
5-minute explainer: Cash versus accrual accounting
The difference between cash basis and accrual basis accounting comes down to timing. When do you record revenue or expenses? If ...

Boosting Business Performance
By Michael Woodward, Mackay Bailey, Accountants, Christchurch, NZ. Goals are what drive the long-term performance of your business. Agreeing on well-defined targets ...

Is Capital Gains Tax coming to NZ?
By Michael Woodward, Mackay Bailey, Accountants, Christchurch, NZ. Recently, the tax Working Group led by the former Minister of Finance in ...

Business Migrant and Investor visas for New Zealand
By Michael Woodward, Mackay Bailey, Accountants, Christchurch, NZ. This article looks at the investment-driven options available to foreigners wanting to migrate ...

Changes to Foreign Trust Disclosures in NZ
By Michael Woodward, Mackay Bailey, Accountants, Christchurch. Late last year there was a media storm as a result of information uncovered ...

Family Conflict – prevention better than cure
By Michael Woodward, Mackay Bailey, Accountants, Christchurch NZ One of the most challenging aspects of consulting to family business is where conflict ...

Do you need consent to invest in New Zealand?
By Michael Woodward, Mackay Bailey, Accountants, Christchurch NZ New Zealand has very open rules regarding foreign investment. in fact, you don't need ...

Investing in New Zealand – Property Update
By Michael Woodward, Mackay Bailey, Accountants, Auckland, NZ. The May 2015 budget announced a number of changes to the information that ...

Applying a Handbrake to Auckland Property Prices?
By Michael Woodward, Mackay Bailey, Accountants, Auckland, NZ. Auckland house prices rose 18% in the last year making the average house price ...

Travel to and from NZ just got more expensive – An update on the NZ 2015 Budget
By Michael Woodward, Mackay Bailey, Accountants, Christchurch, NZ The NZ budget was released yesterday. The budget was anticipated to be a ...