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At the moment we are running a six-week business skills course for the Ministry of Social Development. Every time we do this we invite along a business tax information officer from the Inland Revenue to take one of the sessions. It's always good value, particularly if you are thinking of starting a business and want to know more about the tax issues.
This time, we were told about the nifty new business tools available on their website. Go to www.ird.govt.nz and type 'tfb' in the search box. Alternatively, go here.
Not only is there lots of useful information on business generally but also links to handy templates for such things as a vehicle logbook, a cashbook, wage book etc and what to do if you are employing for the first time.
Check it out
Oh, and by the way, if you want the someone from the IRD to come out and see you, call them on 0800 377 772. It's a free service.
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Clive in Hawkes Bay that is.
As I was browsing on the Interweb (as James May would say), I came across an excellent business resource on the website of McLean and Co, Chartered Accountants. Murray McLean has obviously gone to a lot of trouble in making his website useful, because on it you will find resources such as the 'Business Startup Knowledge Centre' with plenty of information on getting started in business, or, for those who have already taken the step, check out the 'Knowledge and Information Centre'.
Whilst you are there it would be a nice touch if you were to tell Murray how much you liked his site.
Business is about networking.
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If, like me, you tend to write lots of reminder notes on pieces of paper, which then bury your desktop under clutter, you definitely need some organization in your life.
One day I lost a particularly important phone number that I had written on a scrap of paper and promptly lost. After a fruitless half-hour search I reluctantly came to the conclusion that it had gone to the place where all such flotsam goes and turned to the internet in some desperation. Surely there must be a piece of software that would liberate me from my mess?
There are, and you can find a few of them here. Some are free, most are not. Some are simple to use and some are so complicated they require a manual. Personally I like Remember the Milk . Not only is it free to use online, but simple to use and at your fingertips if you keep a web browser open.
You can send reminders by email, or synchronize with Google Calendar to alert you when tasks are due. If you want to use it whilst out of the office, it is possible to purchase software for almost all mobile phone operating systems or pda's.
No more scraps of paper for me.
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Poviding a launch pad for Kiwi businesses
Innovative New Zealanders keen to set up their own business will have a chance to turn their dreams into reality in a competition being run as part of the Planet 2010 Communications and Technology Conference in Auckland next month.
The Telecommunications Industry Group (TIG) is offering 10 start-up companies the chance to pitch their business ideas to a panel of judges at Launch Pad, a public competition which will take place during the Planet 2010 conference on March 12 and 13.
The winner will receive $70,000 worth of IT, marketing, legal and accounting services, as well as three Hewlett Packard Netbooks and 12 months’ account management support from four of the competition’s sponsors, WorldxChange, Republik, Hudson Gavin Martin and MYOB.
The second and third place-getters will receive prizes of $10,000 and $5000 sponsored by the Ministry of Economic Development.
For more information about Launch Pad, visit www.planet2010.co.nz/launchpad
Source 'Scoop Business'
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According to the 'Doing Business' website http://www.doingbusiness.org/ New Zealand is again No.1 in the world for starting a business and No.2 overall, for doing business.
The project document, available here, states the project:
'provides a quantitative measure of regulations for starting a business, dealing with construction permits, employing workers, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing a contract and closing a business, as they apply to small to medium enterprises'
If you want to read the full report for 2010 get it here
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