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Economising Our Way To Success Does Not Work – Live Conversation Recorded Conversation took place on Wednesday 1st August 2018. Eduardo Porter wrote an article in the Wall Street Journal titled “Loss of Dynamism is impeding Growth”. The premise of the article was that New Zealand, like others in the OECD, have not generated enough early stage companies and […]

Packing up and moving to another country, will often involve multiple decisions needing to be made, some of which can have material consequences for you if you make the wrong choice. The process is often made harder, by the numerous emotions that will usually accompany the shift – leaving family and friends, new cultures and […]

Much has been made of the idea that accountants will no longer have a role in the very near future. This idea is attributed to increasingly fast developing technology and artificial intelligence. Processing of bank statements, invoices, into accounts or into accounting systems is becoming more automated and efficient with the entry and constant development […]

Walking into work every day only to be greeted by Bruce in his cycling shorts (my polite way of saying ambushed!) isn’t for most of us, a great way to start the day. Why then are most of us still here even after what feels like a lifetime? Looking back at the years spent at […]

Presently, if you own a residential investment property, and it costs you more to operate for a particular income year, than the rental income you receive from your tenants, you make a rental loss which can then be offset against any other income you earn, thereby reducing the overall amount of tax you need to […]