Coming from rural
backgrounds the Stem
team aren’t afraid to
get their hands dirty.

“Rolling up the sleeves and just getting on with it” is a pretty good way to describe how the Stem Rural team works. We’ve learnt that getting out of the office and getting under the bonnets of our clients’ businesses is the best way to understand which tools we can best use to help.

Just like maintenance, we believe being proactive is the best way to get best from your business and that’s why we’re always finding our clients opportunities other accountants have overlooked. If there’s a better way, we’ll find it for you.

Regardless of whether your objectives are to “just take care of business”, to achieve stratospheric growth or anywhere the middle, the Stem team is ready, sleeves rolled up and ready to get busy.

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No Surprises with Income Tax

Here at Stem we can make a real difference with our No Surprises tax service. This utilises the AIM method (Accounting Information Method) of paying income tax instead of the traditional Standard provisional tax method.

Using AIM & Xero we are able to calculate your income tax every two months and you can pay this along with your GST. You only pay tax when you make a profit. If you’ve overpaid tax you can receive a refund straightaway.

To use AIM you must:

– have an annual turnover of under $5m
– be an individual or a company (no Trusts or Partnerships at this stage)
– use approved accounting software, we use Xero

We currently have over 100 clients paying their income tax via the AIM method and they all say it’s the best decision ever as there’s – ‘No Surprises!’

Inland Revenue has more information on AIM here.

The difference a Chartered Accountant can make for your business

When PSA hit Trudi’s Kiwifruit clients here in Te Puke she went all out to ensure a law change was passed to ensure that the costs to the grower became fully tax deductible. This video explains what happened.

News

Here are some snippets of business and accounting news we've recently put out on our Social Media.

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Trusts and information disclosures

If you have a family trust or are a trustee for one, be aware of your obligations. The Trusts Act 2019 introduced presumptions that trustees will make basic trust information available to every beneficiary and provide further trust information to beneficiaries on...

The value of cashflow forecasting for your business

Projecting your cashflow pipeline forwards is vital. To be able to navigate the future path of your cashflow, you need to start forecasting – so you can map out your financial position over the coming months and can take the appropriate action to safeguard your cash...

Managing Tax Debt

It’s always important to manage your tax so that – as far as possible – you don’t owe overdue tax and you aren’t incurring penalties and interest because of it. If any of these applies to you, it’s important to act quickly and talk to us: - if the due date is coming...

NZ Business confidence soars: how to ride the wave

[Business confidence soared in August], rising 23 points to +51, the highest level in a decade! Against the backdrop of dire economic outlooks and the [’Survive to ’25’] mantra that’s been so prevalent in business circles, this jump in New Zealand business confidence...

Reimbursing employees for work use of phones, tablets or laptops

If you provide employees with mobile phones, laptops, or devices for work, which are used solely for work, you can claim the devices and usage plans as business expenses. Where employees who do not work from home use their own phones or devices for both work and...

Farming law reforms

Duty-free dairy exports The turn of the year brought a welcome change for New Zealand dairy farmers: all New Zealand dairy products can now enter China duty-free. Duties on milk powder no longer apply following China’s decision to remove the safeguard duties on milk...

2020 Diversity Awards NZ – Work Life Balance Category  – Winner of Small Organisation Excellence Award

September 2020 – We were finalists in the 2020 Diversity Awards NZ in the Work Life Balance category and have won a small organisation excellence award!. This is in recognition of the implementation of our very successful six hour workday for our team. For more information head over to the Diversity Works NZ website to read our case study. You can also watch our entry video below.

Here are Trudi, Martin & Nick accepting our award at the awards ceremony at Sky City.

Switching to
Stem is easy

Have you been thinking that your current accountant just isn’t quite cutting it and it’s time for a change?

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