If you have been affected by the extreme weather, IR still want you to let them know when you reasonably can. There is also industry support available through Dairy NZ, Hospitality NZ, Restaurant NZ, Retail NZ, and our local business and growers associations.
What are your tax obligations if you’ve been affected by the weather? Read More »
The new rules on GST invoicing applying from 1 April 2023 may change your practice for GST invoices, including what records you keep.
GST invoicing updates – What information do I need to keep? Read More »
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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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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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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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
Should you have received the Cost of Living payment? Read More »
Plus be in the draw to win a trip to the Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500 in October! Whether you are a Pukekohe local or not, you may have heard that it is the last V8 racing weekend 9-11 September at the Pukekohe track. Pukekohe is making a party of it and hosting a street
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As an employer, if you provide fringe benefits to employees, or others associated with your business, you must generally pay fringe benefit tax (FBT) on the value of these benefits. So, when are you liable for FBT? Any time you provide non-cash benefits to your staff. The list is potentially endless but in practice, most
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For those that applied for the Small Business Cashflow Loan (SBCS) in 2020, the 2-year interest-free period will be coming to an end during 2022. All businesses that received the first loan will start receiving letters advising that the interest will soon be charged to the loan and repayments should commence. If repayment is received
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It’s a given that you’ll want to maximise your business income. Sometimes, however, when factors outside your control are limiting your income, rethinking your costs might be where you can shift your outcomes in your favour. Whether the market’s in an upward or downward cycle, good systems for tracking and controlling costs will help your
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