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Claiming Home Office Expenses
IRD have produced an Infographic giving guidance as to how much you can claim of Home Office expenses if you operate your business from home. See below. ...
How to keep your website safe
Small businesses often rely on their websites to bring them business. It’s really important to protect your website so it can’t be compromised. Tips to protect your website Your business website is one of your greatest assets, and if it’s compromised it can be really disruptive to business. CERT NZ has some tips on what you can do to protect your website, ...
Payday filing: your questions, answered
Last month’s article about payday filing generated a lot of questions and feedback. We’ve worked with Inland Revenue to bring you some answers. Payday filing When: Since 1 April 2018, employers have been able to file payroll information every payday. From 1 April 2019, employers will be required to file payroll information every payday. What: If you’re a New Zealand employer paying more ...
Get ready to shift to payday filing
From April 2019 all employers will need to file their employment information every payday. This means instead of filing an Employer monthly schedule (IR348) every month, you'll file employment information every payday in line with your normal payroll cycle. Providing us with more timely information means your employees will have more certainty about what they will receive, eg Working for Families Tax ...
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Kilometre rate for business running of a motor vehicle
The Commissioner has issued a new Operational Statement 18/01 – Commissioner's statement on using a kilometre rate for business running of a motor vehicle. This updates and replaces Operational Statement 09/01 - Commissioner’s statement of a mileage rate for expenditure incurred for business use of a motor vehicle, issued in May 2009. The new rules allow the choice between using the cost ...