When you’re operating and managing a small business, it’s incredibly important to manage your cash well and to have clear budgets and spending limits for every area of your business operations. Let’s see why budgeting is such a vital part of your financial management, and what you can do to keep …
Accounting Advice
Tony’s Opinion – On Teams & Tax changes
Team The word team is now commonly used by many organisations. It is an acronym for:- Together Everyone Achieves More In that context, of collaborating, the outcome can be way beyond what any one person can do by themselves. However, the reality in New Zealand organisations is not that …
10 Steps to Business Continuity
‘Business continuity’ is the process of planning out how your company can continue trading – when disaster hits. In essence, it’s your Plan B for how to set up a means of trading, when you don’t have access to your usual offices, workspaces or equipment. Read more …
CCH e-signing
We recently moved from Xero e-signing to a new platform, CCH e-signing. It is similar and offers the same level of safe security. Our tax returns and GST returns are now being sent regularly in this way. Please be assured the emails are not spam and follow the steps for e-signing and return …
Entertainment and gift expense claims
Having a drink or a meal with a business contact is even better when you know how to claim back entertainment expenses. The individual amounts might not seem like much to begin with but they add up quickly and can substantially reduce your tax bill over the year. Putting in place a simple system for …
