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Useful tips for Small Business

General update by IBBZ Accounting on latest tax news, business growth and technology tips.
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Tax Audit: What are the rights of a taxpayer?

Tax Audit: What are the rights of a taxpayer?

A tax audit is an examination of your financial affairs to check you have paid the correct amount of tax and you are complying with the tax laws. It could be a small check of GST or a full audit check on your business.  IRD may choose random business to start the audit and in the audit, there are some certain rights of a taxpayer.

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National policy for stable taxation accrues economic benefits

National policy for stable taxation accrues economic benefits

 

The National Party planned to introduce a stable tax system, without making drastic changes to the minimum wage. The level of minimum wage impacts the level of unemploymen in the economy. National considers a number of issues non-negotiable. Among them are (a) No Capital Gain Tax (b) No change in GST (c) Reduction in Company Tax Rate in the long run.Loss-making start-up companies are supported by new tax rules that help them to cash out all or part of their tax losses from R&D expenditure. Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has larger outlay to target property speculators and others avoiding tax, making the system become fairer for everyone.

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Microsoft office 365: making it easier to do business

Microsoft office 365: making it easier to do business

Office 365 is cloud-based office software developed by Microsoft. It is the same Office you already use every day, but powered by cloud.‘Cloud’ means the data is stored in remote storage centre and you can access to your files from anywhere with internet connection. Also, your software setting will be the same in every device.

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What is Director's Liability?

Companies going into voluntary or forced liquidation may have limited liability (the extent of the money invested) but such limitations do not cover the taxes due to the Inland Revenue Department (IRD). 

For instance, if a Company with $1000 as capital collapses, the liability of its Directors would be limited to $1000.

 

However, such limitations would not apply to IRD.

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Leadership in Small Business - How to Interact with Subordinates

As a leader in a small business operation, your employees rely heavily on you for guidance and they also have a large stake in the success of your business. Nearly every employee-related performance depends on effective leadership.  Ineffective leadership can disrupt the employer-employee relationship, making it harder to achieve business goals. Therefore, it is vital to have good leadership skills.

 

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Explaining Minimum Family Tax Credit

Minimum family tax credits are mainly available to low income earners. Minimum family tax credit is a payment made to families with dependent children aged 18 or younger, so they have a minimum income of $438 a week after tax ($22,776 p.a. from 1-4-2014).

 

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How Good Accounting Influence The Decisions of Small Business

When an accountant tells you ‘I will do your accounts.’ what does that actually mean? To answer this question, I need to start from explaining what an accountant is doing. Basically, in terms of a small business, what an accountant does is book keeping, bank reconciliation and reporting.

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Why and How Time Management Skills are Important for The Success of Your Business

Time management skills are like a good pair of pants – you need to try several pairs before you find the right one which suits you best.  Time management is not very difficult as a concept but it is hard to put into practice.

  

In this article we will introduce a time management tool called priority matrix. You can have try and see whether it is the right one for you.

 

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Residential Care Subsidy

Some people set up a family trust to receive residential care subsidy when they get old. By setting up a trust they dispose their interest in an asset to be eligible to receive subsidy. With changing rules of social security it is getting harder to get residential care subsidy.

With the abolition of gift duty you can gift as much as you want and there will not be any tax duty. However, for residential care subsidy there still is a maximum level of gift per couple is $26,000.

 

What is residential care subsidy?

Residential care subsidy is paid to rest homes or hospitals directly for entitled people by the Ministry of Health.

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Choose a Right Computer for Work

When a business wants to upgrade its computer, it is easy to become confused by the technical data. In this article I will provide you some basic information that will help you to choose a right computer for your business.

Choosing a PC is actually choosing its hardware. For office use, it is mainly about choosing RAM, CPU and hard drive.

  

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