我们来介绍一下每一位在新西兰做生意的人都应该了解的两种税的类型:GST和Income Tax,这两种独立的税种大家一定要学会区分. PART1 - GST 全称为Goods and Services Tax (商品服务税) GST是一项怎么样的税呢? 任何注册了GST的企业或自雇者都需要在自己原本的收费基础上额外增收15%,而在自己的支出上则可申请拿回15%。在每次申报GST的时候都需要把总收入和总支出告诉IRD并且将收集到的GST扣除可以抵扣的GST的差额按时付给IRD 什么样的人必须注册GST? 当你的营业额达到或预计达到一年6万纽币时,你就必须得注册GST了 我一年赚不到6万刀是不是就不能注册了呢? 并不是的哦,任何企业不管规模大小都有权利选择是否注册GST,大家可以参考以下注册GST后的优缺点来决定。 注册GST的优点: 很多支出成本都可以便宜15%,包括贷款买的公司车也可以在有贷款的情况下先将车全款的15%一次性claim回来,在公司发展的前期对于公司的现金流是很大的帮助(前提是你需要能够提供相应的发票且发票上明确了GST的金额)。 尤其是商品出口类的生意,就更应该考虑注册GST了。因为所有新西兰本地采购的费用都可以claim 15%,而销售给海外用户的收入则不需要缴纳GST,新西兰政府以此来鼓励大家将新西兰本地的产品销往海外。 注册GST的缺点: 增加了合规成本和会计费用上的支出 如果你的客户只是个没有注册GST的普通人,这就意味着当他选择你的服务或产品时他需要多付15%,那么他就很有可能为了省钱选择另一家没有额外增收15%的公司 虽然绝大多数的费用都是可以claim GST的,但还有些像是员工工资、贷款本金及贷款利息、民宅租金或进口商品等并不含GST,所以不能claim 15% GST 注册GST时我该选多久file一次呢? IRD规定当你一年的营业额 低于50万时,可以任意选择monthly、2-monthly或6-monthly file GST 低于2400万时,可以选择monthly或2-monthly file GST 已经达到或预计达到2400万时,GST必须monthly file 大多数的小企业都是2-monthly或6-monthly,因为付税的时候一旦错过截止日期则会产生不必要的罚款。 PACC在这里还是建议大家最好开一个GST saving account,每个月及时留出一小部分的钱(一开始建议存营业额的20%,后期可根据情况自己调整)避免发生手上现金流不够充裕的窘境。 Payment Basis 和 Invoice Basis又是什么? 这里牵扯到一个时间截点的问题,一般给客户开具发票时都会给客户几天的期限让客户付钱,那开发票的日期和收到钱的日期就会产生一个时间差。 选择Payment […]
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There are various COVID-19 financial support schemes available to businesses, depending on your situation. Learn more about each type of support and where you can find more information. Resurgence Support Payment The Resurgence Support Payment (RSP) is a payment to help support viable and ongoing businesses or organisations due to a COVID-19 alert level increase […]
Sick leave changes When: From 24 July 2021 What: The number of sick leave days employees are entitled to will increase from five to 10. Employees will get the extra five days when they reach their next entitlement date – either after being employed in a job for six months or on their sick leave entitlement anniversary […]
Inland Revenue has released a final version of the interpretation statement IS 21/06 “Income tax and GST – treatment of meal expenses”. The Interpretation Statement concludes that in general, self-employed taxpayers cannot deduct meal expenses for income tax purposes. In a broad sense, expenditure on the necessities of life are incurred by a person in […]
Fringe benefit tax rates There are 3 different options when calculating fringe benefit tax (FBT) rates. You should choose the one that best suits your business. The rate you can choose depends on whether the benefit must be attributed to a particular employee. Attributed and non-attributed benefits Attributed benefits are fringe benefits that only one […]
Parliament has passed the Holidays (Increasing Sick Leave) Amendment Bill to increase the minimum employee sick leave entitlement from 5 days to 10 days per year. Most employees who have worked for an employer for six months or over are entitled to sick leave if they, or a dependent, are sick or injured. Currently, employees […]
Mortgage interest is unclaimed from 1 April 2025 on-wards Property purchased after 27 March 2021: Interest on properties purchased after 27 March 2021 can only be claimed until 30 September 2021, after this no deduction of interest against rental income is allowed at all. This includes interest on loans taken for maintenance or improvement of […]
PACC received a couple who got warnings from IRD. The issue was about a 4 years’ overdue income tax returns (attached) sitting on their IRD accounts and their previous accountant failed to solve the issues. Note: If your IRD accounts are linked with a tax agent, you will get one year extension time to file […]