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Compliance and audit reviews
From mandates, best practice procedures or accreditations, to simply gaining peace of mind, our technical and industry experts have you covered.
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External audit
Strengthen business and stakeholder confidence with professionally verified results and insights.
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Financial reporting advisory
Deep expertise to help you navigate New Zealand’s constantly evolving regulatory environment.
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Corporate tax
Identify tax issues, risks and opportunities in your organisation, and implement strategies to improve your bottom line.
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Indirect tax
Stay on top of the indirect taxes that can impact your business at any given time.
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Individual tax
Preparing today to help you invest in tomorrow.
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Private business tax structuring
Find the best tax structure for your business.
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Tax disputes
In a dispute with Inland Revenue or facing an audit? Don’t go it alone.
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Research & development
R&D tax incentives are often underused and misunderstood – is your business maximising opportunities for making claims?
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Management reporting
You’re doing well, but could you be doing even better? Discover the power of management reporting.
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Financial reporting advisory
Deep expertise to help you navigate New Zealand’s constantly evolving regulatory environment.
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Succession planning
When it comes to a business strategy that’s as important as succession planning, you can’t afford to leave things to chance.
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Trust management
Fresh perspectives, practical solutions and flexible support for trusts and estate planning.
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Forecasting and budgeting
Prepare for every likely situation with robust budgeting and forecasting models.
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Outsourced accounting services
An extension of your team when you need us, so you can focus your time, energy and passion on your business.
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Setting up in New Zealand
Looking to set up a business in New Zealand? You’ve come to the right place.
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Policy reviews & development
Turn your risks into strengths with tailored policies that protect, guide and empower your business.
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Performance improvement
Every business has untapped potential. Unlock yours.
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Programme & project management
Successfully execute mission-critical changes to your organisation.
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Strategy
Make a choice about your vision and purpose, where you will play and how you will win – now and into the future.
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Risk
Manage risks with confidence to support your strategy.
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Cloud services
Leverage the cloud to keep your data safe, operate more efficiently, reduce costs and create a better experience for your employees and clients.
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Data analytics
Use your data to make better business decisions.
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IT assurance
Are your IT systems reliable, safe and compliant?
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Cyber resilience
As the benefits technology can deliver to your business increases, so too do the opportunities for cybercriminals.
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Virtual asset advisory
Helping you navigate the world of virtual currencies and decentralised financial systems.
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Virtual CSO
Security leadership and expertise when you need it.
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Debt advisory
Raise, refinance, restructure or manage debt to achieve the optimal funding structure for your organisation.
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Financial modelling
Understand the impact of your decisions before you make them.
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Raising finance
Access the best source of funding for your business with a sound business strategy and rigorous planning.
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Business valuations
Valuable decisions require valued insights.
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Complex and international services
Navigate the complexities of multi-jurisdictional insolvencies.
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Corporate insolvency
Achieve fair and orderly outcomes if your business – or part of it - is facing insolvency.
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Independent business review
Is your business viable today? Will it be viable tomorrow? Give your business a health check to find out.
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Litigation support
Straight forward advice from trusted advisors to support litigation and arbitration matters, expert determinations and other specialist hearings.
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Business valuations
Valuable decisions require valued insights.
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Forensic accounting & dispute advisory
Understand the true values, numbers and dollars at stake, as well as your obligations and rights to ensure value is preserved and complexities are managed.
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Expert witness
Our expert witnesses analyse, interpret, summarise and present complex financial and business-related issues which are understandable and properly supported.
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Investigation services
A fast and customised response when misconduct occurs in your business.
Press releases
Dealing with loss
There are legitimate ways to manage tax exposure by using previously incurred tax losses. However, business owners should be wary of stories suggesting that tax losses can be bought.
Major sporting events key to attracting investment, say NZ businesses
New Zealand business leaders see major sporting events as an integral means of attracting investment to the country, according to new research from the Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR).
Tax law on the run
Inland Revenue’s win at the Supreme Court in the Penny & Hooper case: The case involved two Christchurch orthopaedic surgeons who each transferred their practices to a company, the shares of which were owned by a family trust. Instead of earning all the surgery income in their own names, the company paid them a (lower) salary, and the rest of the income stayed in the company. The salaries were determined by reference to public hospital pay rates.
“Cop-out” to say auditors can’t do more
It is a “cop-out” to say that statutory audits cannot be further improved to help stave off crises and reduce fraud say Mark Hucklesby, National Technical Director of Grant Thornton New Zealand.
NZ businesses showing signs of optimism
Growing signs of an economic turnaround are highlighted by the attitude of New Zealand businesses in the latest Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR) for the second quarter of 2012.
Returns to Aorangi investors in doubt
The statutory managers of Aorangi Securities may now be unable to return almost 100 cents in the dollar to investors. In papers submitted to the High Court, Mrs Hubbard is disputing the beneficial ownership by Aorangi of $60 million of assets, say the statutory managers in their 11th Report just released.
Court decision sets out distribution of Hubbard funds to investors
The statutory managers of Hubbard Management Funds which is currently worth $44 million have received direction on how to allocate the fund to investors. This follows a High Court decision that determined a model for allocating repayments to investors.
Why the company tax rate doesn’t matter
Back in the 1980s, New Zealand had a company tax rate of 48%. At the end of that decade two things occurred. Firstly, the company tax rate was reduced to 33% - where it remained until just a few years ago. Secondly, a system of imputation was introduced.
Hubbard U-turn disappoints Aorangi Statutory Managers
Statutory managers, Grant Thornton New Zealand, have expressed their disappointment at the announcement by Mrs Jean Hubbard that she will oppose the transfer of assets to Aorangi investors.
Other people’s money
Income tax is generally recognised as being one of the biggest expenses that a business faces. Not only is there the cost of the tax itself; there are also compliance costs associated with managing the myriad of responsibilities that taxpayers have.