With NZ in lockdown, the various government support packages are beginning to be rolled out. Confusingly, there is different criteria for each. So before applying for any subsidy/payment, check the criteria for that particular payment. There are a bunch available depending on circumstances, but the two most common are the Wage Subsidy which is administered […]
Max Whitehead re wage subsidy during Lockdown (August 2021)
Dave Saunders and Max Whitehead answer common questions around the covid subsidies available as we head into Lockdown (18 August 2021)
Making yourself a target
If you read our newsletters with any sort of regularity, you’ll know we bring up cyber security on a regular basis. You’ll also know that we chastise small business for not taking this risk seriously. Just in case you don’t see this as a risk, it is estimated that cybercrime will cost the world $10.5 […]
Interesting time for interest
You may well be over hearing about the constant meteoric rise of house prices. Every news report seems to contain something about house prices and their distinct lack of affordability. A big driver of the surge in house prices has been the wave of comparatively cheap money that has been made available to some. NZ […]
Halfway check up time – Success and Risk
And just like that, half the year has gone by. It’s been a bit of a strange one too. Not as strange as the last one, but a bit strange none the less. Hopefully, you kicked off the year with some sort of plan for how things would pan out. Failing that, even some expectations […]
Working Less Hard
Ahh New Zealand. The land of the Long White Cloud. Stunning vistas, natural beauty and exceptionally low productivity. It’s that last part that’s a problem. According to the OECD, New Zealand’s productivity sucks. OK, they didn’t say that it sucked, but they did highlight that we have progressively slipped down the rankings from one of […]
Protecting yourself online (and a change to Xero)
According to a report commissioned by ANZ, cyber crime has a $3 trillion impact on the global economy. Trillion, that’s a lot of zeros. Given it’s such a shady area, exact stats are hard to pin down, but it’s clear, this is a BIG DEAL. The proliferation of this online crime means that increasingly, ‘smaller […]
Support for Level 3
We hope you are all doing week – particularly for those of us in Auckland! There has been a number of forms of support for business and employees in place over the last year. Here are some that are applicable to small business. Financial support for business: this contains links to the Covid-19 short term […]
Tax rate change
Tax rate change Shortly, there will be a new top tax rate added for individuals. If you earn over $180,000 or have a company with significant retained earnings, this will likely affect you. Watch this to find out a little more about how it works, and get in contact if you want to discuss your […]
What did we learn?
It’s still only been a few short weeks since the Nation moved to level 1. And while in many respects, much of life is returning to some sense of normality, there are lasting effects that will be with us for some time. Not least of which is an economic hangover that we are so far, […]