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From 1 April this year we will be introducing a new electronic questionnaire to streamline the collection of your year-end information. Each client will receive a tailored online questionnaire, designed to capture the information and documents required to prepare your financial statements and income tax returns. Only once the completed questionnaire and supporting documents are provided will our team begin preparing your accounts. This new process aims to reduce follow-up emails, improve accuracy, and allow us to complete your work more efficiently during our busy periods. Please see our website here for a list of FAQs regarding this new system.

If you are considering changing software, including payroll, please feel free to contact us to discuss so we can assist and guide you in this process. We currently recommend using Smartpayroll and Paysauce but happy to discuss this with you. Some key points to consider when changing any software: How savvy are you on the computer – some software can be quite complicated to use. What are you going to use the software for - do you do a budget?

If you are posting us mail, please ensure you are addressing it to PO Box 39195, Harewood, Christchurch 8545, otherwise it will be returned to sender. Anything being sent via courier please address it with our physical address, Level 2, 504 Wairakei Road, Harewood, Christchurch 8053

Just a reminder that we do offer an ACC admin service which involves our firm acting as your agent for all your ACC related matters. ACC invoices may not always be correct and therefore you can end up paying more for your ACC levies than you need to. A fixed annual fee for this service would be charged to you annually for each trading entity. Individuals in these trading entities are included in the one fee. If the trading entity is also an employer, the charge is slightly higher. If you would like us to take over your ACC administration please get in touch with Kate, kate.ward-smith@brownglass.co.nz who will then send through any information you will need and send through an authority form for you to sign, giving us access to you ACC account.

Clients that have any payroll queries or need some help with a payroll issue in the first instance please contact your provider. This service is part of the subscription fee you pay. We are always more than happy to help if we can but recommend trying your payroll provider initially.

We have now moved to digital signing. Going forward you will receive an email containing a document to sign and will then be required to use your cell phone number as two factor authentication to access and sign the document. It is a very straight forward and easy to follow system that we hope will make the process of signing documents much easier for our clients as well as increasing the efficiency of our in-office processes. If you have any questions about this process or need some assistance the first time you receive a document to sign using this method, please get in touch with one of the administration team Nicola or Kate, 03 365 0881.

For clients who use Smartly or PaySauce and process their own wages, we are recommending they add their company to our Brown Glassford umbrella. This will give us access to download reports required for annual accounts but will also be an option for wages cover for when staff are on leave and will not be able to process wages. Contact us for details.