No ordinary farm accounting
At Stem Rural, we don’t do things the usual way. We’re always looking for better, smarter ways to approach farm finances. Farming is evolving, and so are we.
Keeping it real
At Stem Rural, we avoid jargon. Instead we speak plainly and offer honest advice to ensure we deliver understandable and transparent solutions for every customer.
All about you
At Stem Rural, we’re more than accountants – we’re your trusted partners. We take the time to learn your unique story to deliver personal, tailored support every step of the way.
Smarter solutions
Our innovative, tech-driven accounting solutions simplify operations and drive smarter farm growth, ensuring streamlined and efficient financial management.
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.
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.
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?
