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Background Over 80% of start-up businesses fail in the first five years. One of the tasks accountants in public practice deal with is assisting clients when this occurs. Liquidation is the insolvency process related to companies and formally deals with those going through this..
Read ArticleAs we begin to emerge from lockdown into an environment that is markedly changed due to the effects of Covid-19, I’ve been thinking about what business owners and property investors can do to get through the challenging times that are no doubt ahead of us. Get..
Read ArticleLabour intend to ring-fence property losses to future property income. This will send thousands of investors broke fast. Take investors' tax refunds away, property values crash. This is well documented overseas. Sweden property values dropped 35% when they ring-fenced losses and the following government reversed..
Read ArticleMany people who have bought an investment property over the past 12 months have been forced to buy a new build due to the government’s current rules:• Healthy Home requirements• Lower LVR for new builds (20% deposit rather than the 40% required for second-hand properties) • The ability to claim..
Read ArticleIn case you missed it over the weekend, the NZ Herald article on a woman being awarded a share of her husband's 'inherited property' that pre-existed the relationship rewrote some relationship property rules. What Happened?The Supreme Court held that a woman who helped maintain an..
Read ArticleWhether you are a businessperson signing contracts and leases in the ordinary course of business, a property investor signing finance agreements with banks, a property trader, or a developer, you will no doubt want to pay as little tax as legally required and protect the..
Read ArticleNo doubt you have been reading in the newspapers and listening to the media various reports reviewing what is going on in the property markets; highlights of the reports are both positive and negative, and you hear various opinions around the marketplace about what 2010..
Read ArticleLots of our clients are asking GRA what is on offer from the various parties for the 2023 election, so I thought it would be useful to recap the tax changes made by Labour in their past two terms, and then canvas the different offerings..
Read ArticleMany of our clients come to us because they are not getting advice or they are not satisfied with advice they are receiving from other accountants. In recent times the tax changes introduced by the National Government regarding property investors have created quite a stir...
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