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Richard'sDisposal of Land – to be taxed or not to be taxed? Part six
This final article, in a series of six on the various land tax provisions contained within the Income Tax Act 2007 (“the Act”), will focus on the potential application of the associated persons’ rules to those taxing provisions. However, this article will be somewhat different to those that have come before, because, firstly I will […]
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Property Update
As you know we are active property investors, usually in a partnership arrangement with a party that will add value to the real estate thus securing better returns for our clients than they would otherwise be able to achieve through acquiring property that has fully developed potential, or potential that has to be realised by […]
Richard's Tax Updates: September
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 […]
New Admin Staff – Be Like an Elephant
Part of my responsibility at Gilligan Sheppard is to recruit, hire and train new administration team members. The recruitment process is something I find relatively easy, especially by being located in Auckland city. Once I’ve made the decision to hire the person I believe is right, I then take on the responsibility of being accountable […]
Is Taxation Your Pain?
For those of you who go to early morning network meeting’s (often an excuse for someone else to cook you breakfast), you may have experienced the dreaded 60 seconds – stand up and talk to the group about yourself, what you do and who would be your ideal client, for one minute. At BNI (which […]
One Room
The other day I received an email in my personal account from a client. My first thought was why? Why was a client emailing my personal account? And then I opened it… It was an invitation to view a memorial service via online streaming. It was a bit of a weird request and the text […]