BG News & Advice

Upcoming Key Tax date's: 2023 Terminal Tax: Due 7th April 2024 Online payments should be made online to: Pay IRD - INC - Year Ended 31/3/2023 March Balance Dates 2024 Provisional Tax Payments 2nd Installment Due 28th March 2024 Online payments should be made online to: Pay IRD - INC - Year Ended 31/3/2024 We will always send tax notices to you a couple of weeks before any payment is due as a reminder. We are sending these notices by email so please ensure you check your JUNK/SPAM mail folder in case they have gone there. If you are paying IRD via Westpac you can make a cash or EFTPOS payment at any Westpac branch or Westpac Smart ATM. You will need your Tax Return or statement barcode, or you can create your own online at IRD on the link below: https://www.ird.govt.nz/managing-my-tax/make-a-payment/ways-of-paying/paying-at-westpac Please note you will need to scroll to the bottom of the page then select “create a barcode”.

Graham Brown We would like to advise we have reached an end of an era with Graham Brown. He is no longer working for Brown Glassford but is Agri consulting independently from his home office in Ohoka. his new email address is: graham@gcb.co.nz All emails to Graham’s previous Brown Glassford email will be forwarded on until the end of April 2024 Peter Glassford ' Peter has now updated to a new email address, please contact him at peter@pag.nz. He will stop using his Brown Glassford email from Monday 25th March 2024, but any email sent to his Brown Glassford email will be automatically forwarded onto his new email address until the end of June. Contact numbers for both Graham and Peter will remain the same.

Our office will be closed over the Easter break, closing 5.30pm Thursday 28th March re-opening Wednesday 3rd April at 8.00am, if there are any urgent matters, please get in touch with one of our directors: Dave 021 222 0198 Paul: 021 263 6669 Sam: 027 215 5855 Tim: 027 636 1713

Peter Glassford's new email address: Peter has now updated to a new email address, please contact him at peter@pag.nz. He will stop using his Brown Glassford email from Monday 25th March 2024, but any email sent to his Brown Glassford email will be automatically forwarded onto his new email address until the end of June.

NEW STAFF Carmen Wunderink Carmen is joining our team April 3rd, 2023. Carmen has spent 8 years at Mackay Bailey after completing her Bachelor of Commerce, with a double major in Accounting and Taxation and graduating from the University of Canterbury in 2014. BG have had two new graduates join the team this year Prabin and Daniel. Prabin previously managed a Dairy Farm in Ashburton and Daniel came to us from Farmlands and they both now wish to pursue their career in farm accounting. Chelsea Lucking & Jess Chalmers We are pleased to welcome back both Chelsea and Jess who have returned to BG after being away on maternity leave. Both Chelsea and Jess are working part-time on a remote basis, popping into the office from time to time to keep in touch with the team. Gina Lockwood Gina joined us in Mid July, she is apart of our remote staff working from her home in Masterton she joined us as an Accounting Assistant. Jordan Sprosen Jordan joined the team in September, he is passionate about the agri industry and made the decision to relocate to Christchurch from McIntyre Dick in Invercargill. Manish Rawat Manish joined the BG team in September, he had been working as an Intermediate Accountant at Sidekick in Ashburton and prior to that worked as a Team Leader at Connect Accounting. Meet our whole team here

We are looking at moving to Digital Signing early next year. In preparation of this we do need to update our database with individual phone numbers for all clients. You may receive correspondence between now and then requesting this information and we would ask clients to respond as quickly as possible. Thank you in advance for your assistance with this.

Several of our farmers have had pro-active visits from Work Safe in the last few months. This is not as a result of any complaints or active investigations, but designed to support farmers with health and safety legislation and documentation. Farmers should not be concerned when they receive a call or email from Work Safe wanting to do a spot check. This should be considered a positive process.

We are proud to be continue our sponsorship this year of Ellesmere Lions Club annual Charity Golf Tournament ( 12/7/2023 at the Ellesmere Golf Club)  All proceeds will be shared between the Ellesmere College for replacement of the school minivan and the Southbridge Smallbore Rifle Club for a kitchen rebuild.