About Us

About EpsomTax.com®

Is rental property investment right for you? Many New Zealanders use property investment as part of their long-term wealth-building strategy, but choosing the right approach depends on your goals, circumstances and appetite for risk.

But which investment strategy should you use? Should you buy a new build or an existing property? What about an Airbnb rental property? Would commercial property suit your goals, or are you considering house-flipping?

That's where we can help. We work with property investors throughout New Zealand, helping them navigate tax, structuring and compliance requirements so they can make informed decisions with confidence.

We incorporated EpsomTax.com Limited in 2008 as a specialist property accounting firm offering fixed-fee accounting and tax services for New Zealand property investors.

Our team of approximately 45 people includes chartered accountants, accounting technicians and specialist support staff. We operate across five time zones and bring together professionals from New Zealand, Australia and a range of other countries.

Founded in Epsom, we serve clients throughout New Zealand and have a presence in Central Auckland, East Auckland, and Christchurch.

Our People

To contact any one of our rental property accounting team please see the phone directory on our contact page - please leave a message if no reply; we check our voicemail regularly - or use the contact form to email us.

Some of our key staff are listed below.

Garreth Collard Executive Director

Garreth has been the Executive Director of the EpsomTax.com group of companies since 2008, and has over 25 years of experience in accounting.

Periodically quoted in OneRoof and NZ Herald, he himself is an experienced property investor and cryptocurrency investor. Contact Garreth today or call 0800890132 xtn 2

Lisa Collard
Strategic Planning & Consulting

Michael Swan
Practice Manager

Asher Crossman
Asst Practice Manager

April Joy Gallano
Chartered Accountant

Who Are Our Clients?

We specialise in working with New Zealand property investors. Most of our clients own one or more rental properties and rely on us for rental property tax returns, property ownership structures, tax compliance and ongoing accounting support.

Since 2008, EpsomTax.com has assisted over 2,000 property investors in New Zealand and overseas with rental property tax returns, ownership structures, tax compliance and ongoing accounting support.

EpsomTax.com In The News

"The reason amateur flippers not professionals have been hit is that the bright line test doesn’t affect traders, who are already paying income tax on their capital gains anyway, says Garreth Collard, property accountant at EpsomTax.com." - OneRoof

"Garreth Collard, founder of Auckland-based company EpsomTax.com, says lifestyle change was the main reason he took the plunge to focus fully on his accountancy firm, which specialises in the residential property sector." - NZ Herald

"Write your business case, choose a business name, get down and open a bank account, and start networking, says Collard." - NZ Herald

"Our Spotlight series highlights the careers and lives of tax professionals across the globe. This week’s spotlight is on Garreth Collard, a property accountant who [specializes] in rental investment property." - Bloomberg

"Anyone who is serious about their crypto investing and wants to trade in particular should seek advice from an accountant about holding those investments in a separate entity, rather than their own name, says Collard. It keeps their trading and any other forms of investment separate." - NZ Herald

"Salary sacrifice, where you take benefits in lieu of a pay rise, can reduce tax. That could be health insurance, company vehicles or even increased employer KiwiSaver contributions. The aim is to keep your earnings from rising into the next tax bracket, Collard said." - NZ Herald

Why Use EpsomTax.com?

Good question. Here are six key features and benefits of using EpsomTax.com as your investment accountants / rental property tax accountants:

100% Online Accounting Service. Benefit: Secure cloud-based systems make it easy to work with us from anywhere, at any time.

Specialist Property Accountants. Benefit: Advice and tax support tailored specifically to rental property owners and investors.

Fixed Annual Fees. Benefit: No surprises. You'll know your accounting costs upfront and can budget with confidence.

Efficient Boutique Firm. Benefit: Lower overheads help us keep fees competitive while maintaining high service standards.

Direct Access to the Owners. Benefit: Personalised service from experienced accountants who understand your situation and can make decisions quickly.

Trusted Since 2008. Benefit: Almost two decades of specialist experience helping property investors navigate tax, compliance and ownership structures.

What Our Clients Say

I just wish all the people I dealt with made business as easy as you guys do. I love that everything is well explained, online, response times are within minutes or hours and you use workflow to process activities
- Jonti Rhodes
I/we are so grateful to you and your team for your work in attending to [our] financial affairs. Your patience, care and compassion has really been amazing throughout.
- Steve Caulton
I don't know what I'd do without you guys! Everything is always done on time
- Roberta Otene

Our Mottos

Do the good thing, not just the right thing
Better to ask twice than assume

Our Vision

To be a firm that sees clients as people rather than transactions, provides practical advice that improves their financial wellbeing and decision-making, and genuinely cares for its team.

Mission Statement

EpsomTax.com will provide a reliable and professional property accounting service, by keeping up to date with relevant current tax policies and the New Zealand investment property market, and by delivering customer service which is timely, down-to-earth, and honest.

Community Work

As a firm, we want to make sure that we give back to the community. About 1/3 of our team of ~45 spend 1-3 days every week helping as unpaid volunteers in their local community, usually in social/humanitarian work. It's just another way we can help our communities.

Ethos

EpsomTax.com is an MYOB Connected Accounting Partner and a Xero Gold Partner. Our accounting staff are all either Xero-certified or working towards it. Contact us to arrange your free 30-day trial sub for either service.

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We keep up with the latest developments in tax law and the property accounting arena by means of webinars and seminars.

EpsomTax.com is a member of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce. Our executive director is a member of the Institute of Directors and abides by its code of conduct for directors. We also abide by the XERO Partners Code of Conduct. Please see our Data Privacy policy.

At EpsomTax.com, we try our best to be environmentally friendly. How so? We shred and recycle instead of printing mountains of paper and we don’t store paper records. We meet via video-conferencing wherever possible and use apps, email and telephone to communicate.

Why? If we don't have to drive to see each other and do all that printing and use so much power, then we reduce pollution a little. It's the little things that each one of us does each and every day that help to save the planet.

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Contact Details

Phone: 0800-890-132
Email: mytaxinfo@epsomtax.com
Fax: +64 28-255-08279