IBBZ Accounting is very different from your traditional accountant. We are creative and really go out of the way to ensure our customer receive the best advice and great satisfaction. We are different in many ways below is just one example from a property investor point of view.

Buying Advice

In our recent engagement with one of our client who was new to property investment, we advised on:

1.Which areas in New Zealand and/or Auckland is good for investment in this current market

2.How much rent can be received from each investment after offsetting the expenses.

3.Which entity structure should be used for property investment portfolio in order to minimise tax liability.

4.Which valuation company to use for bank purposes.

5.Suggest builders who can check for water tightness and other building checks.

Property Management

Our client had investment properties that were currently on rent, we offered our services to:

• Manage the property and ensure smooth transition of entry and exit of tenants
• Provide quarterly reports to our client including photos of the status of the property
• Receive rent in our trust account and organise any maintenance & repairs that are required.
• Attend to tenants’ queries and issues.

Selling Property Privately

Our client had properties that they wanted to sell privately, so we helped them by suggesting:

• where they can get advertising boards designed and printed at a reasonable cost,
• where they should advertise their property,
• which advertising media is more effective to get buyers attention,

We also helped our client with the legal side of selling a property by obtaining sale and purchase agreements and property information from the council such as LIM reports and property files.

When they had interest from potential buyers, IBBZ also facilitated open homes for buyers.

About the author:

Sandy Wadhwa is a practice manager of an Auckland based chartered accountant firm and a director of IBBZ Accounting Limited. You can contact her at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

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Information above is provided for general use only, if you are intending to rely on any of the information above please consult with us or seek a professional advice. If information provided above result in any kind of loss to you we can not be held responsible.

Date: 31 January 2014