Residential Rental Losses – A Change is Coming
Earlier this year, IRD released a paper on the proposed ring-fencing of rental losses, expected to come into effect for […]
AIM – The New Way To Pay Tax
Intended to help ease cashflow for small business, there’s a new way to calculate how much tax to pay from […]
Year End Tax Planning Checklist
The end of the financial year is fast approaching. This is a good time to consider your year-end accounting and […]
Making Tax Simple - Changes for 2017
In last year’s budget there were a number of measures designed to simplify the tax processes. These have now been […]
Getting Stuff Done
We ran our first business forum last week covering off an old perennial problem – how to stop doing the […]
The Taxman Cometh
We have been noticing increased IRD investigation and review activity over the past year. This is not unexpected because the […]
The 7 Day Start-Up
If you’re a new business, or want to start a business and don’t know where to start then this book […]
Wrong answer, Dean Barker! (Campbell Live Fail)
Dean Barker still in the ‘woe is me’ phase gets interviewed by John Campbell (Campbell LIVE is so much better […]
Then I just walk away.
Remember that ad with the Chinese guy that sprays the moss on his path, or whatever it was, then just […]
How to pay more tax: Be Sloppy.
Every single person that I come across wants to pay less tax. Nothing wrong with that. It’s always been my […]
Signing up for MyIR- all you need to know
IRD has recently made improvements to their systems to allow online filing of personalised returns – both for individuals and […]
Smell the Roses!!
The most recent updates to Xero mean that you can now spend less time on admin stuff and take time […]
Xerocon 2012 - What’s Coming Up Next!
The third Xero conference lived up to all expectations – giving insights into how our favorite accounting system is going […]
Enlighten us, but make it quick!
Connected Accountants is now a gold sponsor to Ignite Wellington. Ignite’s goal is to amuse, educate, inspire and amaze and […]
Take Yourself (and a Friend) to Australia- We’ll Pay
We’re looking to fill two accounting roles – a vibrant senior manager and an exceptional accountant. If you can help […]
Penny & Hooper - IRD speaks. You’d better listen.
IRD has issued their views on what level of profits in a service business should be allocated and taxed in […]
Penny & Hooper v IRD - The Final Result
I have just received a copy of the Supreme Court judgement on the Penny & Hooper case. This case is […]
Capital Gains Tax - Should You Be Worried?
Yesterday the Labour party announced their tax policy and a Capital Gains Tax (CGT) is a principal component of that […]
Make Complaints Your Friend
Last week I was watching a TV programme which served up a valuable business lesson. Here’s what happened. Three […]
How Rugby Can Improve Your Business
I was recently reading an article written by Nick Farr-Jones and realised that much of what he was saying about […]
What’s the One Overt Message?
Pathetic as it may seem, we’ve never made a pull-up banner for the business. The main problem has always […]
Xero. The Future.
It’s hard to believe that the web has been around for 20 years, but it’s only in recent years that […]
The Idiot’s Guide to the Reserve Bank’s View for 2011 & Onwards
You would have seen that the official cash rate (OCR) has remained unchanged at 3%, so it good to know […]
What Creates Business Value
I was thinking the other day about the 3 key financial results areas for all businesses – profit, cash and […]
Don’t Let the Buzzards Do you Over
I’ve had a few discussions in recent days with business owners concerned about their personal liability arising from work that […]
Death of the LAQC?
The draft legislation for the changes to the Qualifying company regime came out on 15 October, and the government is […]