Shawn O’Grady

Posts by Shawn O’Grady for Accounting News and Articles

My Odyssey

My OdysseyAs you would have read some months ago, I ended up in hospital and at that stage it was difficult for me to write about this, but now I'm…

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Insulating your rental: tax deductible? Maybe not

Insulating your rental: tax deductible? Maybe notThe new insulation requirements apply to social housing from 1 July 2016 and all other rentals from 1 July 2019.

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This Month’s Hot Topics

This Month’s Hot TopicsBusiness PlanningWe  often hear the famous quote by Benjamin Franklin “if you fail to plan, you are planning to fail”. Oh, this is so very true.

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Business tips for your business

Business tips for your businessSomething to think about to start off the new yearIf there’s a universal principle to remember when getting into business, that one rule might be ‘know…

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For Those Budding Sports Persons

For Those Budding Sports PersonsSporting incomeSportspersons are required to pay tax on their self-employed income in their own tax returns.

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What’s all the noise about property

What’s all the noise about propertySo you are asking why has property investing become the preferred choice over the  more traditional form of savings, let’s look at the illustration below.

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May’s Tax Talk

May’s Tax TalkChanges to Director requirements to take effect from 1 May 2015Unlike many other countries (e. g.

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April's Tax Talk

April's Tax TalkFamily trustsI have been called upon on two occasions since Christmas where the Ministry of Social Development has called for a full set of financial statements for a…

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