Tax

Most government agencies close down over Christmas and in early January. Here’s a list of who will be open and who shuts down for holidays.

It’s coming up to that time of year when you might be planning a staff Christmas party. It's great for morale and a chance to mark the end of the year. But what are the tax considerations? You...

Many people who run a small business use an area in the home for work purposes. You do not have to have an area specifically set aside for the business. If you're doing this, you can make a claim for...

With the weather turning colder and the ski slopes opening up, love it or hate it, pretty soon we’re going to start seeing snow. Whether you’re a consumer who plans to pay for it, or a service who...

Many, many states had sales tax filings due yesterday, October 20th. Yesterday evening I was chatting with an FBA seller who had waited until the last minute and told me, “I wish there were 48 hours...

You need to cancel your ABN after you’ve sold or closed your business.

Sometimes an employee will ask you to make tax or student loan deductions from salary or wages that are not at the standard rate.

Negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement have concluded. The 12 Asia-Pacific countries involved account for 36 per cent of the global economy – but what does it mean for...

Of all the presidential hopefuls, America’s small business owners would trust Donald Trump to run their operations and champion their cause on the Hill, a new survey from Xero has found.

Did you know that Free Trade Agreements (FTA) can be used by businesses large and small? As FTAs come into force, you may find new opportunities to expand your business overseas. Or, you may find...

If your business is a registered company, a law change means you must have a director who lives in New Zealand – or who lives in Australia and is a director of an Australian registered company –...

You have to register for GST as soon as you think you’ll earn more than $60,000 in a 12 month period, but you may want to register earlier so you can claim back GST while your business is still...

Sales tax is complex. Maybe you’re new to selling online or maybe you’ve decided to get serious about sales tax compliance. Or maybe you thought you were compliant but a scare (like a letter from...

We get a lot of questions about exactly how much sales tax you should be charging your customers. As with most things in the sales tax world, the answer is usually “It depends.” This post...

We see a lot of variations on this question: “A state said I had to register to collect use tax, not sales tax. What’s the difference?” To make a long story short, sales and use tax generally...

Summer is one of the most active seasons for small businesses. Not only do businesses start hiring more people but, according to the Paychex IHS Small Business Index, there tends to be an upswing in...

In an ideal world, you’d charge one sales tax rate to all customers buying from your online store and that would be that. (Okay, so in a real utopia there would be no sales tax, but that’s really...

Starting way back in 1995, Connecticut launched its first publication of delinquent tax payers. Washington followed suit in 1997 and now, as of December 2014, 23 states either publish a list or have a...

April is what we refer to around here as a “sales tax perfect storm.” Quarterly and monthly filing due dates converge, until almost every online seller has a sales tax filling to make. This means...

If you pay for a website for your business, here are some things to remember about claiming the costs…

The ATO app puts tax and super help in your hand, making it easier for you to conduct your tax and super affairs on the go.

Starting a business is a big decision, and needs careful research and planning well before you start trading.