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64-9-415-8246POSTED BY editor ON THE December 7th, 2011
Depending on your personal circumstances, there may be some options available to help you if the grounding of the Rena has directly impacted your business or income, and your ability to make tax payments has been affected. Check the Inland Revenue website for more information: http://www.ird.govt.nz
POSTED BY editor ON THE September 21st, 2011
Time is money! So how can your businesses develop good time management skills and improve productivity? Identify the most important issues, and deal with them first. Sort jobs in order of importance and delgate them appropriately. Ensure that staff are able to deal with the jobs they are given. Make punctuality a company policy. Ensure [...]
POSTED BY editor ON THE August 25th, 2011
Business people, innovators and entrepreneurs of New Zealand will be able to compete with anyone, anywhere in the world soon when the Government’s Ultra Fast Broadband (UFB) initiative is introduced. Under the UFB initiative, Chorus will roll out fibre across Auckland and 23 other centres over the next eight and a half years.The cities to [...]
POSTED BY editor ON THE March 9th, 2011
New amendments to the Employees Relations Act have been enacted and will come into affect on 1 April 2011. More detail should be sought, however, some significant sections are as follows: Every employer will be required to keep a copy of every signed employment agreement from 1 July 2011. Failure to produce a copy of [...]
POSTED BY editor ON THE March 9th, 2011
Due to the Christchurch earthquake, Peter Dunne, Revenue Minister of New Zealand, has announced an extension of the redundancy tax credit until 31 March 2011. After the disaster on the South Island, the extension is applicable to everyone receiving redundancy payments before 1 April 2011. The rate is 6 cents in the dollar to the [...]
POSTED BY editor ON THE March 9th, 2011
On 1 January 2011, the definition of what constitutes a small business changed. From that date, businesses must have fifteen of less employees based on a head count of employees, rather than full-time equivalent employees, to be considered a small business. Your employee headcount should now include full time, part time and regular casual employees. [...]
POSTED BY editor ON THE November 15th, 2010
The IRD have made an updated list of owners of millions of dollars of unclaimed money available on their website. They stress however, that it is important that people understand that unclaimed money has nothing to do with tax refunds. Instead, most unclaimed money is from deposits in banks or other financial institutions and includes [...]
POSTED BY editor ON THE October 28th, 2010
The Inland Review has released a new document that outlines the ‘key themes’ and tends to any queries regarding their new compliance focus for this income year. The document, accessed via their website, is broken into the following subsections: Making sure everyone pays their fair share Targeting industries in the hidden economy Getting it right [...]
POSTED BY editor ON THE October 28th, 2010
With the GST rate increasing from 12.5% to 15% as of the 1st October, businesses and consumers need to start planning for a new environment. Consumers will need to be prepared for possible price increases on goods and services. It is to the discretion of businesses how much of the 2.5% increase is passed onto [...]
POSTED BY editor ON THE October 28th, 2010
With the GST set to increase by 15% and the PAYE rates to decrease by the 1st October, businesses and organisation are planning for the change. The changes to the GST and the PAYE rates will mean changes need to be made to accounting and payroll systems, software and receipts. The ird also recommends that [...]