April 2020

Dire implications for late tax payments

If you pay your provisional tax one day late you come out of what is called the Safe Harbour scheme.

Tax changes worth noting

There have been several tax changes recently. Some of the important ones are listed here:

Effective remote working tools

Many of us have been thrust into a remote working regime with little time to prepare. Here’s some options for working collaboratively yet remotely:

Wage subsidy is not part of sales

If you’ve received a wage subsidy, don’t treat it as being part of sales.

Plan now for your business continuity

Having a plan to deal with the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic is going to be critical to business survival.

The value of a brand style guide

Your brand is an integral part of what makes your business unique. So, keeping your brand style consistent across all communications, marketing and online channels is important – and this is where having a brand style guide can become invaluable.

COVID-19 – paying your employees on the wage subsidy

If you have applied for or have received the COVID-19 Wage Subsidy, you must still undertake best endeavours to pay the employees named in your application, at least 80 percent of their usual wages.

Can you steal GST?

Whether a price includes GST or not is important to know for the price of a product. In the case between New Zealand Police and Genesis Pure, ‘GST’ became the difference between a maximum penalty of seven years in jail, or one.

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