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BusinessTax Updates – 17th August
Horticultural sector non-compliance on IR’s radar Inland Revenue has issued Revenue Alert RA 26/02, signalling a significant escalation in its compliance focus on the horticultural sector. The Alert identifies a cluster of practices the Commissioner considers pose a real risk to the integrity of the tax system, and confirms that growers, contractors and subcontractors across […]
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Business owners are asking the same questions heading into 2026: Are we at the bottom? Is it safe to invest yet? When will things turn around? After years of treading water, just trying to stay afloat, the frustration of not knowing when to make a move is wearing thin. Here’s what Bruce thinks is happening. […]
Plan before problems appear: A case for tax planning
The end of the financial year arrives like clockwork every 31 March. Yet somehow, it still catches business owners off guard. Receipts that should have been filed months ago surface from desk drawers. Bank statements need reconciling. And somewhere in the chaos, there’s a nagging question: ‘What’s my tax bill going to look like?’ Tax […]
What the summer break might reveal about your business
I’ve noticed a real difference between the conversations I have with business owners before Christmas and after. Pre-Christmas, there’s a lot of emotion. People are busy, stressed, and just want quick answers. They haven’t had time to sit with what they’re really feeling. There are a lot of assumptions. There’s something about the summer holidays […]
The best answer
The red velvet suit was stifling in the summer heat, but Bruce Sheppard had stopped noticing… One hundred and fifty children will do that to a man. Kids with their sticky fingers and enormous eyes, their whispered wishes and gap-toothed grins, their parents hovering with phones raised like the paparazzi at a film premiere. The […]
Getting your tax sorted before the Christmas break
Practical advice from Joshua Huang, Business Advisory Manager at Gilligan Sheppard. December is a busy month for everyone. Between wrapping up projects, organising the office Christmas party, and trying to squeeze in some time with family, it can be easy to let a few important tax dates slip through the cracks. Joshua Huang, who leads […]
