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HOW DO I KNOW IF I’VE GOT NON-RESIDENT TAX STATUS (NZ)?
HOW DO I KNOW IF I’VE GOT NON-RESIDENT TAX STATUS (NZ)? How do you know if you have non-resident tax status in New Zealand? Some of our clients live and/or work overseas, and have asked us about non-residency status with regards to tax.
Read MoreWHAT IS XERO.COM?
Many have never heard of Xero and wonder what it is, what it does, how does it benefit you and is it safe? We attempt to answer
Read MoreNZ FIRE SERVICE LEVY AND YOUR LTC
NZ FIRE SERVICE LEVY AND YOUR LTC… you might receive a letter from the New Zealand Fire Service asking you to make a Statutory Declaration.
Read MoreGST & RENTAL PROPERTIES
For GST-registered buyers, buying a property off a GST-registered seller means that the sale is zero-rated for GST i.e. none is paid by the seller and none claimed by the buyer.
Read MoreUK PENSION TRANSFER TAX
So, you are looking at the question of your UK Pension transfer tax, and wondering how much it is? How much tax will you pay in NZ when you transfer your pension over from the UK or other countries? SUPERANNUATION TRANSFER TAX Have you transferred or are you thinking about transferring your foreign superannuation to…
Read MoreUNDERSTANDING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
It is a statement of what your business/company owns (assets) and owes (liabilities). Assets include things like bank accounts, inventory (stock) property, cars, computers, money owed to you (debtors) etc.
Read MoreDEPRECIATION OF CHATTELS IN YOUR RENTAL INVESTMENT PROPERTY
DEPRECIATION OF CHATTELS IN YOUR RENTAL PROPERTY. Depreciation of Chattels: what is depreciable? what is not?
Read MoreDEPRECIATION AND CHATTELS: WHAT TO DO?
Depreciation and Chattels: What to do? We here present answers to some common FAQs on the subject of Depreciation, provided by Valuit. Q. We are going to get a chattels apportionment completed but do we need to have it done by a certain date?A. The simple answer is “usually no.” Depreciation reports are always best completed…
Read MoreGOVERNMENT RENTAL PROPERTY TAX CHANGES 2021
SUMMARY OF CHANGES Changes announced January 2021 by the government: Note that this law was very much “being made up as they go along” so at the time of announcement, lots of things were unknown, or not decided on. Subsequently, IRD have clarified most questions and rewritten some poorly-worded tax law. HOW DOES THIS AFFECT…
Read MoreHOW TO USE TAX POOLING
PAY YOUR INCOME TAX HOW AND WHEN IT SUITS YOU How to use tax pooling: Tax Management NZ (TMNZ) provides an IRD-approved service that gives small businesses greater flexibility to do tax on their terms by letting them choose how and when they make their income tax payments. UPCOMING PROVISIONAL TAX PAYMENTS Generally, you’ve got to pay…
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