Blog Series part 3

Search Engine Optimisation - you may have heard of it; you may also understand the importance of it. But are you aware of Local SEO, and how it differs from standard SEO?

Blog Series part 2

Your brand is essentially your business's personality and the psychological responses that personality stirs within your customers. It's the personality you craft and the reputation you earn.

When a customer hears your business name, sees your logo, experiences your products, and hears your company's voice in its communications, these things will conjure a perception in your customer's mind of what your business is all about.

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As promised in our recent Carters Trade Breakfast blog post, here are the answers to our Tradies Quiz. Did you get all five questions correct?

Inland Revenue will soon be running a Disaster Recovery (DR) test across their online customer channels. The purpose of the test is to ensure Inland Revenue is able to continue its operations in the event of a disaster.

Carters hosted a Trade Breakfast recently, and EBP attended in order to meet and chat with busy tradies before their very hectic days commenced.

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Inland Revenue have announced that from 1 February 2019 they will no longer accept post-dated cheques for tax payments.

Previously Inland Revenue would honour post-dated cheques by not presenting them until the date shown, allowing customers to submit cheque payments ahead of their tax due date.

However with the increased use of electronic methods for making payments, Inland Revenue want to encourage their customers to make the switch from using cash and cheques.

Our recent blog post on payday filing triggered some of our clients to contact us and enquire how the change will be handled in Cashmanager RURAL's wagebook.

CRS Software Ltd have confirmed in a news article on their website they will not be updating their wagebook for payday filing. 

We recently celebrated Flynn O'Meara being acknowledged at an awards event as a new member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, making him a Chartered Accountant and able to use the letters 'CA' after his name.

He was presented with a certificate at the CA ANZ Northland Gala Event 2018 on Thursday 13 September, held at the Whangarei Cruising Club.

Becoming a Chartered Accountant requires many years of studying, examinations and on-the-job training, so it is rather a momentous achievement. Well done Flynn!

Check out some of his photos from the awards ceremony below:

As of today Accountants will now come under the obligations of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 (or AML/CFT).

Blog Series part 1

When starting up a business, a lot of small business owners are like impressive power-house dynamos, working in, on, and for the business, in every possible capacity: CEO, CFO, stock controller, salesperson, marketer, IT guru, PR specialist - as well as making their own coffees and taking out the rubbish.

It's impressive, admirable, and sometimes just plain necessary in those early cash-strapped days. But it is definitely not sustainable. In order to grow a business - and not completely burn out in the process - there comes a point when you need to take stock of your skills, time and resources, and know when to start bringing in outside help.

Are you ready ... For payday filing?

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Payday filing has been available to employers since April 2018, and from 1 April 2019 it will become mandatory.

Inland Revenue have been writing to employers to remind them to start preparing for the shift to payday filing.