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IRD & TaxDon’t always believe what you hear
Recently, in Budget 2024, Inland Revenue (IR) was allocated $116m to tackle tax debt and compliance. The latter focus areas, for at least the 2024 – 2025 financial year, will be:
the hidden economy and organised crime;
electronic sales suppression tools;
GST integrity;
student loan overseas-based borrowers; and,
increased audit activity.
Personally, the last of these five focus areas [...]
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Reducing your end-of-year tax bill
The end of the financial year is looming, and now is a great time to gather your records for your accountant and streamline your record-keeping process for the upcoming financial year. It’s important to understand the information that you must keep and provide to your accountant. Providing the correct information will make the account preparation […]
Natural Disaster Tax Reliefs
Many of you may have been adversely affected by a series of recent nature events – Cyclone Gabrielle and the flooding. Inland Revenue (IR) has accordingly published various tax reliefs to help manage your tax obligations. The reliefs cover the following aspects: Suppose you need help with any of the above, we will be able […]
Kiwiland TV – Richard Ashby New Zealand Taxation
Kiwiland TV is a New Zealand based Online Media. They produce videos sharing NZ information and stories to both local and overseas Asian audiences. Richard has had the pleasure of being interviewed to share his career story and knowledge around New Zealand Taxation. Episode 1. If you have any enquires regarding New Zealand Taxation, please […]
Avoiding nasty tax surprises
New Zealand’s cultural make-up has increasingly become more diverse over the last decade. We pride ourselves in being a very ethnically diverse country. The growth in the overseas-born population coincides with the higher migration over the last five to six years for various reasons (despite the temporary halt of migrants due to the recent resurgence […]
Financial reporting post Covid
As we roll into a new financial year and start to wrap up the data for the 2021 financial year, it is prudent to look at the changes to compliance that may affect your financial reporting. The Covid pandemic has created extraordinary economic circumstances, and there is still uncertainty around the future and the impact […]
