Provisional Tax Explained

Disclaimer: NZ tax specific article ahead – it may not apply to you if you are not an NZ tax resident. One of the biggest shockers for my clients at the end of a tax year is finding a giant red number on their online account saying that they still owe the IRD money EVEN

Should you be laying off your team?

Sales are down, you’re struggling to get demand back up and to top it all off it increasingly looks like we are heading for a global recession.  Often when times are hard, some business owners find themselves asking this question: “Should I be laying off my employees?” Some business owners Well, to simply answer this

How to measure productivity if you’re self employed

Hi there accounting fans! Today’s blog post has been generously contributed by the folks over ath ViAGO international. This particular piece has been written by a ViAGO team member, Gemma Mckenzie! Self-employment brings the freedom of being your own boss – there is no management oversight, no one telling you what to do or when

Student Loans and Travelling Overseas

Hi Accounting fans! Let’s kick off the day with an awesome collab post between Sam Harith – The Comic Accountant and Shivan Sivakumaran of shivansivakumaran.com.  Now, Shivan is a really sharp dude who is an optometrist by profession but writes about a wide range of subjects, including personal finance and life hacks.  Today we are