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TariffsTariffs, Rules of Origin, and flow on effect to all NZ businesses
There is no doubt the world trading environment has markedly changed with impending tit-for-tat tariffs and other trading barriers being touted and introduced under the second President Trump ‘America first’ program. This is likely to have a direct impact on New Zealand (NZ) exporters, NZ importers and, potentially, anyone trading just domestically with no export […]
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Online Trading Platform in NZ
Gilligan Sheppard has been supporting Cloud Union (New Zealand) Network Technology Limited to establish their New Zealand business and we were recently invited to their opening ceremony at MOTAT (Museum Of Transport And Technology). 150 delegates and investors came from China and another 150 New Zealand industrial and political leaders attended. Amongst the NZ supporters […]
Richard's Tax Updates: October
Richard has had over 25 years’ experience with NZ taxation, and particularly enjoys dealing with land tax issues and the GST regime. He deals with clients of all types and sizes and provides tax opinions on the appropriate treatment of items of income and expenditure, assists clients with IRD risk reviews and audits and can […]
Planning for Success with Succession Planning
Over at least the last decade, Succession has been topical in business advisory. Largely the focus has been on getting a business ready for sale or exit, and addressing the importance of intergenerational businesses to address interfamily expectations, and on strategies for finding an heir or successor. Most people are naturally averse to considering mortality, […]
Property Update
As you know we are active property investors, usually in a partnership arrangement with a party that will add value to the real estate thus securing better returns for our clients than they would otherwise be able to achieve through acquiring property that has fully developed potential, or potential that has to be realised by […]
Richard's Tax Updates: September
Richard has had over 25 years’ experience with NZ taxation, and particularly enjoys dealing with land tax issues and the GST regime. He deals with clients of all types and sizes and provides tax opinions on the appropriate treatment of items of income and expenditure, assists clients with IRD risk reviews and audits and can […]

