As accountants and business advisors, we spend many hours discussing and advising our clients on business matters. Sometimes events make us ask ourselves if we are walking the walk, not just talking the talk. Over the summer break, our business…
My return to a commercial accounting office after so many years in the public sector has been a real eye opener. Older folk (like me) talk about how fast technology keeps changing and how different the working day is from…
Last month, we were pleasantly surprised to be invited by the Nelson Tasman Cycle Trails Trust for an evening cruise on the Sabatayn, a 60 foot yacht. It was a thank you to us for being one of the main…
For various reasons we have had a challenging 14 months with a higher than average turnover of staff. It seems like we have experienced the perfect storm. Obviously we ask ourselves why and what can we do to avoid it happening…
You may have read or heard about the Inland Revenue/Government’s drive for Tax Simplification, with some of these changes having been heavily pushed by online Accounting software companies. Generally I support the concept, however experience tells me that it’s not…