Welcome to our May Newsletter!

Are you up to date on the new law regarding labour hire arrangements? This month, we let you know all about that, some important dates on the horizon, amazing (and easy) slow cooker recipe inspiration, some books on minimalism and all about the tiny house movement!

I hope you enjoy and you are keeping warm!

Michelle xx

Labour hire arrangements

Tax must be deducted from all payments made to contractors working under a labour hire arrangement for a labour hire business.
A labour hire arrangement is where a person is paid by a labour hire business to perform work or services directly for clients of the business or other people, instead of performing work or services for the business itself.

The client will pay the labour hire business who will pay the worker.

A labour hire business is a business where one of the main activities is arranging for a person to perform work or services directly for its clients, or clients of another person.

A business can have more than one main activity. For an activity to be one of its main activities it must be more than incidental to its other activities.

If you work under a labour hire arrangement and you’re not an employee working for salary or wages, it means you’re a contractor being paid scheduler payments and tax must be deducted from these payments, including payments made to companies.

If you’re a New Zealand tax resident and have a certificate of exemption you can’t use this for any payments received under a labour hire arrangement, so you’ll need to apply for a 0% special tax rate instead.

We are currently working through our contractor clients to ensure they are all fully aware of the changes. If you are working under a labour hire arrangement, you’ll need to contact Michelle as soon as possible to ensure you’re fully compliant.

Important Dates

28th of July – April/May GST returns and payments are due.

28th of August – Provisional tax instalments, student loan interim payments, June/July GST returns and payments are due.

The first instalment of provisional tax is due on 28 August for people who have a March balance date.

Easy Slow-Cooker Recipes for Busy Nights

 
Dinner has never been this easy!! Imagine coming home to the smell of dinner already cooked and with minimal dishes to clean up afterwards!

Slow cookers could be one of the best of all time! They start at just $25 and are super easy and you can literally make any meal in them!

Check out the 50+ recipes over here for some inspiration.

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo

 
Despite constant efforts to declutter your home, do papers still accumulate like snowdrifts and clothes pile up like a tangled mess of noodles?

Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes tidying to a whole new level, promising that if you properly simplify and organise your home once, you’ll never have to do it again. Most methods advocate a room-by-room or little-by-little approach, which doom you to pick away at your piles of stuff forever. The KonMari Method, with its revolutionary category-by-category system, leads to lasting results. In fact, none of Kondo’s clients have lapsed (and she still has a three-month waiting list).

With detailed guidance for determining which items in your house “spark joy” (and which don’t), this international best seller featuring Tokyo’s newest lifestyle phenomenon will help you clear your clutter and enjoy the unique magic of a tidy home – and the calm, motivated mindset it can inspire. Check it out here.

Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life by Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus

 
Do you jump out of bed every morning excited about the day in front of you? Do you live a life defined by deep meaning, endless passion, excellent health, empowering relationships, and constant growth? You can.

Ultimately, the eight chapters and ninety-eight sections inside this book are meant to help you take small actions each day that will radically improve your life over a short period of time.

The subsequent chapters move on the five dimensions that comprise a meaningful life:

1. Health
2. Relationships
3. Passions
4. Growth
5. Contribution

These are the things we changed in our lives that had the most impact. We give you personal examples of how we changed everything in our lives over a two-year span. We left our big corporate jobs, changed our diets, started exercising regularly, got healthy, strengthened our core relationships, made great new relationships, started pursuing our passions, contributed to more people than we ever had, and found ways to be happy and content with our lives.

The entire book is designed to help you actively engage in each chapter by reading the content more than once, taking notes, highlighting meaningful passages, making lists, and, most importantly, taking action.

Check it out here or the documentary on Netflix.

Tiny Houses

I’ve recently become fascinated with the tiny house movement! What’s not to love? They’re affordable, sustainable and really unique! Tired of your view? You don’t have to give up your home, they’re easily relocatable!