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Articles - 2019-10-30
Public Holidays - to Pay or not to Pay
There always seems to be a bit of trepidation when it comes to payment for public holidays and rightly so as it gets confusing when you have staff on different arrangements and working different times and days. For ease of reference, we are splitting this article over two months, as we are going to try and simplify the rules for you.
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Articles - 2019-09-16
Tax saving strategies for agricultural business
There are long-held misconceptions about how to save tax. Here are some ideas that work and some that don’t. If the tax saving involves spending more money than made, then any decision must be in conjunction with your cashflow forecast to ensure you don’t run short of cash at crucial times of the year.
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Articles - 2019-09-05
Better Management Practice
Clear expectations for employees are key for staff to reach their potential for your business.
Employees need to know exactly what’s expected of them and inspiring high performance starts with establishing clear expectations and goals. Understanding and, where possible, agreeing to expectations should be part of an employee’s induction.
Articles - 2019-08-29
Triangular Employment Relationships
The main effect of the changes for Agencies and Clients is that if an employee of the Agency raises a personal grievance against the Agency when the Employee has been on an assignment with a Client, either the employee or the Agency can join the Client as a party and the Client may have liability if it has caused or contributed to the grievance.
Read moreArticles - 2019-08-12
Ring-fencing residential property losses – legislation at last!
The changes apply retrospectively from the start of the 2019/20 income year, which is 1 April 2019 for most taxpayers. With Capital Gains Tax off the table, it would seem these rules are here to stay for the foreseeable future.
Read moreNewsletters - 2019-05-30
2019 Budget Day Summary
New Zealand’s inaugural “Wellbeing Budget” was delivered by Minister of Finance Grant Robertson today. Budget 2019 represents a significant change from how Budgets have previously been designed, developed and presented. It will be up to all New Zealanders to decide if the Government is focusing on areas they value the most.
Read moreArticles - 2019-05-01
Get Ready for the New Financial year with Xero
We are excited to invite you to an evening of understanding your business financial literacy, Xero Tips & Tricks and also an introduction to WorkflowMax - WorkflowMax offers you a complete, cloud-based solution to manage your projects and jobs.
Read moreArticles - 2019-04-12
Sustainability within the tourism industry
In 2018 the introduction of the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy was announced with legislation to give effect to this expected to be passed mid-2019. It is not yet clear when it will take effect. This will mean that international visitors will be charged an additional $35 through their visa fees and it is expected to bring in an estimated $80 million per year to be applied to infrastructure and conservation projects. The fund is expected to help improve the protection and enhancement of New Zealand’s distinctive natural environment and improve tourism planning, according to Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage.
Read moreArticles - 2019-04-02
Key IRD services unavailable in late April
In late April the IRD will be making improvements to their systems to help make everything a little more straightforward for us in the furture.
myIRD Secure Online Services, phone lines and offices will be unavailible from 3pm, Thursday 18th April - 8am, Friday 26th April while they make the changes.
Read moreArticles - 2019-03-29
Federal Budget 2019
In handing down his maiden Federal Budget, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg outlined the government’s pitch supporting its hope for re-election: a stronger economy and a secure future, announcing that Australia is “back in the black and back on track”.
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