Staying competitive puts your business ahead of the pack. Here are some thoughts on how to remain competitive and maintain your leading edge over the competition.
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If you’ve had a change in your name or address, it’s important the correct information is on record. We can help get things up to date so you don’t miss important information.
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As a general rule, if you provide entertainment for your team or clients, some of your business entertainment expenses are tax deductible. Download the guide to entertainment expenses.
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As the holiday season approaches, take some time to think about how you want to organise your business operations over the summer. Confused about holiday pay calculations or unsure how to interpret entitlements showing in your payroll system reports? Call us, we are here to help.
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With a bit of pre-planning and being proactive, you can go into the holiday season feeling relaxed. We’ve got tips to minimise the stress of cashflow over the holiday period. Talk to us if you’re concerned.
Holiday cashflow for your small business Read More »
Rewarding your team with vouchers or trips? Providing a car or a gym membership? FBT can be tricky, so make sure you’re calculating the true cost of employee perks. Fringe benefit tax is one of the trickier areas of day-to-day taxes for Kiwi businesses. What is fringe benefit tax? Fringe benefit tax, or FBT, is
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Interested in hiring migrant workers? Applications are now open to become an ‘accredited employer’, which allows you to employ migrants using a new Accredited Employer Work Visa. The Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV) replaces six other work visas and should help streamline the process of employing people from outside New Zealand. It can also help
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GST changes are coming in 2023, designed to support e-invoicing and electronic record keeping. All businesses need to be aware of the changes to ensure their business processes can manage the new requirements. New rules modernising GST invoicing and record-keeping requirements will apply from 1 April 2023. The key change is removing the requirement to
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(Formerly called My Payroll) Xero Me is a mobile app for employees to manage their leave and timesheets, and update employment details. It connects into Xero Payroll and Xero Expenses and is completely separate from your business and financial information. Your employees only need to use the Xero Me app to access their own pay,
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You may be eligible for the Cost of Living payment – even if it hasn’t arrived in your account. If you earned less than $70,000 between 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2022, you are eligible for the one-off $350 payment, paid over three months. It’s individual income, not household income The Cost of Living payment is
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