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- Check Your Bathroom Wall Heaters
- Minimum Hourly Wage Rate Increase
- Schedular Tax Activity by IRD
- Daylight saving can disrupt working dogs
- Twelve Checkpoints to stay ahead of tax
- Is it really real? Spotting a Scam
- Sender be aware – are digital conversations private?
- More than Accounting
- Gift Card Tax Warning
- Joke of the Day
- What to know if you rent out your Holiday Home
- Managing Staff Holidays
- Addressing Company Directors' Personal Safety
- Trusts - the Big Picture
- Kiwifruit Celebration
- Drones now capable of counting Livestock
- 3G Shutdown Warning for Australia Bound Travellers
- The Kiwi - An Australian Immigrant
- Not much cheer in this workplace
- Farewell - The End of an Era
- End of the "Ute" Tax
- IoT on the Farm
- Labour Day - What to know about Public Holidays
- PB A&P Show - 18 & 19 October 2024
- Have you refreshed your website lately?
- Length measures for use in Trade
- GenAI - A leap forward
- The Perks of Tax Pooling
- Inland Revenue's Campaigns - 2024
- Poverty Bay A&P Show - Pet Competition
- Tax Threshold Changes & Your Business
- Assessing your Business' Viability
- Bad Debts Write-Off
- The Definition of Work
- Comparison between Australia & New Zealand Tax System
- The New Government's Tax Policies - Property
- Tax Rate for Trusts (33% to 39%)
- Are You Renting Your House or Bach through Air BnB or a similar app
- Year End tips to aid Preparation
- Navigating Insurance Challenges
- A Bird in the Hand
- New Rural Support General Manager, Maria Shanks
- Significant Anniversaries Marking Changing Times
- As Our Dunes Retreat, Will Insurance Follow?
- Uber Court Case
- Could A Mindset Course Assist Your Business In 2024?
- The Antipodean Christmas Dinner
- Aerobix!
- AML Anti-Money Laundering
- Scam Spotting Help For Loved Ones
- IRD’s Renewed Focus On GST Compliance
- Poverty Bay A & P Show pet Competition
- Why Every Company Should Consider having a Power Of Attorney
- Fair Pay Agreements – Six Months On
- Retention Money Law Amendment
- Why Aussie Weather Patterns Matter To Kiwis
- What is “Sum Insured”?
June 2023
- Approval of First Fair Pay Agreement Application
- Safety in the Use of Public Device Charging Ports
- Banks' Seven Day Processing of Domestic Payments
- Less Single Use Plastic Packaging
- KiwiSaver included in the Remuneration Package of Employees
- "Workcation" - The new Travel Trend
- Threshold Changes to Student Loan
- Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport!
- National Average Market Herd Values - 2020 to 2023
- Light Humour - The Unspoken Rules of New Zealand Life
- Banking 365 Days a Year
- Minimum Hourly Rate Wage Increase
- Gun Owners Hit In The Pocket
- Is Your Rental Up To Standard – Healthy Homes Compliance
- One Egg or Two?
- Preparation Tips for The End of the Year
- Marginal Tax Rates – An Election Promise?
- Accounting Software News – The Paperless Society
- Private School Donations
- Light Humor - Australian Raw Humour
- Xero Subscribers - Access to Free Confidential Mental Health Counselling
- Sick Leave Entitlements - How we stack up against the rest of the World
- A Charitable World - What Qualifies?
- The End of "Tax Invoices" as we know them
- Disclosing Trust Information to IRD
- Electronic Monitoring of Employees - Will it happen in NZ?
- When is a Marshmallow Not a Marshmallow?
- Reflection - Vintage Letters to Santa
- Parental Leave Payments
- Proof in Lieu of a Medical Certificate
- Cost of Living Payment
- Tax Rules are catching up wit Cryptoassets
- Essential Question: How would Fair Pay Bargaining be Initiated?
- Which Social Media is right for your business?
- New Proposals on Modern Slavery place higher responsibilities on Organisations in N Z
- Tuai Power Station boosts National Grid Capacity
- Livestock Valuations
- Light Humour - Potato Bag Strengthener
- Increase in Minimum Wage
- Fuel Security? - The closure of the Marsden Point Oil Refinery
- Interest Deductibility on Rental Properties
- Changes to the Healthy Homes Standards
- Fast Tracking Kiwi Citizenship
- Income Insurance Scheme Proposal
- New Zealand's Food to Waste Energy Converter
- Light Humour - Caught!
- Leave Support and Short Term Absence Payment Schemes
- Recovery in Tonga - Horticulture and Wine Grape Industries Support
- Carbon 101
- Farmers Voices - Vital on Agriculture Emissions Pricing Options
- Resourcing of Small Community Police Stations
- Launch of New Social Enterprise - A Boost to Sales of Sustainably Sourced Wool
- The More We Sit - The Higher the Heart Disease Risk
- Injuries Claims Galore during Lock-Down
- Hoping to Retire?
- Light Humour - Catnip
- Challenges & Opportunities in a turbulent job market
- Statutory records for company clients moving to a cloud-based system
- Is your Farming Business prepared for positive Covid-19 On Farm scenario
- Amazing Covid Vax Rewards
- Changing Employment T&Cs (including job descriptions)
- IRD Employment Information Changes
- Road User Charges - Payments made easier
- Where is this going? - Tax Legislation
- Did you know?
- Light Humour - The Early Bird gets a Bargain
- Overseas Workers - Visa Extensions
- Up with the play on Equal Pay
- The "Coffice" - unspoken rules of working from a café
- Wahlburgers!
- Paid Parental Leave - and for who?
- Connectivity Frustration
- Demand on Water Tank
- The Employer's Guide to Working from Home
- Light Humour - ID ten T Error
- Jury Service - Employer Obligations
- Changes to Sick Leave Entitlement
- Ailing Kiwi working from home
- Eftpos now at Graham & Dobson
- Deductions from an Employee's Pay
- New Zealand's New Public Holiday
- Interesting Points for Fair Pay
- The Ute - Kiwi Icon or Tax Dodge?
- An Inclusive Society? Start with Mobility
- Cryptocurrencies and the IRD
- Light Humour - Voices in the Night
- Fair Market Salary Reminder
- Applying for Paid Parental Leave Online
- Price Increase for Standard Mail
- Low Value Asset Threshold
- Supply Shortages
- KiwiSaver Default Provider Schemes Changes
- KiwiSaver Updates - Contributions and ESCT
- Employer Accreditation Scheme - Work Visa
- Recovery of Child Support and the Hague Convention
- Employment Recovery
- Minimising of Leptospirosis
- Panic Buying - An Infuriating Trend!
- Livestock Valuation - 2018 to 2021
- Light Humour - Be Careful What You Preach!
- Ongoing COVID-19 Support Packages
- "Pink" Collar Crime
- Casual Employment Relationship
- Bereavement Leave Legislation - Miscarriages
- Employer-Provided Employee Accommodation
- Changes to the Holidays Act
- The New 39% Tax Rate
- Health & Safety At Work Act 2015 (Recreational Access to Land)
- Incorporated Societies - New Reporting Audit Requirements
- Farm Focus - Wagebook Changes
- Light Humour - The Rules
- Minimum Wage Increase
- Increase to Minimum Sick Leave Entitlements
- Welcome to James, Harvey & Norman Clients
- The Trusts Act 2021 - Transparency for Beneficiaries
- Internships - To be paid or not to be paid
- The Modern Age and the extinction of the Cheque
- He Waka Eke Noa and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Working from Home
- Light Humour - Wanted Desperately
- Is the Grass always Greener?
- Farmstrong and Farmer Wellbeing
- Flexible Working - Reduce, Recycle, Refold
- Business Health Check
- Corporate "Pre-Nup"
- Increase in the Top Marginal Tax Rate
- Light Humour - Wanted Desperately
- ACC Amendments - Keeping Employers in the Loop
- Companies Office - Fees and Levies Changes
- FBT on Vehicles during Lockdown
- Westpac and IRD payments - Barcodes
- What is Revenue? The Core Definition
- Additional Compliance Statements for New Tenancy Agreements
- Employee or Contractor?? - Getting it Right
- Annual Leave and Holiday Pay
- 16 & 17 October 2020 - Poverty Bay A&P Show - Pet Competition
- Light Humour - Ain't that the Truth
- Paid Parental Leave Increases
- In Work Tax Credit Change - Removal of "hours" test
- ACC Levies remain unchanged
- Support for Apprentices and Other Learners
- The Internet Age and The Privacy Act 2020
- Employment Rights in COVID 19
- Rental Property Alerts
- How much Tourism do we want?
- Livestock Valuations - Declines in the Herd Scheme Values
- Changing of the Guard
- Light Humour - Self Assessment
- NZ Business Number - Global Identifier
- Transparent Remuneration Package
- Something for everyone - Tax Changes to Provide Cashflow Advantages
- Coronavirus and X Chromosome
- Wage Subsidy Extension
- Our New Staff Member - Jeani Coetzee
- Livestock Valuation
- Light Humour - Rubber Gloves
- Employee Use of Telecommunications and Usage Plans
- COVID 19 Information for Landlords
- Graham & Dobson in Lockdown Level 3
- Government COVID 19 Assistance for Businesses
- Weekly Wage Subsidy vs Lump Sum Payment?
- Wage Subsidy for Sole Traders/Contractors
- Work, Sleep, Eat, Repeat!!! (Working from home during COVID 19)
- Up-to-date Email Addresses in myIR
- The making of ANZAC Day
- Minimum Hourly Wage Rates from 1 April 2020
- Light Humour - Taxi, Taxi...
- Summer Holidays - Annual Leave in Advance
- Road Tax Misery
- RWT Changes - Providing your IRD Number and Exemption Certificates
- Choosing the Right Secondary Tax Code
- Are You Responsible?
- Australian Bushfires
- Landlord and Tenant Updates
- Agricultural Emissions
- Compliance for "Internet Enabled" Connected Gadgets
- Light Humour - Driven and Outsmarting an Old Geezer
- Generation Z - The Workforce of the Future
- Ever Dreamt Of Being Your Own Boss? - Wacky ideas to Inspire you
- Playground in Parliament
- Preparing for the Christmas Season - Employer's Guide to Cancelling a Shift
- Cloud Based Accounting and Payroll Data - What Are Your Responsibilities
- Governance for Small Businesses
- Three's a Cruise Ship Crowd
- Light Humour - What Goes Around!
- IRD to stop taking cheques – March 2020
- 5 Steps to Protecting your Identity
- Income Tax Scams
- Unusual Tax Rulings in the US
- Residential Bright Line Test
- Kiwi Access Identity Cards
- The New Trusts Act – 30 January 2021
- The Minimum KiwiSaver Contribution Rate – will this be enough?
- Captain Cook's Cartography Achievements
- Light Humour – Perfect Eyesight
- Increase of Paid Parental Leave from 1 July
- Immigration's levy on foreign visitors
- Buying or selling a property? – requirement to have an IRD number
- To reuse or not to reuse…? The coffee cup dilemma
- Annual A&P Show Pet Competition
- Ring Fencing your Residential Rental Property Losses
- Emergency Locator Beacon (Rural farmers aid to survival)
- Tax Evasion – the "black economy".
- Don't be scammed – Fake IRD Tax Refund Emails
- Recycling - Good place for a "Cigarette Butt".
- Light Humour – The Geography of a Woman and a Man
- IRD's consulting on tax obligations for various forms of residential rental re Air Bnb, Bookabach, boarders or home-stay students etc
- Tax Informant – is this the job for you?
- Scammers Alive!!! Why you shouldn't reveal passwords or important information
- Selling or buying tax? Flexibility regarding tax obligations.
- American Fast-food chains - Paying employees as fast as their food
- Crush Protection on Quad Bikes - WorkSafe's recommendations.
- Are you paying the correct KiwiSaver Prescribed Investor Rate?
- Claiming Vehicle Costs
- National Average Market Values for the years 2016-2019
- Light Humour - Backyard Stuff!
- Minimum Wage Increase
- One Billion Trees - Government's Grant for the establishing, maintaining and regeneration of trees for at least a 10 year period
- KiwiSaver Changes - New Contribution Rates of 6% and 10%
- Heating & Ventilation - Landlord Responsibilities for their Rental Properties
- Landlords - Proposed changes to deducting losses made from residential rental properties.
- New Mileage Reimbursement Rates
- Employee vs Contractor - The real nature of the relationship
- Working for Accommodation - Tax and other related implications
- GST on Low Value Imported Goods $1,000 or less
- Winding up a Company - The Process
- Wage & Salary Earners - Welcome to the New Age!
- Light Humour - All Too True!
- The Tax Working Group's Recommendations
- Capital Gains Tax
- Retirement Savings
- International Tax
- Raising the Low Income Tax Threshold
- Simplifying Small Business Tax Compliance
- Ir-File Discontinuing. Are you ready for Payday Filing
- 2018 Law Changes - Letting fees ban; Payday filing; New hazardous substances regulations
- Employment Law Changes
- Employee Information Reminder
- Are Bad Debts Tax-Deductible?
- Light Humour - The Italian Book Keeper
- Is it appropriate for IRD to contact clients directly?
- Deductible Legal Expenses when buying or selling a rental property
- CashManager Rural Retirement - Rural Online Migration
- Tax Invoice Documentation - the arrival of electronic invoices
- The Three Certain things in Life - Death, Taxes and Employment Agreements!
- Employers and Domestic Violence Leave - Preparing for the law change in April 2019
- The Coalition's stance on Capital Gains Tax
- Town & Around - Joanna Bradnock
- Light Humour - Champagne Christmas
- Offshore persons applying for IRD Numbers - Satisfying the IRD Commissioner
- Kiwibuild Homes - What, Where and Eligibility
- Road User Charge increases from 1 October 2018
- Are you ready for Payday Reporting - Employer Obligations for PAYE "Payday" filing
- The Definition of a "Payday"
- Insulating Rentals before the compulsory date of 1 July 2019
- The End of Tripod Farm Petrol Tanks
- Anti Money Laundering - Graham & Dobson Compliance Requirements
- Staff Member in the Spotlight - Rachel Cook
- Light Humour - Any Last Requests
- IRD Requests to pay Tax now being sent directly to clients
- GST Refunds withheld - what are you rights?
- Australian Biosecurity - "Don't be sorry, just declare it!
- A Dream Project- BCITO Apprentice project encouraging more young Kiwis to sign up for a building apprenticeship
- Anti Money Laundering Compliance - A significant problem in New Zealand and worldwide.
- POLi Internet Banking - G&D now offer POLi Internet Banking to pay invoices
- Work Related Meetings - Employees must be paid!
- Illegal Interview Questions - What you need to know
- Investment Properties for Land-type Businesses
- Vehicle Registrations - Top Five Selling Vehicles
- Does your Employment Agreement contain the mandatory terms required?
- Parliament and Cameras
- Poverty Bay A&P Show - Pet Competition - G&D Diamond Sponsor
- Light Humour - Not Food as we knew it!
- Best Start Tax Credit – A new weekly payment for babies born on or after 1 July 2018
- Changes to Paid Parental Leave from 18 weeks to maximum of 22 weeks
- Cryptocurrency and Tax. What do you need to know?
- Swift Acceptance of a Heated Resignation – An unjustified Dismissal?
- Key Messages for Employers – Holiday and Leave Entitlements.
- Interest-Free Advances to assist with Home Insulation
- Companies Office Website Access Security
- Wellbeing in the Workplace – Promoting good health and wellness within the workplace.
- Livestock Valuation – National Average Market (Herd) Values 2015-2018
- Light Humour - Seeing Eye to Eye!
- Auckland's new petrol tax to raise funds for 10 year transport programme
- Congratulations to G&D client announced as winner of Gisborne/Wairoa Hill Country Farmer of the year
- 2018 increase to paid parental leave scheme
- Trouble in toyland as older brands struggle to keep up with digital technology
- IRD audits – what you need to know
- Employment: Trial Periods vs. Probationary Periods
- Public holidays and 'otherwise working day' considerations
- Compulsory insurance for builders?
- Light humour - The Bagpiper
- Minimum wage increase from 1 April 2018
- NZ trailblazing uncharted territory for pay parity
- Livestock rustling creating serious risk to farmers and their businesses... amendment bill to deter this is before Parliament
- Tip jar squabbles in USA - who 'owns' the tips? Proposed rule changes pending...
- Food sellers - are you registered for the new Food Act which comes into effect 1 April 2018?
- Callaghan Innovation - are you aware of this crown entity offering research and development grants?
- Enduring Powers of Attorney - some things you need to know
- Employment Law - proposed changes regarding breaks, trial periods, collective agreements and unions
- Car Insurance and warranty products - it is important to know what you are paying for
- Light humour - Married 50 years!
- IRD attempting to make tax simpler - draft bill in parliament proposes collecting more information on various earnings much more frequently
- Are you earning income from YouTube or other online platforms?
- The right to disconnect and not check emails during rest periods
- Do you hire 'casual' employees? A note of caution regarding holiday and leave entitlements
- The "Internet of Things" - The evolution of internet connectivity and networking across various devices
- Annual leave entitlement and 'continuous' employment - the effect of unpaid leave
- The commercial use of drones
- Does your business use petrol for purposes other than driving on public roads? You may be entitled to and excise duty refund.
- Light humour - the long and the short of it
- A warning on companies offering "Lay-by" or "buy now pay later" services
- Minimum wage update and annualised minimum wage calculations
- Paying employees under 16 years of age
- Cash Manager Rural - cloud based development
- The Australian budget - tax measures that may affect NZ businesses
- NZX recommendation to disclose listed companies' executive pay packets
- GST filing online - how to amend errors and allowing others to manage your MyIR
- Significant changes coming to payroll reporting and administration of PAYE
- Livestock valuations - NAMV 2014-2017
- Let us know if you will receive money from overseas
- Poverty Bay A&P Show - G&D is annual sponsor of Best Pet (Lamb, Goat or Calf) competition
- Light humour - Hard of Hearing...
- Worksafe's clarification: Carrying passengers on quad bikes
- Interesting graphs and statistics - vegetation in our district and global mobility
- Beware of paying family members excessive salaries
- When in Norway…
- GST refunds must now be paid by direct credit to nominated bank account
- Improvements to how IRD charges interest on provisional tax
- Are you recording your employees' start & stop dates? How to amend them if necessary
- Applying for an IRD number made simpler
- Charities reporting regime – year two
- Taxation of insurance receipts
- New paid parental leave rules - options with other leave
- Inland Revenue information sharing with the Registrar of Companies
- ACC changes - work levy to go down
- Light humour - Well, I never...
- School expenses - are you claiming a donation rebate on your school donation?
- IRD refunds $100million to 166,000 customers... and $700m more unclaimed
- Changes to schedular payments allows contractors to chose their own tax rate
- The basic requirements of an employment agreement
- Market value of employee accommodation
- Changes to farm dwelling expenditure deductibility
- Non-structural, seismic restraints failure in last year's earthquake
- Making deductions from wages or salaries - know the rules
- Rural areas to be covered nationally by Fire & Emergency Levies - possible rates reductions for rural property owners
- New way to calculate mileage claims for business - take your odometer reading now!
- Reminder about entertainment expenses and the percentages deductible
- Light humour - Bragging!
- AirBnB - are you renting out a room?
- New minimum hourly rate from 1 April 2017
- Worksafe's ten year strategic plan
- Market rent data for Gisborne properties
- an unusual tax balance date in the UK... quite a story behind this!
- Proposed legislative changes to Trusts
- Major improvements to GST filing with MyIR
- Changes to FBT on the horizon
- Tax planning before 1 April with regards to bad debts, asset purchases, accruals and provisions and charitable donations
- Rations - what can be claimed by farmers?
- Certificates of exemption from Withholding Tax
- Hot topic - funding for the fire service from insurance levies
- Emailing wages or HR enquiries - please use payroll@grahamdobson.co.nz
