sell my business & provide for my retirement? Have I got an exit strategy? Will I be secure in retirement? Read more...

Selling Up How do I maximise my business value on sale? Who can help me sell my business for the best value? Read more...

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Payments to shareholders

Broadly speaking, a payment from a company to a shareholder is likely to be a salary / wage or a dividend, and therefore taxable income. However, loans from a shareholder to a company and therefore loan repayments are also commonplace.

Aug 2019

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Charities Working Group

The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) is currently leading a comprehensive review of the Charities Act.

Aug 2019

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Tax Working Group

The Tax Working Group (TWG) released its long awaited Final Report (‘the Report’) on 21 February 2019, following a 13 month review during which the Group received over 7,000 public submissions.

Aug 2019

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Provisional tax: How to avoid being stung by the IRD interest rate rise

For many of our clients, the first instalment of provisional tax for the 2019-20 income year is due on 28 August – and the cost of failing to pay on time is set to increase.

Jun 2019

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Check on ACC

Always check ACC invoices. Sometimes they record your occupation incorrectly.

Jun 2019

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TAX CALENDAR

June 28

Last day to apply for annual FBT returns for those who qualify

July 29

3rd instalment 2019

Provisional Tax (June balance date)

Jun 2019

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Don’t make customers hit the red button

Chris said he was pleased with the attention at his doctors’ surgery. Soon after he was asked to complete a survey, which was to take only 10 or 15 minutes.

“I felt I owed it to my carers to respond and started answering questions. They wanted my age, my ethnicity and a string of other barely relevant details before getting down to the meat of the issue. After 10 of these questions, I gave up.”

Jun 2019

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DIY’ers risk losing out on tax credits

Do-it-yourselfers need to be very careful when it comes to tax.

It’s particularly dangerous to change the shareholding of a company. You could lose the tax (imputation) credits the company has built up for distributing with company dividends unless you know how to do the job correctly.

Providing Intelligent Business & Tax Solutions

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Aug 2019

Payments to shareholders

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Aug 2019

Charities Working Group

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Aug 2019

Tax Working Group

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Aug 2019

Provisional tax: How to avoid being stung by the IRD interest rate rise

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Jun 2019

Check on ACC

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Jun 2019

TAX CALENDAR

June 28

July 29

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Jun 2019

Don’t make customers hit the red button

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Jun 2019

DIY’ers risk losing out on tax credits

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