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Tax UpdatesTax Updates: 26 February 2024
Welcome to this week’s review of tax issues where Richard comments on what’s been happening in the world of tax over the past week. If you have a question or would like a second opinion on any national or international tax issues, please contact Richard via email at richard@gilshep.co.nz. Benefits Adjustment Bill enacted This week saw the passing […]
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Time is free, but it’s priceless.
You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it, but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it, you can never get it back. “All these years, you’ve lived but you’ve never had a life.” In the movie Age of Adaline, the main character gets stuck being the same age and […]
Wealth is important, economically.
I have written this series of articles because wealth, its accumulation, and how it is deployed is important. New Zealand as a nation doesn’t respect wealth, nor does it celebrate the successes of wealth’s effective deployment. Wealth concentration is seen as a bad thing and NZ has one of the highest rates of wealth disparity […]
Opportunity knocks, and does not waste time for those who are unprepared
As we fast approach Christmas and the summer break, it makes sense to look back on the year and then look forward to the year ahead. A number of the key economic indicators both local and international suggest we are in the Goldilocks zone, and with the impending election in 2020 what should your business […]
The purpose of purpose
The counter theory of course, is that life is pointless. We are born, we die and then there is nothing. Perhaps we are simply organisms, a viral infection on the planet we call Earth, and our only purpose is to breed and create more viruses. If so, we are a biological specimen where each seeks […]
2019 China Insights
2019 is almost at its end, but I have finally found time, in amongst budgets, investment opportunities, preparing for end of the year and then the year ahead… to write about my two trips to China this year. Events and Celebrations When there’s a big event, who pays the bill? One of my visits was […]
