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Our Summer newsletter contains information about paying yourself from your business and enforcing employment standards, as well as much more. Summary THE ‘CURSE OF ASSUMPTION’ — YOU MUST EDUCATE TO MOTIVATE This information is designed to give you insight into the magic that can happen ...

GET READY, GET SET - END OF YEAR TAX CHECKLIST Work through the points in the document to straighten things up for the end of the tax year. Ask us if you would like more information. RISK AND REWARD SELLING ACROSS THE DITCH - GST ON LOW VALUE GOODS Do you sell goods to Australia? New ta...

Minimum Wage Increases & PAYE changes The minimum adult wage rate for a worker 16 years or older who is not a starting out worker or trainee is $15.75 per hour from 1 April 2017. There is no minimum wage rate for youths under the age of 16 years. Starting-out The starting-out minimum ...

Selling across the ditch - GST on low value goods Do you sell goods to Australia? If so, you may be affected by new Australian tax rules. At present, goods valued under AUD$1,000 do not generally have Australian GST applied to them where they are sold into Australia directly to the end custome...

Transforming GST Inland Revenue are rolling out other changes to how New Zealanders file and manage their GST as part of ongoing business transformation. More than half New Zealand’s businesses now file their GST through Inland Revenue’s secure online service myIR, or direct from their account...

Upcoming changes There has been a raft of legislative change recently introduced which will affect businesses when it becomes effective. At present we are just flagging the changes to you without going too deeply into detail. That said, let’s sketch in how it’s looking. Provisional tax The p...