
Understanding Interest Deductions for Landlords Selling Disallowed Residential Property in New Zealand
Introduction: As a residential landlord, it's essential to stay…

A Comprehensive Guide to Purchasing a Rental Property in a Trust: Maximizing Tax Efficiency
Introduction:
Investing in rental properties can be a lucrative…

Changes in tax invoices for 2023: what you need to know
GST (Goods and Service Tax) is a tax charged on most…

Year End Tax Tips 2023
Year End Tax Tips
By Sheral Reddy, Associate Director at GECA…

Property Interest Limitation Rules
Following from our newsletter from April last year, just a reminder to our clients that the interest deductions are being phased out for properties acquired before 27 March 2021 as follows:

Covid Leave Support Scheme and Short-Term Absence Payment
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues, a lot of businesses are experiencing shortage of staff and impact on their businesses with employees having to isolate or not being able to work from home. There are two different COVID-19 payments available for employers and self-employed people as follows:

Family feuds – five tips for conflict resolution in family business
In any business with more than one employee, it’s inevitable that conflicts will arise. Family businesses are no different. Here's 5 tips for solving them.

How to make your family business flourish
When you inherit a family business, you step into a new role. And, as in any new role, establishing your way of doing things can be challenging.

Small Business Cashflow Scheme Loan
The small business cashflow scheme was introduced in May 2020 to assist small to medium businesses who have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
On 21 March 2022, the loan amount has been increased to $20,000 from $10,000 plus $1,800 per full-time equivalent employee (up to 50 employees).

Deductible Expenses for Residential Investment Properties
Since our last blog on ‘Tax Changes for Residential Rental Properties’ in April we are getting a lot of clients wanting to know what can be claimed as an expense against the investment rental properties. Read on to find out what can and can not be claimed against investment rental properties.

TAX CHANGES FOR RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROPERTIES
On 23rd of March 2021, the government announced various policies which will impact the property owners and investors significantly which was passed on 24 March and received the royal assent on 30 March 2021.

Moatrek Case Study
Following is an interview with Miles, CEO of Moatrek Tours. Moatrek is a GECA client using their Virtual Accounting Team to replace their internal accountant. Read on to find out how this service allowed Moatrek to grow their business.

Airbnb Properties – Tax Impact for Change in Use
Properties rented out for short-term accommodation and as well as being used by property owners come under the Mixed-use asset rules. The mixed-use asset rules limit deductions in relation to the property and any excess deductions are quarantined and offset against future year’s rental income.

Tax Updates
by Sheral Reddy, Associate Director at GECA Chartered Accountants. If you need help with tax advice including end of financial year preparation, then Sheral and the GECA team can help.

Covid-19 Tax Update
The government response to Covid-19 and the shutdown of the…










