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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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Mar 2018

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Mini-budget – families package

The Labour coalition made immediate changes when they were elected into government, starting with repealing National’s planned tax bracket changes. Labours new ‘mini-budget’ is intended to benefit low-income earners, middle-income families with children and lift children out of poverty.

The package entails:

Increasing the Family tax credit by between $575 to $1,400 per year.

Mar 2018

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Internet of things

You may have heard the term ‘internet of things’ (IoT) bandied about recently, but what exactly is it?

Feb 2018

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Marketing is an ongoing process

Now is an excellent time to prepare your plans for the coming financial year. Your marketing plan should usually be your first consideration.

Can you sell more to your existing customers? Maybe all you have to do is a little staff training. Everyone should ask the classic upselling question: “Will you have fries with that?”

Feb 2018

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Programs check grammar

Proofreading is a great example of how technology is replacing humans.

Programs such as Grammarly are being relied on to check not only grammar and spelling, but also plagiarism. Does it supersede professional proof-readers? Not yet, and maybe never.

Feb 2018

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Attention landlords

Feb 2018

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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.

Feb 2018

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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.