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A thorough financial risk management plan should include protection against financial loss due to the illness, injury, disability, or death of a working owner or ‘key person’. The financial impacts of these scenarios can be instant, long-lasting and in the worst-cases, terminal for your business and potentially your personal assets.

Our final Business Adviser issue for 2021 reveals why businesses large and small are struggling to comply with the Holidays Act 2003. Find out how your business should be accounting for software as a service (SaaS), and how climate-related reporting can boost your organisation’s value proposition. Download you copy for these stories and more.

Our latest edition of Business Adviser reveals a crisis rapidly approaching the aged care sector, and some quick tips for construction businesses operating in a covid-impacted economy. Find out how to prevent invoice fraud in your organisation, and read about a recent court case which highlights the importance of directors’ duties.

In this issue of Business Adviser we cover how the fringe benefit tax rate increase will affect your business and changes to the Incorporated Societies Act. We also offer our insights into various areas of Budget 2021 and new legislation for sale and purchase agreements.

From 1 April 2021, a new 39% personal tax rate applies on income above $180,000. To ensure a consistent taxation of non-cash benefits, FBT rates have also significantly increased.

There are some key takeaways for New Zealand businesses seeking growth opportunities in the sixth edition of Dealtracker, which focuses on Australian mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”), and equity market activity.

To achieve a successful sale of a business and extract its maximum value, it’s critical that the planning process begins well in advance.

How can boards build wider stakeholder views and expectations into the strategy and management of the business?