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It’s small business accounting software that’s simple, smart and occasionally magical. Log in online anytime, anywhere on your Mac, PC, tablet or phone to get a real-time view of your cash flow.
It’s small business accounting software that’s simple, smart and occasionally magical. Log in online anytime, anywhere on your Mac, PC, tablet or phone to get a real-time view of your cash flow. As a client Gilligan Sheppard you will have access to international networks and resources to enable optimal outcomes for your business / trust / transaction.
Tax Traders allows you to buy someone else’s tax to settle your account with Inland Revenue, as well as save on interest and late payment penalty charges.
Tax Traders allows you to buy someone else’s tax to settle your account with Inland Revenue, as well as save on interest and late payment penalty charges.As a client Gilligan Sheppard you will have access to international networks and resources to enable optimal outcomes for your business / trust / transaction.
Trusted by 1.2 million businesses, myob is New Zealand’s largest accounting solutions provider. The platform is equipped to support the needs of New Zealand organisations.
Trusted by 1.2 million businesses, myob is New Zealand’s largest accounting solutions provider. The platform is equipped to support the needs of New Zealand organisations.As a client at Gilligan Sheppard you will access to international networks and resources to enable optimal outcomes for your business/trust/transaction.
Tax Audit Insurance specifically designed for accountants in public practice. This provides cost effective protection and peace of mind against the substantial cost that may be incurred should IR or other government authorities conduct a random review, investigation or audit.
Tax Audit Insurance specifically designed for accountants in public practice. This provides cost effective protection and peace of mind against the substantial cost that may be incurred should IR or other government authorities conduct a random review, investigation or audit.
As a client Gilligan Sheppard you will have access to international networks and resources to enable optimal outcomes for your business / trust / transaction.
A CPA is a finance, accounting and business professional with a specific qualification. It indicates a soundness in depth, breadth and quality of accountancy knowledge and gives you competitive advantage over your peers.
A CPA is a finance, accounting and business professional with a specific qualification. It indicates a soundness in depth, breadth and quality of accountancy knowledge and gives you competitive advantage over your peers.
New rules, major shake-ups, and a deadline that’s closer than it looks
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China Insights – The Trust questions I keep getting asked
Since my last article, China’s new individual income tax rules for offshore trusts have moved from announcement to reality, and several of you have asked me variations of the same questions. I have [...]
Your advisors need to talk to each other
Most businesses have a set of professionals around them. A banker, an accountant, a lawyer, sometimes even a mentor. In my experience, those relationships almost always run as separate spokes, with [...]
Tax Updates – 30th August
Directors’ fees & GST Inland Revenue has reissued its guidance on the GST treatment of directors’ fees and board members’ fees, replacing the three Public Rulings that have applied [...]
Tax Updates – 24th August
When an employee dies: what employers, executors and families need to know about tax The death of an employee is difficult enough for colleagues and family without the added complication of working [...]
Why traditional budgets fail Growth SME’s
Having spent years as a CFO in medium-sized companies before moving into fractional CFO work, I’ve now worked with over 100 growing businesses. And here’s something that took me a while to accept [...]
The DNA of Extraordinary Organisations
Last week, I suggested something: Extraordinary organisations don’t happen by accident. They are intentionally built. That naturally led me to another question. If extraordinary organisations are [...]
Knowing when to hand over the keys
This is part of a three-part series on Succession — covering family, boards, and CEOs — and while each part stands on its own, they’re best read in order. The founder who came back — and the [...]
Tax Updates – 17th August
Horticultural sector non-compliance on IR’s radar Inland Revenue has issued Revenue Alert RA 26/02, signalling a significant escalation in its compliance focus on the horticultural sector. The [...]
Tax Updates – 10th August
Court Awarded Costs & GST IR has released Interpretation Statement IS 26/11, setting out when court-awarded costs and disbursements — and equivalent out-of-court settlement payments — attract [...]

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