2025 recipient for the BFA annual Accounting Scholarship announced.

For employers the Christmas season is a time to ensure you’re on top of your obligations around holiday pay. Here’s a quick guide to help small business owners stay compliant and stress-free.

The run-up to Christmas is one of the busiest times of the year for many Kiwi businesses. As an employer, you play a key role in supporting your team’s wellbeing.

Growth is exciting, and with the right planning, it can be a turning point for your business. Here are four key questions to ask yourself before scaling up.

How are you feeling about your business right now? Are you on solid financial footing, or taking a more cautious approach? Is demand steady, growing, or unpredictable?

A strong credit profile is the foundation of your business’s financial health. Whether you’re a start-up or an established operator, a healthy credit score can open the door to better borrowing terms, investor interest, and growth opportunities.

A core initiative for Kiwi businesses, Investment Boost is a new tax incentive to encourage investment in assets to increase productivity.

Calculating the minimum wage is easy when your employees have regular hours. It’s a little more complicated when your business is seasonal.

Starting a trade business is an exciting adventure, but also a challenging one. You have to plan, market, hire, and more. And you have to do it all while climbing a steep mountain of growth.

Every business needs a job management system. This is even more important for builders or tradies who have projects spanning over a number of months as well as having other smaller jobs.

At the current time, New Zealanders are dealing with the devastation of Cyclone Gabrielle, cost of living increases, inflation, and a shortage of staff for many businesses.

It’s the end of financial year for most clients and time for us to start looking at the 2023 Financial Accounts.

From 1 April this year, new GST invoicing rules will come into force aimed at making dealing with GST invoices much simpler and providing more flexibility.

There is always someone out there who will tell you it’s not the right time to buy a farm, start a business, borrow more money…but how do you know what the ‘right’ thing to do is?

You’ve established a great transport business and things are going well, but you know it’s prudent to diversify your income stream. BFA recommend that before you diversify, you must ensure you protect your current business.

Your business should be one of your biggest assets – but what is it actually worth?

As your accountant, we won't just look after the financial side of your business, we can also advise you on the strategic side of your company.

We get a lot of questions about what you can claim as a business expense and clothing is one of the confusing topics.

Managing the cash flow in your business is one of the most important elements in your business’ success.

Managing the cashflow twists and turns of a project can be hard work, but it may be easier when you have an agreed budget and can track your spending and performance.