Lisa Johnston
Dec 10, 20181 min read
Our Christmas Hours
The entire Sass team would like to thank our clients for their continued valued custom. We are lucky to have amazing clients whom we...
Nicolene Pedersen
Nov 14, 20181 min read
Xero's upcoming New Navigation experience
Xero are updating the Xero navigation bar, simplifying everyday tasks, so we can all easily find the tools and information we use most...
Lisa Johnston
Nov 2, 20181 min read
Nic Now Office Manager
We are excited to announce Nicolene is moving into the role of Office Manager, in fact she really has been doing that role for quite some...
Lisa Johnston
Oct 15, 20182 min read
11 Ways to Get Paid Quicker
Cashflow is king and if you don’t have good debtor strategies in place, then you may find that you are struggling with late payers and...
Kelly Miller
Aug 21, 20181 min read
FBT changes a Win for shareholder-employees vehicles
There has been some positive changes regarding companies with motor vehicles that are being used for both business and private use by...
Lisa Johnston
Aug 8, 20181 min read
Bite Sized Workshop: Where Has My Gone Cash
We are bringing to you a 1.5hr workshop that will teach you all about your hidden cash in your business, profit vs cash and strategies on...
Lisa Johnston
Jun 22, 20181 min read
Should you pay tax on the sale of your house (The bright-line property rule)?
If you are selling a residential property, that was not your family home and your original intentions were to make a gain on it, then you...
Nicolene Pedersen
May 15, 20182 min read
90 Day Trials, what you need to know...
What are the changes? In January 2018, the government announced changes to the 90-day trial period legislation. These changes mean that...
Lisa Johnston
Feb 23, 20184 min read
Outsourcing your bookkeeping can benefit your business by saving you time and costs.
Keeping your books up to date is important if you care about your business. Without quality bookkeeping, you won’t know how much cash is...
Lisa Johnston
Feb 23, 20181 min read
Introducing Sass’s newest workshops
Excel 2016 Beginner +, Excel 2016 Intermediate & MS Word 2016 Beginner – Intermediate. Our 6.5-hour workshops have been designed for...
Kelly Miller
Feb 23, 20182 min read
AIM - new provisional tax option for small businesses
IRD has brought out a new way to pay provisional tax, which they have called AIM accounting income method. Basically, this is filing a...
Lisa Johnston
Feb 16, 20183 min read
Minimum Wage Increase - To Increase ALL Wages or Not
When the minimum wage increases should you increase all wages by that amount? This is a question we are often asked, and a question that...
Lisa Johnston
Oct 19, 20171 min read
Introducing Xero Projects - manage job time, costs and profitability
Xero have just released Projects and we are busy testing it to ensure we 100% understand how it works. Projects is a simple time and...
Lisa Johnston
Sep 22, 20171 min read
A Cloud Based Chat App That's Replacing Email!!!
Is email dying... due to Slack helping businesses with email workplace sanity? Some businesses have even completely ditched email and...
Lisa Johnston
Aug 10, 20171 min read
Rest Breaks to be Paid Separately
Due to law changes to rest/tea break provisions; it has caused a huge admin nightmare for businesses that pay their staff piece meal...
Kamila Ryantova
Jun 10, 20172 min read
Starting a New Business - Confident too Soon?
They say that 80% of businesses fail in the first three years. Pretty scary huh…and certainly sad. From what we see most businesses...
Lisa Johnston
Mar 29, 20171 min read
Stop Doing it the Old Way
I love this saying! Do you know how many times I hear 'I do it that way because it's always been done that way'. In fact, I tell my...
Lisa Johnston
Nov 24, 20162 min read
Nurture Change – What’s in it for business owners?
Everyone hears the saying ‘work on your business, and not just in it’; and Nurture change helps you achieve that. In fact, it is a whole...
Lisa Johnston
Oct 6, 20162 min read
90 Day Trial - Facts That All Employers Need to know
Finally when the new 90 day trial period statute came into effect, employers had some sort of protection when trialling new employees. Cert
Lisa Johnston
Sep 14, 20161 min read
Maximizing Employee Engagement - Week 6
This is the final installment of our six blogs outlining key steps to maximize employee engagement - with the help of one of our clients...
Lisa Johnston
Sep 7, 20161 min read
Maximizing Employee Engagement - Week 5
Here is the fifth installment of our six blogs outlining key steps to maximize employee engagement - with the help of one of our clients...
Lisa Johnston
Aug 31, 20161 min read
Maximizing Employee Engagement - Week 4
Here is the fourth installment of our six blogs outlining key steps to maximize employee engagement - with the help of one of our clients...