Kiwis will work 123 days to pay their taxes.

Did you know the average Kiwi has to work 123 days to pay their taxes. Tuesday the 3rd of May is when we start working for ourselves and not for  the Government. We compare poorly against Australia who have a Tax Freedom Day of April 19th but are leaps ahead of  Norway with their Tax […]

Handling PAYE payments

We have been fielding a large number of calls lately and one common question seems to be how we handle PAYE payments as a number of bureaus are taking the Gross pay from their clients, hanging onto the money, and then paying the IRD when due. Our preference is that you, the client, handles the […]

Tax Rates in New Zealand

The PAYE for primary employment is –  14.2 % on income up to $14,000, plus – 22.7% on income over $14,000 up to $48,000, plus – 34.7% on income over $48,000 up to $70,000, plus – 39.7% on income over $70,000 up to $106,473. Income over $106,473 is taxed at 38% as this is the […]