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ATTENTION all Farming Employers Are you CASHING UP entitled Annual Holidays for your employees? https://www.employment.govt.nz/leave-and-holidays/annual-holidays/cashing-up-annual-holidays/ REMEMBER: Get the request in writing from your employee Cashing out Annual Leave Application FormTax it based on a lump sum basis https://www.ird.govt.nz/roles/employers/lump-sum-payments Are my Employment Agreements up-to-date for all employees? https://www.dairynz.co.nz/people/employer/starting-employm...

Featured Client

Based in Hamilton, Tauranga, and Auckland, Belles and Brides specialise exclusively in wedding hair and make-up, and offer a large team of highly sought-after, professional, mobile hair and make-up artists to take care of brides on their big day. For local Waikato brides, they also offer bridal trial and wedding day hair and makeup services, at the Belles & Brides boutique bridal studio in central Hamilton! Brides can expect so much more than just beautiful bridal hair, makeup, and beauty treatm...

In the Office

We are sad to farewell Kathryn Leong from our team. Kathryn is one of our Payroll/Taxation Administrators. We wish Kathryn all the best in her future endeavors - you will be missed!...

Accounted4 Payroll / Tax Team Vacancy

Who are we Accounted4 (A4) is a successful, forward-thinking Chartered Accountancy Firm located in the heart of beautiful Cambridge. At A4, our 33 strong team are 100% focused on our clients and our people. Our vibrant culture is reflected in our team values; authenticity, excellence, innovation, energy and solidarity. What’s the role We are looking for a person with sound payroll experience (and ideally some tax experience) who can step confidently into this part-time position in our Payroll ...

Is that email legit?

In this day and age it always pays to be vigilant when opening emails with linksAlways go with the old saying...."If something seems too good to be true it probably isn't!"Follow this link below for some helpful advice from the Inland Revenuehttps://www.classic.ird.govt.n......

Provisional Tax and GST Due 7th May

A reminder that Provisional Tax and any GST payments are due Tuesday 7th May If you require assistance please get in contact with us...we are here to help!07 827 5192...

Working over Easter or Anzac holidays?

There are three public holidays coming up in April: Good Friday 19 April, Easter Monday 22 April and ANZAC Day Thursday 25 April. Whether you are working part-time, full-time, fixed-term or casual, you are entitled to a public holiday if it falls on a day that you would normally have worked. What you get for a public holiday depends on: whether or not you actually work on the holiday andwhether or not the day is a day you would normally have worked, were it not for the fact that it was a publ...

In the Community

After the tragic events in Christchurch A4 made a decision to donate our Casual Day funds to the Christchurch Give a Little page to help those families in need. We also took the time to hold 2 minutes silence and have all remembered those lives lost in our own special ways. Geoff Hurst, one of our Senior Accounting Managers ran a seminar in association with High Performance Sport NZ to help out our high performing athletes with their accounting and business questions - another successful event ...

Xero Tip

About your Xero network key Each Xero organisation has a unique and private network key. You'll only find out which organisations use Xero through your business dealings with them. You'll need to ask them for their network key.Organisations with your key don't get access to log in or see any of your organisation's data.When an organisation that has your key sends you a Xero to Xero sales invoice, you'll receive it as a draft bill. You'll need to choose the account and tracking for the bill. You ...

End of Financial Year Tips

With the end of financial year fast approaching for most businesses, we encourage you to spend a few minutes reading our tips to make the most of your end of financial year and make sure you have got your best business foot going forward.  Ensure that your business is keeping proper recordsAll records must be in English and kept for at least 7 yearsSome examples of the types of records that must be kept are:bank statements, all income received, wage records for any employees, interest and d...

Featured Partner

We love empowering our clients, especially when it comes to websites. There is so much ‘grey area’ out there around websites, costs, how to use them, where they are hosted, domain names, email addresses, google analytics, google my business  – it can be confusing and just another hassle clients don’t want to deal with. At Kaz, we design beautifully branded, easy to use and fully responsive websites. We help you showcase your portfolio, boost your brand or promote your business – a...

Get to Know: Shelley Budden

Originally from Auckland, Shelley moved to Cambridge almost six years ago and has spent that time raising her young family. Prior to that, Shelley has worked both as a legal executive and legal secretary and has over 11 years experience.  She has been employed in various sized law firms in Central Auckland, including a boutique law firm which specialised in trusts and estates. Shelley obtained her Legal Executive Diploma from The New Zealand Law ...

Important Dates for your Calendar

28 March - GST returns and payments due for February7 April - Terminal Tax due for the 2018 Income Year19 - 23 April - Accounted4 CLOSED for Easter Break. We will re-open on Wednesday 24th April at 8.30am.25 April - Accounted4 CLOSED for ANZAC Day...

Payroll Team Update

On the 1st April 2019 the minimum wage will increase to $17.70 per hour. This rate applies to all employees 16 years and over. The starting-out and training hourly minimum wage rates will increase to $14.16 per hour, remaining at 80% of the adult minimum wage. Refer: https://www.employment.govt.nz/hours-and-wages/pay/minimum-wage/minimum-wage-rates/...

Featured Client

The Safari Company was set up  in 2005 after Andy, the Owner and Tour Leader, ran many tours in Africa and South America. The Safari Company is based in New Zealand but tours to Africa. Andy has a vast knowledge of the continent and the people and guarantees an unforgettable safari, his ability to find special spots which are off the beaten track makes him and the Safari Company the market leader of overland safaris. The Safari Company are fully dedicated to providing th...

Capital Gains Tax changes - how will it affect you?

The coalition government’s tax working group has now delivered its final report on the future of tax in NZ, including a recommendation on a capital gains tax.The report recommends that capital gains tax would apply to gains and losses after the sale of a residential property (including holiday homes), businesses, shares, all land and buildings but tax would not be applied to the family home, or the land it sits on. Cars, boats and art would also be exempt.Among other key points, the report rec...

Invoicing - What should you include?

When you’re running a small business or working for yourself as a freelancer or contractor, getting paid will generally rely on sending an invoice. And because getting paid, and on time, is essential to staying afloat, it’s important to make sure that you’ve got all the important info included.If a customer asks you for a tax invoice, provide one within 28 days. Your invoice needs to contain the following:The words ‘tax invoice’, ideally as a heading.Your business or trading name.The r...

How to retire happily

Death and taxes are the oft-quoted ‘certainties of life’, but with ageing populations in Australia and New Zealand, you could add ‘retirement’ to that list.You may be excited by the prospect of retirement, or it may fill you with dread. Either way, planning your next steps will help you take control of this life stage to make it satisfying, meaningful and enjoyable.No matter how far away the prospect – next week, next month or next year – there is clear evidence of the benefit of pla...

When was the last time you checked in with your Kiwisaver?

With a set-and-forget service like KiwiSaver, it can be all too simple to choose a fund, and.... forget about it! But it’s really important to check in periodically and make sure that you’re still in a fund that meets your needs. Here’s what you should look for: Fund Type The money you put into KiwiSaver will be invested in line with the type of fund you’ve chosen, which range from the defensive to the aggressive. The different fund profiles dictate the degree of risk you’re ...

Minimum wage going up to $17.70

The Government announced the minimum wage will increase to $17.70 an hour on 1 April 2019 – an increase of $1.20 per hour. This adds up to $708 for a 40-hour week. The starting-out and training minimum wage rates will increase from $13.20 to $14.16 per hour – remaining at 80 per cent of the adult minimum wage. The Government also set indicative rates of $18.90 from 1 April 2020 and to $20 from 1 April 2021. These rates will be subject to each year’s annual review.Find out more about the m...

Hold me accountable or else what?

Most business owners understand that the only way to ensure something gets done is to document what is expected, assign it to the right person, and set a due date. But what do you do if the task isn’t done? What are the consequences of this inaction?Think back to your school days when you had homework... maybe you were super organised and got stuck in as soon as the work was assigned, or perhaps you completed it on the school bus the morning it was due. Either way, why did you get it done? Cha...

Featured Partner

Figured is a platform which provides accountants, farm advisors, farmers and agri banks (the Farming Team) a single source of truth for making financial decisions. It uses cloud technology alongside Xero, to provide up-to-date financial information, reports and analysis. We are a disruptive and ambitious international software company that believes we can change agriculture for the better. Global market trends including the growth of on farm technology, open banking, the rapid adoption of cloud ...

Featured Client

We have always had that kiwi can-do mentality despite being Brits. When we came on holiday here in 2004 we felt at home. Cut to four years later with two young teenage boys Jake and Harry, we decided to move to NZ for a “bit of an adventure”.  Within a year we quickly realised that although we loved New Zealand the beer scene was pretty bad being dominated by the Big Two.  I have always been a home brewer (starting in my student days) so when we lived in the UK, Karen and I would t...

Payroll Team Update

IR Payday filing UPDATE Check out this link for full details on Payday filing. Many payroll software providers are yet to roll out Payday filing, so find out when your provider is expecting to go live and get prepared for the changes. https://www.ird.govt.nz/campaigns/2018/campaign-payday-filing.html Employment Law Update The Employment Relations Amendment Bill has progressed through Parliament and has now been passed. The Bill strengthens the legal rights of employees, limits the use of the 90-...

Get to Know - Genevra Scott

Genevra originally joined Accounted4 in 2014, and after a stint in sunny Central Otago she returned in November 2017. She has since worked her way up to become a Senior Accounting Manager, and manages a team of 3 for Kim Antonio. She loves to help her clients to achieve their goals, and enjoys training Xero and finding ways to enable her clients to stay on top of their finances with efficiency and ease. Genevra is currently an Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA), and is studying towards becomin...