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    <post_id>52</post_id>
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    <post_title><![CDATA[Election 2020 and what it means for New Zealand taxpayers]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Politicians make many promises in the lead up to an election and taxes are always front-and-centre. That's because tax revenue is
what makes the promises possible. The COVID-19 pandemic has created a situation where the government needs to spend a lot of money to
support our health system and to aid our financial recovery.<br />
<br />
<a href="/who-we-are/meet-the-team/#anchor-steveDawsonCa" target="_blank" text="Steve Dawson">Steve Dawson</a> has taken a look at the
party tax policies for those at the table, what is likely to happen with Labour in power, and what this means for you.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/52/Thumbnail-Election-2020-and-what-it-means-for-taxpayers.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/election-2020-and-what-it-means-for-new-zealand-taxpayeres/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2020-10-28 03:04:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>43</post_id>
    <post_category_id>1</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Help Available to NZ Business - COVID-19]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[In response to COVID-19 the Government is acting to support the economy, with a particular focus on small businesses, supporting
employees, and taxes. The package includes wage subsidy schemes, leave and self-isolation support and business cash flow and tax measures.
More info within...]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/43/covid19-help-available-to-nz-businesses-copy.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/help-available-to-nz-business-covid-19/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2020-03-23 20:12:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>7</post_id>
    <post_category_id>9</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Capital Gains tax is off the table]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Recently you may have seen in the news the recommendations made to the Government. They have finally taken a look […]]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/7/nate-watson-523415-unsplash.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/tax/capital-gains-tax-is-off-the-table/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2019-04-23 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>8</post_id>
    <post_category_id>9</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Automatic tax refunds for wage and salary earners – 2020 financial year]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[There are going to be a few changes for this up and coming financial year (2020). From the 1st of […]]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/8/audit-3929140_640.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/tax/automatic-tax-refunds-for-wage-and-salary-earners-2020-financial-year/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2019-04-10 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>10</post_id>
    <post_category_id>2</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Changes in Payroll filing requirements]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[If you’re calculating pays and filing PAYE manually, your admin workload is about to double. Here’s how you can get […]]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/10/PAyday-Filing-IRD-800x445.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/best-practice/changes-in-payroll-filing-requirements/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2019-03-13 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>12</post_id>
    <post_category_id>6</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Residential Rental Losses – A Change is Coming]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Earlier this year, IRD released a paper on the proposed ring-fencing of rental losses, expected to come into effect for […]]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/12/wellington-1584264_640.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/personal-wealth/residential-rental-losses-a-change-is-coming/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2018-11-14 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>13</post_id>
    <post_category_id>9</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[AIM – The New Way To Pay Tax]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Intended to help ease cashflow for small business, there’s a new way to calculate how much tax to pay from […]]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/13/aim-tax-planning.jpeg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/tax/aim-the-new-way-to-pay-tax/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2018-02-13 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>14</post_id>
    <post_category_id>9</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Year End Tax Planning Checklist]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[The end of the financial year is fast approaching.  This is a good time to consider your year-end accounting and […]
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/14/The-Taxman-Cometh.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/tax/year-end-tax-planning-checklist/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2017-03-03 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>15</post_id>
    <post_category_id>9</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Making Tax Simple - Changes for 2017]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[In last year’s budget there were a number of measures designed to simplify the tax processes.  These have now been […]
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/15/Making-Tax-Simple.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/tax/making-tax-simple-changes-for-2017/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2017-02-06 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>17</post_id>
    <post_category_id>2</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[The Taxman Cometh]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[We have been noticing increased IRD investigation and review activity over the past year.  This is not unexpected because the […]
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/17/taxman-cometh.jpeg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/best-practice/the-taxman-cometh/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2015-02-25 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>23</post_id>
    <post_category_id>2</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[How to pay more tax: Be Sloppy.]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Every single person that I come across wants to pay less tax.  Nothing wrong with that.  It’s always been my […]
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/23/closed-wallet.jpeg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/best-practice/how-to-pay-more-tax-be-sloppy/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2013-07-18 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>24</post_id>
    <post_category_id>2</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Signing up for MyIR- all you need to know]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[IRD has recently made improvements to their systems to allow online filing of personalised returns – both for individuals and […]
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/24/IRD.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/best-practice/signing-up-for-myir-all-you-need-to-know/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2012-10-09 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>29</post_id>
    <post_category_id>7</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Penny & Hooper - IRD speaks. You’d better listen.]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[IRD has issued their views on what level of profits in a service business should be allocated and taxed in […]
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/29/club-2492011_640.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/profitability/penny-hooper-ird-speaks-youd-better-listen/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2011-09-01 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>30</post_id>
    <post_category_id>7</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Penny & Hooper v IRD - The Final Result]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[I have just received a copy of the Supreme Court judgement on the Penny & Hooper case.   This case is […]
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/30/law-1991004_640.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/profitability/penny-hooper-v-ird-the-final-result/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2011-08-23 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>31</post_id>
    <post_category_id>9</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Capital Gains Tax - Should You Be Worried?]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Yesterday the Labour party announced their tax policy and a Capital Gains Tax (CGT) is a principal component of that […]
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/31/architecture-1836070_640.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/tax/capital-gains-tax-should-you-be-worried/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2011-07-14 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>33</post_id>
    <post_category_id>9</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[How Rugby Can Improve Your Business]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[I was recently reading an article written by Nick Farr-Jones and realised that much of what he was saying about […]
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/33/rugby.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/tax/how-rugby-can-improve-your-business/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2011-04-11 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>34</post_id>
    <post_category_id>9</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[What’s the One Overt Message?]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Pathetic as it may seem, we’ve never made a pull-up banner for the business.   The main problem has always […]
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/34/jason-leung-726951-unsplash.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/tax/whats-the-one-overt-message/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2011-03-11 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>35</post_id>
    <post_category_id>9</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Xero. The Future.]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[It’s hard to believe that the web has been around for 20 years, but it’s only in recent years that […]
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/35/XeroAccountingFeat.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/tax/xero-the-future/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2011-02-05 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>36</post_id>
    <post_category_id>9</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[The Idiot’s Guide to the Reserve Bank’s View for 2011 & Onwards]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[You would have seen that the official cash rate (OCR) has remained unchanged at 3%, so it good to know […]
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/36/business-money-pink-coins.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/tax/the-idiots-guide-to-the-reserve-banks-view-for-2011-onwards/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2010-12-09 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>37</post_id>
    <post_category_id>9</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[What Creates Business Value]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[I was thinking the other day about the 3 key financial results areas for all businesses – profit, cash and […]
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/37/pexels-photo-872957.jpeg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/tax/what-creates-business-value/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2010-11-30 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>38</post_id>
    <post_category_id>9</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Don’t Let the Buzzards Do you Over]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[I’ve had a few discussions in recent days with business owners concerned about their personal liability arising from work that […]
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    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/38/umbrella-1588167_640.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/tax/dont-let-the-buzzards-do-you-over/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2010-11-22 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>39</post_id>
    <post_category_id>9</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Death of the LAQC?]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[The draft legislation for the changes to the Qualifying company regime came out on 15 October, and the government is […]]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/39/law.jpeg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/tax/death-of-the-laqc/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2010-11-10 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
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