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Tax UpdatesTax Updates: 1 May 2023
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. Bright-line Interpretation Statement issued Inland Revenue (IR) has issued […]
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2018 Chinese New Year Charity Dinner
A traditional Maori welcome and Sir Owen Glenn opened the charity event which was held at the Ellerslie Racecourse during the Karaka Million. Hosted by the NZ Chinese Jockey Club and sponsored by Hong Kong Airlines. Gilligan Sheppard donated a table – the nominated charity was The Rotary Club of Auckland. Around the edges of […]
Christmas Party
Every year, the Christmas party is organised by a group of team members who were employed in the past year. This year’s team consisted of five: Dana, Eric, Phoebe, Tess and myself. It is a difficult task given we have no idea what the previous parties have been and which ones were successful. We looked […]
Richard's Tax Updates: November
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 […]
Optimising Business Structures for Taxation Purposes
Part of my role in advising clients, is attempting to optimise their structures for taxation purposes – less tax paid for a profitable business should naturally correlate to more cash in the pocket (one would hope!). The following issues are some common themes in this regard: Initial Structuring versus Restructuring Getting good structuring advice at […]
Women in the Workplace – A View
Many in my generation grew up with their mums at home, even more in the previous generation. Men were able to work long and hard because the wife was at home to take care of household duties and children. Some of these men are still leaders in the workplace, and a majority are men who […]
