Say goodbye to filing your PAYE returns monthly.
From 1 April 2019 the IRD is changing the requirements for filing PAYE returns to be "pay day filing".  Electronically filed returns need to be filed with the IRD within 2 days of the employees being paid.  

The law is to be changed regarding rental losses.
For many years, investors in property have had a tax deduction, against their other income, for losses on rental property. Starting from 1 April 2019, residential property owners will no longer be able to set off their losses as previously.

The Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terriorism Act 2009 (AML/CFT) is designed to help detect and deter money laundering and the financing of terrorism.  New requirements under the Act that apply to accountants will kick in on 1 October 2018. 

Or does one unlock the other? Robert Waldinger, a psychiatrist and professor at Harvard Medical School

refers to perhaps the longest study of adult life in his TED talk

There is so much talk about setting goals and getting clear on your vision.  Are these enough to ensure success?  After all, you’re making it very clear what the destination is, so surely you’ll know success when you get there, right? 

Do you want to know how to write a winning proposal?  If your business relies on you sending quotes or proposals follow these 9 simple steps*:

New work comes in 4 different forms:

1.       Selling existing products and services to existing customers

2.       Selling existing products and services to new customers

3.       Selling new products and services to existing customers and

4.       Selling new products and services to new customers.

Improvements can always be made at the margin – those small tweaks to your process or system that can make a massive difference to the end result.  It’s the same with your business margin – a 1% increase in your gross margin on $500k of sales is $5k on your bottom line.  The best part about margin improvement, is that you don’t need to lift your sales; often you don’t have to work any harder.