Finance and accounting contractors are experiencing a rising demand for their talents as employers and local authorities kick-start projects postponed during the recession, according to a recruitment specialist. Robert Half
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Budget: What’s in it for you
Finance Minister Bill English is promising no dramatics in his second Budget. This would give someone on $50,000 – just above the average wage – an extra $20 a week
Aussie workforce grows
The median estimate of 22 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News was for an increase of 22,500. The jobless rate was unchanged in April, from a revised 5.4 per cent in
[IRD] Software Developers News – May 2010
Software_Developers_News_May_2010.pdf
[IRD] Business Tax Update May 2010 – Find about hiring labour-only building contractors
In this issue you can read about hiring labour-only building contractors, trading online, redundancy tax credit, PAYE tables correction, GST legislation changes for inbound tour operations, self-employed and student loans,
[IRD] May 2010 issue of Agents Answers
In this issue you can read about provisional tax for 2011 tax year, compliance and tax agents, incorrect interest calculation for some non-resident companies, new tax treaties, PTS requests for
Boost to Aussie pension fund could add to Kiwi brain drain
The increase from 9 per cent, to be phased in by 2019, would add an extra $137,000 to the retirement fund of the average 30-year-old male Aussie worker. He said
Annual wage and salary rise slowest in nine years
In the March quarter, salary and wage rates, including overtime, grew 0.3 per cent, with the public sector up 0.5 per cent and private sector up 0.3 per cent.
[IRD] Software Developers Conference – 10 – 11 June 2010
The location is the Duxton Hotel, 170 Wakefield Street, Wellington. Accommodation Simply register by clicking on the link, complete the form and sending it back to IRD.
[IRD] [taxpolicy] No tax on KiwiSaver first home subsidy
Changes were made to the tax rules by Order in Council this week to allow the KiwiSaver first home deposit subsidy to be treated as a social assistance suspensory loan
KiwiSaver: What the fund fees are costing you
New Zealanders saving for their retirement through a KiwiSaver fund could pay more than $60,000 in fees over their working life. A higher-than-expected uptake has given fund providers $36 million
[DOL] New employment relations and health and safety resource
A productive workplace is one where people are safe, healthy, and treated fairly. Creating this sort of environment helps organisations recruit and retain skilled staff, minimise employment relationship problems, and
[IRD] Agents Answers April 2010
In this issue you can read about target dates for 2011, educating your clients, income equalisation scheme, extra adjustment not needed for IR 4J, new rates for child support 2011,
[IRD] April issue of Business Tax Update
In this issue you can read about RWT and secondary tax changes, applying for installment arrangements online, new rates for child support 2011, KiwiSaver and the accommodation allowance, student loan repayment
KiwiSaver: What the fund fees are costing you
New Zealanders saving for their retirement through a KiwiSaver fund could pay more than $60,000 in fees over their working life. A higher-than-expected uptake has given fund providers $36 million
[DOL] New Minimum Wage rates are coming
The new minimum wage rates come into effect on April 1 2010. The minimum wage will increase from $12.50 to $12.75 an hour before tax. This applies to all employees
[DOL] Breastfeeding in the workplace
The Code of Practice on Infant Feeding was launched on 23 March. The code has been developed to help employers understand their obligations to provide unpaid breaks and/or facilities for
[IRD] Tax Tables 2011
2011 tax tables
Up and down the pay scale
New Zealand’s minimum wage is still close to the highest it has been, as a proportion of the average wage, since the late 1970s. It is also the second-highest of
Pickers win wage battle
A company that paid vineyard workers as little as $2 an hour has lost a legal battle over unpaid wages. Six workers have been awarded backpay after the Department of