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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...

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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Feb 2018

Attention landlords

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Feb 2018

AIM could be helpful

If you have seasonal income or will pay more than $60,000 of tax in the year, the new Accounting Income Method (AIM) could be good for you.

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Feb 2018

IRD seeking more data, quicker

Inland Revenue is aiming to get as much data from you, in electronic format, as it can.

It also wants to get this data much more quickly so it can make regular adjustments to the tax rates to cater for the Working for Families tax credit etc. More and quicker data would also enable the Government to get rid of secondary tax. Most of these changes will occur on 1 April 2019 or 2020.

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Feb 2018

Get organised for annual accounts

The 31st of March is rapidly approaching. Now is a good time to think about getting organised for your annual accounts to minimise hassles.

The following comments are based on a 31 March balance date. If yours is different, please adjust accordingly.

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Feb 2018

The buzzword of the digital age

Cryptocurrency is the new buzzword for trading and investment in the digital age.

It's gained fame – and some notoriety – in recent years as a form of money that's designed to be secure and anonymous.

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Dec 2017

Callaghan Innovation

Innovation is often considered by economists as core to a country’s economic prosperity. At the turn of the 20th century, refrigerated exports put New Zealand ahead of many of our European peers and ranked us first against all others in GDP per capita. Whilst the world economy has changed a lot in the last 100 years, the New Zealand Government remains actively focused on stimulating increased innovation within the economy in an effort to increase economic growth and population wealth.

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Dec 2017

Snippets

Sneezing colleagues

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Dec 2017

Voluntary disclosures

Traddies have been under the watchful eye of Inland Revenue (IRD) for the last few years since being identified as a cash-dominated industry in 2012. A media campaign has recently been launched to warn tradespeople that doing ‘cash jobs’ may comprise tax evasion, and that every cash job leaves a trail (or lack of a trail) that can be tracked by IRD.

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