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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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You’ve heard it before: but here’s a reminder, Kintsugi.
Our daily lives have abruptly taken a shift. Some people are now settling into their new routines and are finding comfort in their new norm; however, others find themselves in a difficult position struggling with anxiety, fatigue, grief, frustration, and isolation. The journey to our new normal has been and will continue, to present us […]
Richard’s December 2021- February 2022 tax updates
Richard has had over 30 years’ experience with New Zealand and International taxation. His team provide services including: Q&A service for accountants Tax opinions IRD risk reviews and audits IRD arrears International tax advice Below are articles from Richard’s weekly email ‘A Week in Review’ over the last month. You can sign up for his […]
2022 – a new year, a new challenge
Firstly, no one knows what will happen in the future, and the doomsday merchants are always right eventually. My guess is, 2022 will be a year of adjustment. As we leave 2021, a few economic stats admittedly harvested for my narrative to think about. Government debt now stands at $102b which is its highest level […]
Organisational Alignment – a critical ingredient to top performance
The ‘Master Widget’ company has good products, and the people are working hard, but the company is just not operating cohesively. Therefore, inefficiencies are driving up costs, a silo mentality rules, frustrated people are leaving, and the competition is gaining on them, so they are leaking profits. In other words, the company is misaligned – […]
Share Disposal Gains – To tax or not to tax? That is the question
It is indeed strange times and somewhat hard to believe how different life was two years ago prior to Covid making itself known. We also have the uncertainty of 2022 now ahead of us, particularly as the Omicron variant knocks on our door and is already in the community and we’ll all being seeing red […]
