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News - 2022-03-24

New minimum wage from 1 April

This increase will have a significant impact on the operating costs of those businesses with a relatively high wage bill for staff on or near the minimum wage, especially some of the industries hit hardest by COVID; hospitality and tourism, for example. 

News - 2022-03-10

COVID financial support for businesses, by Stewart Russell

Omicron has steadily been making its way around the country and its impact is certainly here in the Far North.

Stewart's article explains more about the COVID Support payment available to businesses.

News - 2022-02-24

Get ready for the tax year, by Stewart Russell

There are some actions a business can take to legally help minimise it's tax bill - read more in Stewart's article

News - 2022-02-10

Omicron arrives in the Far North, by Sarah Russell

Omicron has arrived in the Far North and businesses need to be invoking their Omicron plan to minimize business disruption and its impact on cashflow.

News - 2022-01-27

IRD IT systems struggle with provisional tax, by Stewart Russell

Although the IRD have spent many millions on their new IT system, it is struggling to deal with taxpayers who haven’t yet filed their prior year returns.

News - 2022-01-13

Is your business ready for Omicron? by Stewart Russell

Most epidemiologists agree that it is not a case of if Omicron arrives in the community but when. Is your business going to be able to cope with the inevitable disruption?