Every organisation faces unique challenges throughout the business lifecycle. We understand the factors that govern growth and profitability and can tailor our...
We deliver full advisory service capability to navigate the array of opportunities, complex challenges and risks to help dynamic organisations achieve their...
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Business valuations
We offer expert valuation advice in transactions, regulatory and administrative matters, and matters subject to dispute – valuing businesses, shares and intangible assets in a wide range of industries.
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Capital markets
You need corporate finance specialists experienced in international capital markets on your side if you’re buying or selling financial securities.
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Complex and international services
Our experience of multi-jurisdictional insolvencies coupled with our international reputation allows us to deliver the best possible outcome for all stakeholders.
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Corporate insolvency
Our corporate investigation and recovery teams can help you manage insolvency situations and facilitate the best outcome.
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Debt advisory
An optimal funding structure for your organisation presents unprecedented opportunities, but achieving this can be difficult without a trusted advisor.
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Expert witness
Our expert witnesses analyse, interpret, summarise and present complex financial and business-related issues which are understandable and properly supported.
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Financial models
A sound financial model will help you understand the impact of your decisions before you make them. Talk to us about our user-friendly models.
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Forensic and investigation services
We provide investigative accounting and litigation support services for commercial, matrimonial, criminal, business valuation and insurance disputes.
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Independent business review
Is your business viable? Will it remain viable in the future? A thorough independent business review can help your organisation answer these fundamental questions.
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IT forensics
Effective ESI analysis is integral to the success of your business. Our IT forensics experts have the technical expertise to identify, preserve and interrogate electronic data.
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Mergers and acquisitions
Grant Thornton provides strategic and execution support for mergers, acquisitions, sales and fundraising.
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Raising finance
Raising finance - funders value partners who can deliver a robust financial model, a sound business strategy and rigorous planning. We can guide you through the challenges that these transactions can pose and help you build a foundation for long term success once the deal is done.
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Relationship property services
Grant Thornton offers high quality independent advice on the many financial issues associated with relationship property from considering an individual financial issue to all aspects of a complex settlement.
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Restructuring and turnaround
Grant Thornton’s restructuring and turnaround service capabilities include cash flow, liquidity management and forecasting; crisis and interim management; financial advisory services to companies and parties in transition and distress
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Transaction advisory
Our depth of market knowledge will steer you through the transaction process. Grant Thornton’s dynamic teams offer range of financial, commercial and operational expertise.
Does your tax bill get the same attention as your cost of sales or salaries and wages? Tax rates might be fixed but the rules and the risks aren't.
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Corporate tax
Grant Thornton can identify tax issues, risks and opportunities in your organisation and implement strategies to improve your bottom line.
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Employment tax
Grant Thornton’s advisers can help you with PAYE (payroll tax), Kiwisaver, fringe benefits tax (FBT), student loans, global mobility services, international tax
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Global mobility services
Our team can help expatriates and their employers deal with tax and employment matters both in New Zealand and overseas. With the correct planning advice, employee allowances and benefits may be structured to avoid double taxation and achieve tax savings.
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GST
GST has the potential to become a minefield and can be expensive when it goes wrong. Our technical knowledge can help you minimise the negative impact of GST
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International tax
International tax rules are undergoing their biggest change in a generation. Tax authorities around the world are increasingly vigilant, especially when it comes to global operations.
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Research and Development
R&D tax incentives are often underused and misunderstood – is your business maximising opportunities for making claims?
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Tax compliance
Our advisers help clients manage the critical issue of compliance across accountancy regulations, corporation law and tax. We also offer business and wealth advisory services, which means we can provide a seamless and tax-effective offering to our clients.
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Transfer pricing
Tax authorities are demanding transparency in international arrangements. We businesses comply with regulations and use transfer pricing as a strategic planning tool.
Our experts have extensive experience in audit and assurance and produce outstanding work for leading New Zealand organisations in both the public and private...
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Audit methodology
Our five step audit methodology offers a high quality service wherever you are in the world and includes planning, risk assessment, testing internal controls, substantive testing, and concluding and reporting
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Audit technology
We apply our audit methodology with an integrated set of software tools known as the Voyager suite. Our technology has been developed to produce quality audits that are effective and efficient.
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Financial reporting advisory
Our financial reporting advisers have the expertise to help you deal with the constantly evolving regulatory environment.
Consulting is a multi-disciplinary team, delivering a range of expertise including internal audit, risk management, IT advisory, project assurance, and...
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Business architecture
Our business architects help businesses with disruptive conditions, business expansion and competitive challenges; the deployment of your strategy is critical to success.
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Cloud services
Our team is led by cloud business experts who tailor services to the needs of your organisation, from strategy and implementation to ongoing services assurance.
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Internal audit
Our internal audits deliver independent assurance over key controls within your riskiest processes, proving what works and what doesn’t and recommending improvements.
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IT advisory
Our hands on product experience, extensive functional knowledge and industry insights help clients solve complex IT and technology issues
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IT privacy and security
IT privacy and security should support your business strategy. Our pragmatic approach focuses on reducing cyber security risks specific to your organisation
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Organisational & cultural change
The key to sustainable and future growth is a unified organisation operating within a strong cultural context, where transparency and communication are the priority for Kaimahi, and where visible leadership means walking the talk – but where does that journey begin?
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Payroll assurance
Our specialist payroll assurance team can conduct a review of your payroll system configuration and processes, and then help you and your team to implement any necessary recalculations.
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PCI DSS
Our information security specialists are approved Qualified Security Assessors (QSAs) that have been qualified by the PCI Security Standards Council to independently assess merchants and service providers.
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Process improvement
As your organisation grows in size and complexity, processes that were once enabling often become cumbersome and inefficient. To maintain growth, your business must remain flexible, agile and profitable
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Procurement/supply chain
Procurement and supply chain inputs will often dominate your balance sheet and constantly evolve for organisations to remain competitive and meet changing customer requirements
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Project assurance
Major programmes and projects expose you to significant financial and reputational risk throughout their life cycle. Don’t let these risks become a reality.
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Risk management
We understand that growing companies need to establish robust internal controls, and use information technology to effectively mitigate risk.
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Robotic process automation (RPA)
RPA is emerging as the most sophisticated form of automation used to help businesses become more agile and remain competitive in the face of today’s ongoing digital disruption.
If you're a Chinese company aiming to invest or establish operations in New Zealand, or you’re a Kiwi business wanting to do business in China, our Asia...
Our unique offering to the financial services sector may be the catalyst you need to take your business forward, safely and prosperously.
We understand the core issues in the health and aged care sector, and the delicate balance between mission purpose, service delivery and standards, and...
At Grant Thornton we have an inherent understanding of traditional and digital media and entertainment businesses, and an ability to spot potential issues and...
Grant Thornton understands the commitment and scrutiny within the NFP sector we offer innovative solutions to help you develop new skills and open up sources...
Grant Thornton actively works with professional services firms, and their Partners and stakeholders to ask the hard questions, and deliver value added...
New Zealand is a favourite location for real estate investors. While Auckland is at the centre of investment and development opportunities, other areas of New...
Our dedicated public sector advisory works with all types of agencies, including central and local government, Crown Entities, State Owned Enterprises...
Sustainability and impact
Technical publications
Submissions and comment letters
13 Aug 2014Submissions to Government
- Submission about implementation of changes to Government Procurement Rules (December 2020)
- Report No 2 by the Insolvency Working Group (July 2017)
- Report No 1 by the Insolvency Working Group (7 October 2016)
- Commerce Committee: Financial Reporting Bill 2012 (8 February 2012)
- Auditor Regulation and External Reporting Bill (10 November 2012)
- Auditing Larger Registered Charities (20 July 2012)
- Submission on proposed Environmental Reporting Bill (18 October 2011)
Submissions to the External Reporting Board (XRB)
- Framework: PBE standards mixed groups (10 January 2013)
- PBE Standards for Public Sector PBEs (14 December 2012)
- International Standard on Assurance Engagements (New Zealand) 3410, Assurance on a Greenhouse Gas Statement (4 October 2012)
- Professional and Ethical Standard 1 (revised) and the withdrawal of Professional and Ethical Standard 2
- Public benefit entities (3 August 2012)
- A1 for profit entities update (3 August 2012)
- Tier 1 and tier 2 for profit entities (3 August 2012)
- Tier 3 for profit entities (3 August 2012)
- Proposed accounting standards framework (16 December 2011)
- Integrated reporting in New Zealand (31 October 2011)
Submissions to the Accounting Standards Review Board (ASRB)
- Ministry of Economic Development’s discussion document The Statutory Framework for Financial Reporting and the Accounting Standards Review Board’s, Discussion Document Proposed Application of Accounting and Assurance Standards under the Proposed New Statutory Framework for Financial Reporting (29 January 2010)
- Discussion documents: Financial reporting in New Zealand (29 January 2010)
Submissions to the Financial Markets Authority (FMA)
- Licensing of auditors and the registration of audit firms (16 December 2011)
- Submissions on effective disclosure (9 March 2012)
- Licensing of auditors and the registration of audit firms (5 March 2012)
Submissions to the Law Commission
Submissions to NZCIA
Submissions to international accounting standard-setters
2014
- Discussion Paper – A review of the conceptual framework for financial reporting (13 January 2014)
- Exposure Draft - Equity Method in Separate Financial Statements - Proposed amendments to IAS 27 (28 January 2014)
- Exposure Draft - Annual Improvements to IFRSs 2012-2014 Cycle (24 February 2014)
- Exposure Draft - Proposed amendments to the International Financial Reporting Standard for Small and Medium-sized Entities (3 March 2014)
- Request for information - Post-implementation Review IFRS 3 Business Combinations (27 May 2014)
- Disclosure Initiative – Proposed amendments to IAS 1 (2 July 2014)
- Exposure Draft - Investment Entities: Applying the Consolidation Exception (Proposed amendments to IFRS 10 and IAS 28) (8 September 2014)
- Tentative agenda decision - IAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment: accounting for proceeds and costs of testing on PPE (18 September 2014)
- Exposure Draft - Recognition of Deferred Tax Assets for Unrealised Losses- Proposed amendments to IAS 12 (17 November 2014)
2013
- Exposure Draft – Annual improvements to IFRSs 2011-2013 cycle (8 February 2013)
- Exposure Draft –Equity method: share of other net asset changes – proposed amendments to IAS 28 (8 March 2013)
- Exposure Draft - Recoverable Amount Disclosures for Non-Financial Assets - Proposed Amendments to IAS 36 (8 March 2013)
- Exposure Draft - Clarification of Acceptable Methods of Depreciation and Amortisation - Proposed amendments to IAS 16 and IAS 38 (8 March 2013)
- Exposure Draft - Classification and Measurement: Limited Amendments to IFRS 9 - Proposed amendments to IFRS 9 (2010) (21 March 2013)
- Exposure Draft - Novation of Derivatives and Continuation of Hedge Accounting - Proposed Amendments to IAS 39 and IFRS 9 (21 March 2013)
- Exposure Draft - Sale or Contribution of Assets between an Investor and its Associate or Joint Venture - Proposed amendments to IFRS 10 and IAS 28 (16 April 2013)
- Exposure Draft - Acquisition of an Interest in a Joint Operation – Proposed amendment to IFRS 11 (16 April 2013)
- Exposure Draft - Financial Instruments: Expected Credit Losses (5 July 2013)
- Exposure Draft - Defined Benefit Plans: Employee Contributions - Proposed amendments to IAS 19 (25 July 2013)
- Exposure Draft - Regulatory Deferral Accounts (30 August 2013)
- Exposure Draft - Leases (ED/2013/6), Proposed Accounting Standards Update (Revised) Leases (Topic 842) (10 September 2013)
- Exposure Draft - Agriculture: Bearer Plants - Proposed amendments to IAS 16 and IAS 41 (16 October 2013)
- Exposure Draft – Insurance contracts (24 October 2013)
2012
- Post implementation review: IFRS 8 operating segments (1 November 2012)
- Draft IFRIC interpretation DI/2012/2: put options written on non-controlling interests (7 September 2012)
- Exposure Draft: ED/2012/1 – annual improvements to IFRSs 2010-2012 cylce (21 August 2012)
- Draft IFRIC interpretation DI/2012/1: levies charged by public authorities on entities that operate in a specific market (21 August 2012)
- Exposure Draft: transition guidance – proposed amendments to IFRS 10 (21 March 2012)
- Exposure Draft: Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ED/2011/6), Revised Exposure Draft of a proposed Accounting Standards Update of Topic 605 (9 March 2012)
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