THE RURAL RAG
IRD SAYS NO CHEQUES FROM MARCH Declining cheque use, totalling just 5% of all payments, means the IRD will no longer accept cheques from 1st March 2020, including post dated. There are many ways to pay electronically or in person - find out here - & read on below about how making the switch to Xero will help. NOTE: if you have recently received any unexpected mail from IRD, please call us to check first before actioning - we are still seeing clients receive unusual mail in error.
WHAT THE US-CHINA TRADE WAR MEANS FOR NZ HORT The carryings on between these two superpowers has meant some financial market whiplash lately, however since Trump made President in 2016, it's been pretty good news for NZ's primary sectors, including horticulture.
RURAL ACCOUNTANTS TURNS 100! Oh how things have changed in 100 years! From beginnings as a male dominated profession, to practically fifty/fifty today, we are sure founding father Archie Runciman would find much to wonder over, were he alive today. You can read more about how Rural Accountants began in Dannevirke circa 1919 right here.
PROFILE: PENNY KEEBER Our key senior accountant, Penny Keeber, hails from Whakatane. She spent 10 years in the deep south of Dunedin and some time in Whangarei before the Tauranga traffic and our advertisement last year saw her make the move back home.
Outside of work, Penny is a life-long mad keen horse woman, proven by way of the 7 horses she owns. She is passionate about training young or 'green' horses and attends the odd low level events on weekends.
KEY TAX DATES - SEPT / OCT 2019
28 Sep GST Return/Pymnt Due for period ending Aug
28 Oct Provisional Tax Due for ratio option
PREFER TO PAY BY MONTHLY INSTALMENT? Are you a Company, a Trust, business, a sole trader or a partnership?
ACCOUNTANCY JOKES OF THE MONTH!
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