Author Archives: wkstrawbridge
New Zealand Budget 2023 – No Frills? or Blow-out?
Budget 2023 has been dubbed as the “No Frills Budget” by the Government. The opposition are already dubbing it the “Blow-out Budget”. Given that inflation is at levels unseen in New Zealand for a generation, the messaging around the…
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FBT – the forgotten and especially unloved tax
People generally are not overly enthusiastic about filing and paying taxes. However, businesses seem to reserve a special disdain for fringe benefit tax or FBT. FBT is seen as overly complex and difficult to comply with compared to other taxes.
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New Zealand Budget 2022 – Reserve bank and the Government on a collision course
Yesterday was Budget Day and, as expected, the Government offered up some shiny trinkets in the form of large increases to health spending and a modest package to address the cost of living squeeze. However, make no mistakes, yesterday’s budget…
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Building Leadership Capabilities – What are the gaps and building these capacities based on Mindshop’s 5 phases
What are the gaps and building these capacities based on Mindshop's 5 phases
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Insights 4, 5 and 6 from Mindshop – Invest in leadership & coaching, thriving’ strategy and vision for 2022 and don’t lose sight of what makes you profitable
This week we continue to unpack the six key insights from Mindshop’s Business Leader Insight Report. Insights four to six cover investing in leadership and coaching capabilities, creating a thriving strategy and vision for 2022, and focusing on what…
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Recharting Success and the 8 Steps for Recharting 2022
Mindshop’s Business Leader Insights Report for 2022 has given us a lot of food for thought when it comes to moving forward in a changing business landscape. As we continue our series of blogs to help you understand Mindshop’s findings,…
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How to Use Your Reset Plan to Address Emerging Insights – Mindshop Business Leader Insights
There’s quite a bit to get into with the key insights from Mindshop’s Business Leader Insights Report, and so we’ve split the six insights in half for a post each. In this third post analysing Mindshop’s Business Leader Insights…
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Update to the COVID-19 Support Payments and The Small Business Cashflow Loans – March 2022
COVID-19 Support Payment Update The IRD has released an update on COVID-19 support (CSP) payments. Firstly, from 8:00 am this morning (14/3/22) it is now possible to use a typical week between 5 January and 15 February 2021 as the…
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Preparing for the end of the tax year – 31 March 2022
There’s plenty of uncertainty out there about what the next few weeks and months will look like as Omicron sweeps through the community in full swing and geopolitical turmoil impacts financial markets and inflation. However, as the saying goes there…
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COVID-19 Support Payments applications are now open
Applications for the COVID-19 Support Payment (CSP) opened this morning. These applications are made through IRD’s online “MyIR” platform. Once logged, the application can be found under the “I want to” menu. Then click the third link “Apply For COVID-19…
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