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Tax UpdatesTax Updates: 8 April 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. International tax disclosure exemption issued Each year, Inland Revenue […]
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Are you thinking about winning the battle, or the war?
Welcome to 2020. It’s that time of year, great weather, schools are back, traffic has returned, and for most people the run-in towards the end of the Financial Year has begun. We know the election will be September 19, so let the political fun and games begin. During the break most of us should have […]
2020 election year: Reds in our bed or are we going to get the blues?
What a choice we confront, and how much more inertia will we have while we wait for the poll? Another three years of sleeping with ineffective dreamers, or a change to an almost more depressing prospect of National, with no one with much competence, charisma or leadership capacity left. As in all election years each […]
We need to take it personally!
I often hear one of two comments made in the business environment – “don’t’ take it personally” or “its business not personal.” I’ve heard it said about feedback, difficult discussions, restructuring, ups and downs in the workplace – in fact any daily workplace issues. What a ridiculous idea! Work is where we spend the majority […]
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 […]
