Important Updates

COVID-19 – Latest Update on Business Financial Support

Applications for the wage subsidy, resurgence support payment, leave support payment, short-term absence payment and the small business cashflow loan are all open now.  The wage subsidy, leave support payment and short-term absence payment are all employee payments available and you cannot get more than one of these payments for the same employee at the same time. …

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Meet Megan Potter, our new Associate.

Megan is our In-house Lawyer and leads our Trusts and Companies divisions, managing client’s trusts, companies, professional trusteeships, compliance work and special project work. Megan completed her law degree in 2014, graduating with First Class Honours from the University of Waikato. Originally set out for a different path, Megan soon found her passion for working …

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2020 Drought Recovery Fund

Has your farming business been affected by the 2020 drought? Would you like to apply for $5,000 funding to pay for professional services?   We are pleased to announce that CooperAitken is a pre-approved supplier of MPI and through this funding, we can offer;  3-5 year budget setting, reviewing KPIS, break even point, analysing cost per KG …

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Small Business Cashflow Scheme (SBCS) for businesses affected by COVID

5/06/2020 GOVERNMENT UPDATE: The application period has now been extended to 24 July 2020. The NZ Government passed legislation on 30 April 2020 by which the Government will lend “viable” businesses that employ 50 or fewer full-time equivalent staff loans under a new “Small Business Cashflow Loan Scheme” (SBCS). The Inland Revenue Department will be …

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New Provisional Tax Rules

New Provisional tax rules have come into force for the 2018 income tax year.  The two major changes provide not only a simplification of the provisional tax rules but also opportunities for tax payers to manage their provisional tax liabilities much more effectively. Change One – Safe Harbour One of the most significant changes is …

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