The new trust disclosure rules were launched effective from 1 April 2021 and initially felt like an IRD witch hunt to “catch/punish” those who had had set up a trust. Initial IRD explanations were clumsy and poorly executed, which was not reassuring. Why have a trust? Most people set up… Read More
Continue ReadingCollaborative Law is a non-adversarial approach… As we know Covid has taken a huge toll on relationships, and the number of couples who are separating or divorcing is climbing. Many of these couples realised that their relationship had just come to a natural ending. They want to preserve as much… Read More
Continue ReadingWe go into business for all sorts of reasons – to be our own boss, redundancy, a bright idea, turning a hobby into a business, and so on. Very few start people with a strategic approach to their business. Once in business we “grow” the business through trial and error,… Read More
Continue ReadingLast week we explained that reviewing and redefining your core/shared values is a way to kick start your life and your business. You can read last week’s blog here. After clarifying your values, the second step for getting back on track is creating a plan. The beauty of… Read More
Continue ReadingMost of us got a bit lost at some point over the past couple of Covid disrupted years. Working from home, zooming, face masking, elbow bumping, having our business model challenged, home schooling, vaccinations and boosters, RATs, isolating… the list goes on. Some of us had “possum in the head lights”… Read More
Continue Reading2021 terminal tax was due on 7 April 2022, and now most of us are in for a double tax hit with GST and 2022 provisional tax both due on 7 May 2022. There are fewer provisional taxpayers now as the threshold for provisional tax increased from $2,500 RIT… Read More
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