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Providing current news and information can be a valuable part of your client relationship strategy.
Why provide news and information?
- Positions your business as a valuable and dependable source of current news and reminders of key dates/deadlines. This adds value for current clients and a touchpoint for engagement with potential clients.
- Maintains top of mind awareness of your services by providing a means of staying in touch with clients throughout the year.
- Increases traffic to your website through regularly updated and searchable content.
Why offer current news and information?
- Positions your business as a valuable and dependable source of current news and reminders of key dates/deadlines, adding value to the experience of current clients and a touchpoint for engagement with potential clients.
- Maintains top of mind awareness of your services by providing a means of staying in touch with clients throughout the year.
- Increases traffic to your website through regularly updated and searchable content.
As intimated above, providing clients with timely and useful information via a news/blog page or periodic newsletter can be a strategic part of your investment in client relations.
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Changes for 2026
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The individual articles from the November 2025 edition can also now be purchased using the respective online ‘Articles – Order Form’ below.
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Legal Articles
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2026 Articles
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2025 Articles
Holiday Act reform (Intro Pending) – Outlines the Government’s proposed employment leave legislation, which is expected to be introduced in early 2026, and would repeal and replace the Holidays Act 2003.
Legislation to refocus councils (In Progress)– An overview of the Local Government (System Improvements) Amendment Bill aimed at refocusing councils on their core services and help reduce the pressure on rates.
Proposed ban on merchant surcharges (In Progress) – Looks at the Retail Payment System (Ban on Merchant Surcharges) Amendment Bill, which would ban surcharges for all in-store EFTPOS, Visa and Mastercard payments.
Commerce Commission’s refreshed priorities – Summarises the Commissions refreshed priorities, as released in late August, indicating the areas it will be focusing efforts for the 2025/26 period.
Public Works (Critical Infrastructure) Amendment Bill (In Progress) – outlines the changes passed in August to speed up the process to acquire land for critical infrastructure projects – which includes a streamlined objection process and incentive payments.
Employment Relations Amendment Bill (In Progress) – Proposed changes to the ERA are outlined, including: clarity for contracting parties, rebalancing personal grievance settings, establishing a threshold for unjustified dismissal, and removal of 30-day rule.
Proposed restrictions on farm to exotic ETS forestry conversions (Enacted) – provides an overview of legislation aimed at protecting our most productive farmland for food production, by restricting its conversion to exotic forest registered in the New Zealand emissions trading scheme.
Debanking Bill (Enacted) – reviews a recent Members’ Bill, which aims to prevent registered banks from refusing to provide services to individuals or businesses for non-commercial reasons, such as for environmental, social or governance reasons.
Foodstuff’s FRT trial compliant with Privacy Act – looks at findings from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner’s inquiry into Foodstuff North Island’s 2024 trial of facial recognition technology as a deterrent to retail crime and violence towards staff and customers. The article outlines key aspects of the model employed that ensured it complied with the Privacy Act, as well as improvements needed before being fully rolled out.
Termination of employment by agreement (In Progress) – looks at legislation that, if enacted, would enable an employer to negotiate with an employee the termination of their employment without risking triggering a personal grievance.
Reducing barriers to new medicines (Enacted) – covers proposed amendments to the Medicines Act that would speed up access to medicines not previously available in New Zealand.
Right to repair legislation passes first reading (Terminated at SC) – reviews the Members Bill that would amend the Consumers Guarantees Act to require greater commitment from manufacturers to provide repair solutions.
The path to reforming the RMA – Gives a brief on how the RMA changes have progressed up to Phase three, where the it will be replaced by two new acts.
Labour Inspectorate’s nationwide clampdown – provides an overview of operations underway and planned targeting non-compliant employment practices, and the Inspectorate’s investigation and enforcement powers.
Offshore renewable energy regime (In Progress) – looks into proposed legislation aimed at giving investors more confidence to invest in offshore renewable energy projects.
Gene technology laws to be modernised (In Progress) – outlines legislation that would replace parts of the HSNO Act that regulate GMOs, with a more enabling regulatory system.
Countering foreign interference (Enacted) – presents background and an outline of the Bill that would strengthen our criminal-justice response to foreign interference in New Zealand.
Legislation to make stalking a criminal offence (Enacted) – outlines proposed changes to the Crimes Act and other related Acts, that would provide better protection against stalking.
Accounting/Business Advisory Articles
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The Newsletter editions above provide examples of the 2025 newsletter back issues and individual articles that can be purchased.
2026 Accountants Articles
2026 Articles pending
2025 Articles
Don’t forget the risk from within – With the focus often on scammers and phishing attacks, this article is a reminder to keep an eye on internal fraud, giving red flags that may indicate something is not right, and simple checks you can carry out.
Inland Revenue taking tougher stance on debt – As the IRD gets tougher on overdue tax, for those in this situation, acting sooner rather than later to negotiate an instalment arrangement is all the more important. Advice is given on what IRD will be looking for if you are to secure an arrangement.
Taxing the sun – This article looks at proposed legislation introduced in August 2025, which seeks to clarify the tax position for those selling back surplus electricity from solar panels to their power company.
FBT changes proposed – Looks at proposed changes to the FBT regime in the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2025–26, Compliance Simplification, and Remedial Measures) Bill currently before Parliament. Some of the more notable FBT changes have been outlined.
Feedback from the charitable sector – comments on the outcome of the Officials’ Issues Paper titled ‘Taxation and the not-for-profit sector’, and the impact that submissions had on the decision not to proceed with changes to how charities are taxed in New Zealand.
Inland Revenue scrutiny – looks at what to expect and provides insights and practical advice on how to proceed when Inland Revenue notifies you of their intention to audit or investigate your tax affairs.
Investment boost – provides a review of the 2025 Budget’s ‘Investment Boost’ tax incentive, aimed at encouraging capital investment. It has some unexpected applications and applies from 22 May 2025.
Financial Conduct Report 1st Edition – gives highlights from the FMA’s first Financial Conduct Report, of which the primary purpose is to be transparent about the conduct the FMA sees (both good and poor) and the regulatory priorities for addressing that conduct over the coming year.
Charities review – considers Inland Revenue’s issue paper ‘Taxation and the not-for-profit sector’, making comment on some of the principles at stake and charitable operations being scrutinised.
Navigating insurance proceeds and tax – provides guidelines on the tax treatment of insurance proceeds received, whether from a fire, natural disaster or equipment failure claim, so that the appropriate tax treatment is applied.
Tax pooling – outlines a common scenario tax pooling looks to address and explains how it works in practice using a business example.
Trust disclosure review – comments on Inland Revenue’s review of the trust disclosure rules and their recommendations to reduce compliance costs for taxpayers.
When errors are made – advice on dealing with errors made on tax compliance returns, how adjustments are handled by Inland Revenue, and the benefits of voluntary disclosure.
Effective decision making – outlines some of the common elements of effective business decision making needed to navigate change and achieve sustainable growth in today’s business environment.
PAYE and personal grievances – how to ensure payments for personal grievances are handled correctly so they meet the definition of compensation not income, and hence are non-taxable.
When is a motor vehicle subject to FBT? – a brief review of the three broad classifications of motor vehicle under the FBT regime, and how these can be applied.
News Service Background
Subsequently, in line with changes in how news is being provided, in 2026 the quarterly newsletter format was replaced by the provision of news articles on a more frequent/timely basis, to better suit a wider range of use.