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Sustainability is a business imperative: Embrace it or fall behind
Insights Sustainability is a business imperative: Embrace it or fall behind
Sustainability is a business imperative: Embrace it or fall behind
5 min read | 7. Juni 2023
What could the new tax rate mean for you and your trust?
Insight What could the new tax rate mean for you and your trust?
Included in this year’s budget announcements was a change to the tax rate for trusts, moving from 33% to 39% from 1 April 2024. Given the spotlight on trusts in recent years, the hike has not come as a surprise, however it will come as a shock to many Kiwis.
Joel Gauntlett
Joel Gauntlett
| 4 min read | 24. Mai 2023
Exporting: Do the rewards now outweigh the risks?
Insight Exporting: Do the rewards now outweigh the risks?
Exporting your goods or services can have enormous benefits. For the business itself, there’s the increased revenue, plus the growth opportunities and the way it can drive up the business’s value. For our wider economy, it creates jobs, upskills our people, improves our productivity and helps us learn from international markets to improve our own practices.
Matt Parkinson
Matt Parkinson
| 4 min read | 24. Mai 2023
Watch: Grant Thornton New Zealand Post Budget event 2023
Budget 2023 Watch: Grant Thornton New Zealand Post Budget event 2023
Watch: Grant Thornton New Zealand Post Budget event 2023
Less than a minute | 22. Mai 2023
Post-Budget analysis: Which wishes did you Grant, Robertson?
Budget 2023 Post-Budget analysis: Which wishes did you Grant, Robertson?
Our industry experts share what they wanted to see delivered in Budget 2023 and how this year's announcement impacted some of New Zealand’s key sectors. Read on to discover where the opportunities and roadblocks lie in this year’s announcement.
10 min read | 18. Mai 2023
Summary: Budget 2023
Fast facts Summary: Budget 2023
Initially touted as a “no frills” budget, this year’s announcement largely lived up to that expectation, with few surprises or major initiatives included.
2 min read | 18. Mai 2023
Sustainable economies need bold Budgets, not business as usual
Budget 2023 Sustainable economies need bold Budgets, not business as usual
The Budget is an exercise in resource allocation – trying to divvy out a limited pool of money across an almost endless list of New Zealand’s needs and wants. Nearly infinite demand but restricted resources: it’s the underlying challenge for all economics. But with some creative thinking and ideas, Budget 2023 can deliver meaningful outcomes for people and the planet.
4 min read | 17. Mai 2023
Budget 2023: Sustainable construction choices should be rewarded
Insight Budget 2023: Sustainable construction choices should be rewarded
In the lead up to last year’s Budget, we wrote about a build-to-rent asset class to incentivise the construction of long-term rentals – and it actually happened. So while we’re on a roll, for Budget 2023 we’re going to be even more ambitious.
Dan Lowe
Dan Lowe
| 4 min read | 16. Mai 2023
Budget 2023: Can the Government walk the tax tightrope without wobbling?
Insight Budget 2023: Can the Government walk the tax tightrope without wobbling?
With enormous and inexorable spending commitments barrelling toward us, collecting revenue to cover those costs is a priority for the 2023 Budget. But with an election impending, it needs to keep voters sweet, giving them a sugar hit of positive spending, without any unwelcome tax changes.
Murray Brewer
Murray Brewer
| 5 min read | 15. Mai 2023
NZ's low productivity problem: Red tape has us tied in knots
Insight NZ's low productivity problem: Red tape has us tied in knots
Unfortunately, New Zealand’s productivity has been lacklustre since the turn of the millennium. We work longer hours, but achieve less output when compared to the OECD average.
5 min read | 10. Mai 2023
The low down on lease accounting for lessees
Insight The low down on lease accounting for lessees
NZ IFRS 16 is applicable to all large-for profit entities and aims to improve transparency and comparability in financial reporting by requiring these entities to recognise the full extent of their lease obligations on their balance sheets.
Allison Holmes
Allison Holmes
| 4 min read | 10. Mai 2023
Budget 2023 and our aged care crisis: Time to stop short-term thinking and start future proofing the industry
Insight Budget 2023 and our aged care crisis: Time to stop short-term thinking and start future proofing the industry
The aged care sector in New Zealand has been neglected for too long by successive governments, and now, we are starting to see the outcomes of this neglect. Care home closures regularly make the headlines, and sentiment from operators within the industry is grim.
Ryan Campbell
Ryan Campbell
| 4 min read | 10. Mai 2023
Empowering NZ’s Not for Profit sector: Key priorities for Budget 2023
Budget 2023 Empowering NZ’s Not for Profit sector: Key priorities for Budget 2023
At the moment, the Non for Profit or For Purpose sector (NFP) in New Zealand reminds me of a punch-drunk boxer – a fighter who has taken a heck of a beating in recent years but continues to do good mahi anyway.
Barry Baker
Barry Baker
| 4 min read | 9. Mai 2023
Budget 2023: How can we reduce the pressure on overworked GPs?
Budget 2023 Budget 2023: How can we reduce the pressure on overworked GPs?
General practitioners are under immense pressure – working long hours (often unpaid), facing staff shortages, and experiencing high rates of burnout. Too few young doctors are becoming GPs, leaving the profession facing an exodus as aging practitioners prepare to retire.
Pam Newlove
Pam Newlove
| 6 min read | 8. Mai 2023
What's next for the construction industry?
Insight What's next for the construction industry?
With construction company failures dominating the headlines of late, what does this mean for the market? Is it all doom and gloom or will we see some silver linings prevail?
Stephen Keen
Stephen Keen
| 5 min read | 5. Mai 2023
How to remain resilient in a recession
INSIGHT How to remain resilient in a recession
As the likelihood of a recession looms, businesses need to avoid self-fulfilling prophecies about hard economic times to come. Instead, now is the time to make sound decisions about future proofing their operations. Think proactivity, not reactivity; opportunities not crises.
Greg Thompson
Greg Thompson
| 5 min read | 4. Mai 2023
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