{"id":2674,"date":"2023-04-01T16:25:21","date_gmt":"2023-04-01T03:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marketingwebsite.afirmo.com\/nz\/?post_type=news_article&#038;p=2674"},"modified":"2023-11-13T16:26:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T03:26:03","slug":"tax-time-just-got-less-taxing-for-small-nz-businesses","status":"publish","type":"news_article","link":"https:\/\/www.afirmo.com\/nz\/article\/tax-time-just-got-less-taxing-for-small-nz-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Tax time just got less taxing for small NZ businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Afirmo Co-founder, Mary Fitzgerald says \u201cIt is very exciting for the Afirmo team to have released this significant upgrade \u2013 and it represents a step-change for New Zealand small business owners and how they can choose to manage their tax obligations.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAfirmo exists to motivate people in to self-employment \u2013 to make going into and running a business attainable for everyone, and we know one area business owners really struggle is in getting their tax management sorted \u2013 our Tax Tool makes tax less taxing for these people.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Afirmo Tax software has been developed to support small business owners, providing them with an automated business tax tool, which gets GST and Tax obligations sorted efficiently and effectively:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Afirmo automatically calculates small business\u2019s tax bills dynamically each time they add more information<\/li>\n<li>The Tax Tool software calculates income tax, GST (if any), ACC levies and student loan repayments<\/li>\n<li>Also available is a deductions calculator to optimise tax liabilities<\/li>\n<li>Maintain a tax profile within Afirmo so the Afirmo tax accountants know your complete tax position<\/li>\n<li>Enables Afirmo customers to link bank accounts to match to sales invoices and expense claims or use Afirmo to cash account for transactions<\/li>\n<li>Prepares GST and income tax returns ready for filing when they are due. Afirmo takes care of that too as your registered tax agent<\/li>\n<li>Enables Afirmo customers to save cash in Afirmo\u2019s BNZ issued wallets ready for when they need to pay Inland Revenue<\/li>\n<li>Integrates with Akahu to securely link accounts if Afirmo customers choose to<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>About Afirmo<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Afirmo is a registered IRD agent, registered financial services provider, and a registered MBIE partner. Afirmo offers business set up software to help people create a small business, (sole trader, partnership, or company) in minutes. Afirmo\u2019s Business Set Up process is easy to follow and includes business and tax registrations, insurance and online marketing tools, and a complete set up checklist.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Afirmo also offers Small Business Scale Up software services allowing customers to manage their money and tax. Afirmo\u2019s tax software calculates GST and income tax liabilities using customers\u2019 sales invoices, expense claims, and bank transaction data. 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