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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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The Culture of Family
Gilligan Sheppard has always been known by its team for being caring, compassionate and treating team members as part of a family. This has been true for one of our ex team members who retired about six years ago. This team member would still visit every month or so to collect the stamps we had […]
Rotary Breakfast
Yi Ping, partner at GS, is a member of the Rotary Club of Auckland. Last week, they held a breakfast with key note speakers Sir John Key and Sir Ralph Norris, raising funds for the Auckland City Mission. I would love to repeat for you the laugh out loud stories that were shared and the […]
Mining, free money and rocket science – part one
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 have not done enough to ensure they become mature or revenue generating companies. The article quotes […]
Are you protected if IR were to audit you?
Audit Shield is an insurance which provides for the payment of professional fees incurred in the event you are selected for an audit, enquiry, investigation or review instigated by Inland Revenue (IR). The cost of being properly represented can be quite considerable depending on the circumstances. Even a simple enquiry can require hours of work. […]
Breathing, bleeding, burns and bones
I recently completed a St John First Aid Level 2 course. I am surprised by what has changed over the course of a few years. Methods from my education have been over turned, some old-wives tales’ proved false and some myths busted. It was fun and the teaching style varied – our tutor Ray used […]
