NEWSLETTERS

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Keep up to date with latest news and views and be informed on the issues concerning your business by subscribing to our monthly newsletters. All newsletters are archived so you can access prior issues in old newsletters.

Includes: What policy changes might affect your business, Fringe Benefit Tax exemptions you may have missed, How to deal with economic uncertainty, Digital snapshot: the Xero app store, Key tax dates

Includes: Your small business Christmas checklist, Six Christmas email marketing tips, How to save energy over Christmas, What new migrant worker law means for your business, Key tax dates

Includes: Your business leadership checklist, What is a mindset course and how can it help my business, Five ways to improve diversity in your business, Time to review your health and safety plan, Key tax dates

Includes: Fair Pay Agreements – what you need to know, What’s the difference between employees and contractors, Uber court case, Mastering the art of email marketing, Key tax dates

Includes: Trailblazing Kiwi farmers and growers, Focus on feed and finance during wet weather, Strategies to survive extreme weather, Hit by the weather? Get some tax relief, Beef+Lamb New Zealand's Innovation Farm Programme, Staff Changes, Key Tax Dates

Newsletter - Issue 5 2022

Includes: Tricky tax questions at Christmas time, Keep your staff safe at Christmas, The key to Christmas marketing, Don't overlook inventory, What to consider when closing up over summer, Maintaining a skeleton staff and Key tax dates

Newsletter - Issue 4 2022

Includes: Top tips for running a thriving family business, The key to succession planning success, Why it's important to define roles in a family-owned business, The benefits of family advisory boards, GST invoicing changes are coming! and Key tax dates

Newsletter - Issue 3 2022

Includes: Managing farm debt, How to maximise damaged crops, Keeping tabs on stressed staff and why you need to check in, Tough choices under proposed water reforms, Fewer accidents = less financial strain, Let's talk tax; Changes to GST and Kiwisaver, Raise your farm's value by reducing its environmental impact, Dairy Women's Network Awards and Key tax dates

Newsletter - Issue 2 2022

Includes: Navigating the new world office, Could your business survive without you?, Time is money - make the most of it, Get up to speed with employment law changes and Key tax dates

Newsletter - Issue 1 2022

Includes: Residential investment property: What you can claim for, Six financial myths busted, Time to grow? A guide to attracting investors, Time is money: make the most of 2022, Is it time to power down? How to get the creative juices flowing and Key tax dates

Newsletter - Issue 7 2021

Includes: Summer staff generation a how-to guide, Five steps to seamless hiring in 2022, Drawing up a new staff contract this summer?, Anything else keeping you up at night?, Onboarding: how to do it right in 2022, Five things all employers should consider in early December and Key Tax Dates

Includes: Turn your story into profit through digital marketing, Finders keepers: attract the best team and keep them keen, Seven unspoken rules of working from a café, Up with the play on equal pay? Wellbeing toolkit at your fingertips and Key tax dates.

Newsletter - Issue 5 2021

Includes: Building a more sustainable future, Walk the talk with a greener supply chain, Six simple ways to make your business more sustainable, Directors: Know your role and Key tax dates.

Property and Tax - the bright-line test and more

Includes: Avoid harm on the farm, Cash back on quad bikes, Leptospirosis - it only takes a splash!, Women in the know who can help you grow, Upskill your staff with T, Income equalisation scheme, Be KYND and stay healthy and Key tax dates

Includes: New 39% tax rate; what next?, How you can get meaningful client feedback (that doesn't cost the earth), Your step-by-step guide to meaningful customer feedback, Good communication = repeat customers = more profit, Minimum Wage and Tax Calendar - April 2021

Includes: New 39% tax rate, How you can get meaningful client feedback, Your step by step guide to meaningful customer feedback, Good communication = repeat customers = more profit, Minimum Wage Increase, Tax Calendar - April 2021.

Includes: Keeping you and your staff pain-free in 2021, Leading by example - be a mental health champion, Implementing health and safety so it sticks, Health & Safety: Do i need help getting it right? and Tax Calendar - February 2021

Includes: Knowing your staff's learning styles, New ways to communicate with staff, Christmas parties and presents on a budget, How digital are you? Business health check and Tax calendar

Includes: 4 burning questions SMEs are asking, Don't trip! GST mistakes to avoid, Smart ways to get your costs under control, Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2020, Big gain for gender equality in the workplace, Business health check and Key tax dates.

Includes: When life gives you lemons, Metal Art finds silver lining during lockdown, Bringing home the bacon, Why mentors are worth their weight in gold, Personal grievances where employment relationship is triangular: Recent changes, Business health check and Key tax dates.

Includes: Looking on the bright side, Environmental sustainability, Support when you need it, NZX milk price futures contracts, Business health check, Key tax dates

Includes: R & D - is it for me?, Pay your taxes by cheque?, Protect yourself with patents and trade marks, 10 inspirational podcasts for the busy business owner, Reminder: Rental losses ring-fenced from 2019/2020 tax year, Four top time-saving tips and Key tax dates.

Includes: Six planet-friendly ways to show staff you care this Christmas, Getting holiday pay right, Five simple ways to finish the year feeling relaxed, New Trusts Act 2019: What you need to do, New GST on low-value imported goods, Business Health Check, Key tax dates.

Includes: Proof you can profit from going 'eco' on your farm, Agricultural Apprenticeships, Take stock and thrive, Health and Safety, Business Health Check and Key tax dates.

Includes: Hotmilk a hit on the global stage, NZ says goodbye to millions of single-use plastic bags, 6 ways the NZBN will save you time and money, Conducting R&D? Cash in!, Business Health Check and Key tax dates

Includes: What is your business doing to attract the next generation? Facebook: Why your business needs it (and how to use it!), Today's apprentice is tomorrow's foreman, Residential property changes 

Includes: The new domestic violence Victims Protection Bill, Payday filing, Payroll pain relievers, Hiring staff, Business health check, Key tax dates, Year end tax tips, What's new in the world of tax, Minimum wage increase 

Includes: Christmas/New Year hours, Cyber-security, Spam, Office/worksite safety, Surviving the holiday period

Includes: Business growth - handling your growing pains, My Food Bag shares growth tips & tricks, Grow with the cash flow, Financing business growth with provisional tax, How anti-money laundering legislation impacts you, Get up to speed - new rules for motor vehicles, Business health check, Key tax dates

Includes: Trustee Act changes, Family trusts, Sponsorship, Legal expenses, travel expenses, holiday homes - To claim or not to claim? Trustee responsibilities

Includes: Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) issues, Exporting, Changes to Working for Families, Changes to ACC CoverPlus Extra

Includes: Succession planning for small businesses, New law will make dirty money easier to spot, Stage two of IRD's business transformation, New government's tax priorities

Includes: Technology and R&M, Accommodation allowances, Team development, Voluntary disclosures, Sneezing colleagues, Holding gold

Includes: The business of immigration, Proof of intention, Budget 2017, PAYE changes and tax simplification, YouTube receipts, Tax innovation

Includes: Provisional tax improvements, The perils of PPOA, Targeted marketing activities, Taxation of insurance receipts, Nordic tax records, Excessive salaries

Includes: Trust reforms, Importance of good record keeping, When is income from professional services derived?, Tax planning before 1 April 2017, FBT changes on the horizon, Unusual tax balance date

Includes: Is your business cyber safe? How do we treat feasibility expenditure? Employee share schemes, IRD rulings, Farmhouse expenses, Nothing is certain - except death and taxes

Includes: Winter blues tips, Witnessing history, Winding up a company, Labour's housing policy, Do you want tax with that? FBT reminder

Includes: Changes to how SMEs pay tax, Holiday pay mishaps, Compulsory zero rating of land, Slammed for gross carelessness, No relief for earthquake strengthening expenditure, Review of New Zealand foreign trusts, Creative tax deductions 

Includes: Employer provided carparks, Changes to the IRD's administration system, Structuring - to put your eggs in different baskets or not? Student loans - sharing with Australia, Relief for 'non residents', Australia shames non tax paying firms, We are jealous of the Norwegians

Includes: GST on foreign supplies, Changes to closely held company tax rules, Doing your own due diligence, Fit staff/fit business, Further cuts to ACC levies, The Jedi Society Incorporated 

Includes: What is the cost of your fixed term debt? The impact of 'dairy', Trusts and shareholder continuity, Land- themes of change, Deduction disallowed for management fee, Tax inspectors without borders, Trustpower case

Includes: Modernising New Zealand's tax system, Holding a parent company liable for the debts of its subsidiary, New tax bill, Health & safety reform, Summary of IRD rates, Pan tax

Includes: Is it time to review your finance function?, A lesson for us all, Valuing diversity, Attribution of personal services income, International measures to prevent tax evasion & Terrible excuses for missing tax return deadlines

Includes: Reduced financial reporting requirements for SMEs, Tax payments - when received in time, Women in the workforce, Easing up on easements, Business structuring, Tax residency case overturned, Drones reveal tax evasion

Includes: Capital Gains Tax, 2014 Budget, Motor vehicle options, Debt vs equity

Includes: GST on/off food, Managing working capital, Home is where the heart is - tax residency, Working with difficult people, IT system revamp for IRD, Billions raised through UK tax cut

Includes: Planning ahead, Deferring our income for tax purposes, Year end chores, New tax bill - allowances & reimbursements, Buying & selling land - the taxpayer loses, Bomb squad needed by the IRD

Includes: Mixing Business with Pleasure - Deductibility of Companion's Travel Expenses, Grouping Companies for GST Purposes, Is Ignorance Bliss?, Personal Guarantees provided in Commercial Leases, Incentivising Staff, Close Company Shareholder Eligibility for In-Work Tax Credit, Tax - the Way It Was.

Includes: 2013 Budget, Changes to Financial Reporting for SMEs, The IRD gets it Wrong and Sues, A Man's Salary is from Mars, A Woman's Salary is from Venus, Simplifying Taxes on Foreign Superannuation Schemes, Interest Deductions

Includes: Future Tax Changes, Damage to Reputation, Tax Minimisation, Revision of Trust Law, FBT on Carparks, World Class April Fools Day Pranks

Includes: New Legislation for Mixed-Use Assets, The Leadership Challenge, Tax Treatment of Employee Allowances, Tax Statistics, How do your Employees Spend Their Day?

Important payroll changes from 1 April 2013 - Kiwisaver contributions increase, employing primary & secondary school children, ML & ML SL tax codes no longer valid, student loan repayment rate changes

Includes: Business Survey Results, Property Developer Wins GST Case, Tax Update, Managing the Millenials, Qantas Loses Battle Over GST on Missed Flights, IRS Rewards Information on Tax Evasion

Includes: Budget 2012, Repairs & Maintenance: Is it Capital or Revenue?, NZICA's Thoughts for Tax Changes for Small Business, Payroll - Help Wanted, Restraint of Trade: What is Reasonable?, Working for Families, Tax Deductions

Includes: Paid Parental Leave, Interest & Penalties, Economic Relations NZ/Australia, ACC & Accident Insurance, Penny & Hooper

Includes: Hidden Economy - How big is it?, Post-election agreements, Fraud risk, Continuing professional development, Common GST errors, IRD's building fit-out interpretation, Holiday pay & parental leave

Includes: IRD wins final round against Penny & Hooper, Test case for justifiable dismissal, GST - What is a supply?, Banking relationships, Livestock valuation elections, Eat drink & be merry, for tomorrow we pay more tax

Includes: Kiwisaver changes, Labour's Capital Gains Tax, compulsory zero-rating, change in confidentiality case law, tax system statistics, rental homes for Rugby World Cup, LTC elections

Includes: Working for Families changes, business development basics, PAYE vs FBT, making the most of the 90 day trial period, earthquake relief

Includes: Market salaries, key amendments to the Employment Relations Act, GST refund delays, building depreciation update, costs of relationship breakdowns, student loan repayment evasion & gift duty.

Includes: GST changes, managing debtors, employment disputes insurance, QC and LAQC changes, trustee responsibilities, provisional tax, IRD work programme

Essential tax changes checklist and a summary of the GST changes coming into effect from 1 October.

Includes: GST increase, IRD v Penny and Hooper, Shareholders Agreements, R&D Vouchers, Gift Duty, Building Depreciation

Special issue newsletter in regards to the Budget announced on 20 May 2010. Includes: Personal Tax Cuts, Working for Families Changes, Loss Attributing Qualifying Companies (LAQCs) and Qualifying Companies (QCs), Company Tax Rate Change, Depreciation & GST

Includes: Paying Income Tax from Trading, GST Increase - Be Prepared, Cash Flow Forecasts & Budgets, Making Change Stick, IRD Recording Interviews, Kiwisaver & Business Transfers

Includes: Income splitting, year end processing, LAQCs, associated persons rules, business relocation costs

Includes: Bonuses, Mileage Rates, Legal Expenditure, Tax Working Group, FBT on Car Parks, Tax Pooling Changes

Includes: Remuneration reviews, IRD compliance focus for 2009/10, Income protection insurance, Fines & penalties, Mortgages and residential properties in Australia

Includes: Preparing your business for sale, GST refunds, renting out holiday homes

Includes: 90 day trial period, help after redundancy, reimbursements and honoraria paid to volunteers, associated persons bill

Includes: Remaining Robust in Times of Uncertainty, Charities - the Ongoing Saga, Managing Staffing Levels, Structuring for a New Investor, Family Tax Credit Increase, FBT Interest Rate for Low-Interest Loans, New Secondary Tax Rate

Includes: Improvements for small & medium sized enterprises, The IRD - Umpiring its own game? Income splitting, Associated persons update, Personal tax rate change, Recognition of trans-tasman dividend credit

Includes: Donations & Rebates, Changes to Partnerships, Family Assistance, Recruitment

Includes: Important note on GST & Provisional tax alignment, Withholding payment regulations, induction programmes, tax changes for small to medium sized businesses, student loan repayment threshold changes

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