With the rapid rise in the use of digital platforms to connect buyers and sellers, tax administrations around the world are realising that meeting tax obligations under current tax settings is a real challenge for those involved in the gig and sharing economy.

Global mergers and acquisitions have hit a new record and there are no signs of that slowing in 2022.

REMINDER: From 1 January 2022 reporting periods onwards, Tier 1 and Tier 2 charities need to include service performance information alongside the financial statements they file with Charities Services.

The farmer must be an optimist, or he wouldn’t still be a farmer. Farming is built on self-assurance that the work done today will pay off down the road, that the financial and labour sacrifices will act as investments for the future.

In the US, worker absences due to Covid tripled in January and overseas predictions forecast anything between 10% and 60% of staff being absent at any given time. How well the supply chain copes will also have impacts on Kiwi businesses.

Since residential property investment rules changed in early 2021, more and more landowners have been seeking advice on carbon credits.

The Delta variant of COVID-19 has impacted New Zealand in ways we could not have imagined. Living with uncertainty has become part of the status quo and changed the environment in which businesses operate.

There’s no denying these are unusual times to be in construction. Residential building consents are at a record high, meaning plenty of work to go around, but materials and skills shortages (and now, rising interest rates) mean workflows and cashflows are harder to manage than ever.

As we progress up and down Alert Levels, businesses need to review their business continuity plans, and take a flexible mindset to operations.  

2021 feels like it has been the year of the Cyber Attack. The news has been full of stories about ransomware, phishing attacks, and other malicious attacks on critical IT (Information Technology) infrastructure.

Are art and wine are “investments” or simply vanity purchases?