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Finding the right accountant is a big decision that impacts your long-term success. Too many business owners treat accounting as a basic box-ticking exercise for the IRD. Your advisor should actually help you grow and navigate these challenging economic times. We've put together a 7-point checklist so you can find the perfect fit for your Hawke's Bay business. Read the full guide here: https://www.bwaccounting.co.nz/how-to-choose-the-right-accountant-in-hawke-s-bay-a-7-point-checklist

We know tax deadline reminders can be stressful, especially when they pop up everywhere at once. Here's something they don't always make clear...one of the practical benefits of working with an ATAINZ member tax agent is the Extension of Time (EOT) arrangement, which can push your filing deadline from 7 July out to 31 March of the following year.

So take a breath! If you are a client of an ATAINZ member and have been filing your returns on time in the past, you are very likely to qualify for this extension of time. If unsure whether you have an EOT, just reach out to your ATAINZ member to confirm your date.

This is a great summary of an interview with a crypto specialist on a NZ podcast. It's a very tricky area of accounting and as you will see, IRD are enforcing the taxes associated, and even penalising those who are avoiding returning the income.

The crypto tax trap that could leave Kiwis owing money they no longer have New powers and tougher penalties mean flying under the radar is getting harder.

A reminder as IRD start finalising taxpayers earnings for the year to 31 March 2026, please be aware of scammers trying to take advantage. We are also aware of Tax Refund places advertising - IRD will automatically do this for you (if you are due a refund) so keep your well earned dollars in your pocket and don't employ these entities.
And if you are a client of ours we will do all of this for you as part of our service to you.

Watch out for scammers this tax season 15 May 2026 Inland Revenue (IR) will soon start to send out tax assessments to salary and wage earners in New Zealand. And while people are looking out for that, they also need to watch out for scammers trying to rip people off. Tax assessments Individual Income Tax Assessments will go out in severa...

A great night at the basketball - with the hawks

A number of our staff are on planned annual leave, and a few have taken the opportunity to take Friday 24th April off to have an extra long weekend.
We have made the choice to not open our office on Friday. We will be back open Tuesday 28th April, after Anzac Day observed.

Heading into half time for the Hawks 58-50 - 🎶 come on The Bay
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And just like that..... Here we go again 😁
Happy New Year 🎉🗂️

Are you all organised for your Stock Take and other end of financial year jobs tomorrow?!

2025 financial year tax returns are due by end of day tomorrow, 31 March. We have filed over 99% of our clients' returns, which is a great achievement. To celebrate, this Thursday 2 April we are closing the office for the afternoon to thank the team with a lovely lunch before the long Easter weekend.