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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
A game-changer for our clients, for our industry, and for Grant Thornton
Grant Thornton Australia has just announced it has reached agreement with BDO’s practices in Melbourne and Sydney on the terms of their proposed merger.
Budget 2012: What tax changes can we expect in the Budget?
No one, except Bill English, has a crystal ball to predict what tax measures might be introduced in the Budget on 24 May 2012.
Budget 2012 – don’t continue to overlook SMEs
Small to Medium Enterprises (SME) make up a significant portion of the local New Zealand economy. Collectively we are a nation of small business operators. Research from the SME Research Centre, at Massey University, suggest that there are around 350,000 SMEs operating in New Zealand that account for up to 99 % of all businesses and are responsible for about 60 % of the total employment and up to 50% of the GDP.
Budget 2012: Making sure the ball keeps it shape
The “zero budget” signalled recently by the Minister of Finance, Bill English, suggests that in some Government departments some hard-hitting will need to take place. Programmes and initiatives in health, education and social welfare that might have missed the cut last year are in the frame for further scrutiny and analysis.
Appoint: connecting with great independent directors and advisers just got a whole lot easier
We are supporting an online initiative, launched this month, appointbetterboards.co.nz, which aims to makes it easier for New Zealand’s privately held businesses (PHBs) and Not for Profit organisations (NFPs) to connect with advisers and build stronger advisory boards and boards of directors.
Changes to KiwiSaver: are there more to come?
With only six weeks till the 2012 Budget announcement, anticipation is high. What will the major issues addressed this year be? We don’t know a lot yet – except that the Government’s overriding goal is to return to surplus by 2014-15.
Do optimism figures herald true or false dawn?
While recent research both in New Zealand and globally points to rising business optimism, Grant Thornton New Zealand partner, Greg Thompson, looks at the strength of this confidence and wonders if in fact it is not just another “false dawn.”
Aorangi Securities statutory managers seek court direction to determine ownership of assets
The statutory managers of Aorangi Securities have filed legal proceedings to determine the ownership of $60 million of investments they contend belong to the investors in Aorangi Securities.
$9 million first pay-out to HMF investors
More to come - Most Hubbard Management Fund (HMF) investors received their first interim pay-out from the statutory managers, Grant Thornton New Zealand, last Friday.
Declining profit margins reflect tough times
Overall profits of New Zealand’s small and medium sized privately held businesses fell by more than a quarter last year, according to a study completed by accounting firm Grant Thornton New Zealand Ltd.