Making Major Repairs or Improvements to Rental Property?

If you are thinking about or are in the process of making large scale repairs and/or improvements to your rental property there may be tax implications surrounding the deductibility of the costs. In most cases any improvements will be capital in nature and not a deductible expense under repairs & maintenance. In some cases they may not be subject to depreciation either. Please contact us for ... More

Topics: Claimable Expenses Rental Property

Posted 17/06/2013

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Kiwitax Vehicle Log Books - Available Free to Clients

Keeping a log book to record vehicle use is essential for ensuring an accurate expense claim. To help make this process a little easier we've had some small log books printed and these are available to clients for free. These are useful for both business and rental property owners. If you would like one (or more for multiple vehicles) please ask, we'll pop it into the post asap. Prefer an el... More

Topics: Claimable Expenses Record Keeping Vehicles Client Care Freebies

Posted 13/05/2013

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Thank you!

It's always fabulous to welcome new clients to Kiwitax and this month has been super busy with many people coming aboard. It's both an honour and privilege to be able to make accounting and tax easy and stress-free for so many Kiwi small business and rental property owners. Thank you for choosing us, it's very much appreciated! More

Topics: Kiwitax News

Posted 26/04/2013

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Provisional Tax Instalment Reminder

The final instalment of 31 March 2013 provisional tax is due 7 May 2013. We'll be sending out reminder notices over the next few days to affected clients. Please let us know if you have had a considerable increase or decrease in income over that year and we can amend your amount accordingly to better suit your cash-flow and minimise any penalties. More

Topics: Provisional Tax Due Dates Client Care

Posted 15/04/2013

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Kiwitax Client Update Emails

We've just hit the send button on the latest Kiwitax Client Update email. This month's update contains important dates, tax tips and other handy information plus Kiwitax news. It's a quick and easy read so please do. If you're a client and not receiving these updates please let us know your email address and if you do change your email address please tell us! We get quite a few bounces each time u... More

Topics: Client Care

Posted 15/04/2013

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End of Financial Year Checklists Now Sent

We've now mailed end of financial year checklists and information to all clients. If you're a client haven't yet received yours please contact us ASAP. Included in the envelope... Letter including scheduled dates What to do at 31 March Checklist and additional information Tax saving expenses list to ensure maximum claims As always please ask if you have any questions, always happy to help... More

Topics: Client Care

Posted 27/03/2013

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Only a Fews Days Left

There are only a few days left to get your 2011/2012 financial year's income tax returns filed with IRD. If you're keen to avoid penalties, have a rental property or business and haven't filed yet please act now. We're always most happy to answer questions and offer advice. Please get in touch. More

Topics: Due Dates Client Care

Posted 8/03/2013

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Not Using a Tax Agent or No Time Extension? Important Reminder

Quick reminder for those without an extension of time or do not use a Tax Agent, any income tax to pay for 31 March 2012 is due to IRD by 7 February 2013. Only a few days left now. Kiwitax clients (who have not lost their extension of time) have until 7 April 2013 to pay. Any questions please ask, always happy to help. More

Topics: Due Dates

Posted 4/02/2013

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Coming Soon: March 31 - Right Now: A Special Offer

Still haven't had your business or rental property annual March 31 2012 accounting and income tax returns sorted? Now's the time to act. Please call us for a quote on 0508 KIWITAX, email service@kiwitax.co.nz or go here to request a quote online. We'll look after you, give you a great quote and all the info needed to get it done. Having IRD on your case is not a great start to the year, let's ma... More

Topics: Promos

Posted 18/01/2013

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31 March is Rocking Up, Time to Get Rolling!

Happy new year everyone, we're (almost all) back on deck and hitting the ground running! Hope you've enjoyed a lovely Christmas and managed a relaxing break in there somewhere. The big concern presently is the number of clients who have yet to bring in March 2012 annual accounting and income tax returns for us to prepare. We usually end up with a last minute rush and have previously only managed ... More

Topics: Kiwitax News

Posted 7/01/2013

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TINZ is Now ATAINZ

The Tax Agents' Institute of New Zealand (TINZ) has now rebranded to a more accurate and relevant name of Accountants and Tax Agents Institute of New Zealand (ATAINZ). ATAINZ is an incorporated society established in 1976. Its objectives include: Fostering tax knowledge in New Zealand; Furthering tax practice in New Zealand; Representing tax practitioners in New Zealand; Maintaining the h... More

Topics: Kiwitax News

Posted 10/12/2012

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It's Kiwitax's 13th Birthday

Today is our 13th Business Birthday! We're super thankful and appreciative we get to work with so many awesome people and can help make accounting and tax easy and stress-free! Thank you so very much for joining us along the way! More

Topics: Kiwitax News

Posted 23/11/2012

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How Do I Become Self Employed?

New Zealand is one of the easiest countries in which to start a business. It's really as simple as finding something which will generate profit and going for it - well almost. Here's a quick guide for people who are currently in employment and are curious about becoming self-employed or those who are looking for work and perhaps considering creating their own opportunities. This is more aimed for ... More

Topics: GST Business Record Keeping Contractors Guides Starting Business

Posted 9/11/2012

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Kiwitax Now a BankLink Professional Advisor

We're super pleased to announce Kiwitax is now a BankLink Professional Advisor. This will help ensure we're kept fully trained to advise and supply you with BankLink's fantastic, easy to use software including BankLink Books, InvoicePlus and PayablesPlus. Kiwitax primarily uses BankLink's services for secure supply of client transaction data from financial institutions nationwide. The data is i... More

Topics: Kiwitax News Accounting Software

Posted 6/11/2012

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Would You Like Your Annual Accounts & Tax Returns Prepared Early?

We've been powering through annual accounting work this year which has created some available work slots. If you have accounting and income tax work scheduled for anytime over the next few months now's a great opportunity to have it sorted before Christmas plus you'll know sooner of any income tax you'll need to pay well before 7 April 2013. If you would like to jump into one of the available tim... More

Topics: Client Care

Posted 1/11/2012

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