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Keep in touch
It’s staggering how few people keep in touch with their former customers. John needed some scaffolding and found a really obliging firm. He said to the business owner when he came to take the scaffolding away: “I’m going to need scaffolding again in a couple of years to paint my house. Please keep in touch.” Pete, the scaffolder, replied: “You’ve got ...
Don’t tell us your Problems!!
An elderly couple were having lunch at a café. After half an hour the grumpy old man called the waitress over and said their quiche had not arrived. When told half an hour was too long to wait for his lunch, the waitress said the cafe was very busy. Never tell customers your problems. Just put things right as quickly as ...
Government seeks feedback on new business tax package
The Government is now consulting on 16 new tax initiatives aimed at providing more certainty - reducing stress and making it easier for business owners to better manage their tax affairs. Included in the package is a new Accounting Income Method (AIM) option for paying Provisional Tax as businesses earn income. This will come into effect on 1 April 2018. You ...
Tax Talk Newsletter Apr / May 16
Meeting tax payments on 7 April -Payments for end-of-year income tax, student loans and overpaid Working for Families Tax Credits for the 2015 tax year are due for all customers who have an extension of time because they are on a Tax Agents list. If you are worried about meeting this deadline, check out IRD’s payment options. This March, IRD will be ...
New calculators and decision tree for property sales
IRD have got two new calculators and updated the decision tree to help you work out: if a property sale is taxable or not what the net profit or loss is on the sale, and the income or loss to show in the income tax return, including the new bright-line loss treatment rule when there are up to five property sales. Property tax decision ...