JDW Chartered Accountants

JDW Chartered Accountants We are Chartered Accountants based in Ellerslie, Auckland.

A milestone birthday for JDW's managing director, Rohit!We celebrated Rohit's 50th birthday on Saturday, with his family...
06/07/2026

A milestone birthday for JDW's managing director, Rohit!

We celebrated Rohit's 50th birthday on Saturday, with his family and friends. A flavourful lunch at Tarka, quiz, toasts, singing and dancing. Congratulations and best wishes for the next half-century.

Today I received a beautiful purple, pink and white bouquet from a grateful client — a thoughtful reminder of why we do ...
26/06/2026

Today I received a beautiful purple, pink and white bouquet from a grateful client — a thoughtful reminder of why we do what we do.

When I wrote to thank him, he replied: “My pleasure. Thank you again for your kind support and guidance over the years. All the best.”

It meant a great deal, because this client’s journey has been a long one. When they first came to us in 2019, their records were disorganised, GST and income tax filings were behind, and their tax debt felt overwhelming.

Together, we helped them put practical systems in place: connecting them with bookkeeping support, setting them up in Xero, training them to manage their own coding and GST, and working through tax pooling finance and Inland Revenue arrangements to gradually reduce the pressure.

More recently, after the sale of their family home, we supported them through a settlement of the remaining tax debt, including a penalty write-off. It was a significant milestone — not just financially, but personally.

As our work together comes to a close, we wish them all the very best for the next chapter ahead.

Moments like this are a reminder that accounting is not only about numbers, returns, and compliance. At its best, it is about walking alongside people through difficult seasons, helping them find clarity, and supporting them toward a better position.

Feeling very grateful today — for the flowers, the kind words, and the privilege of being trusted to help.




Flowers of St Johns

Are your provisional tax payments higher than they should be?The standard provisional tax uplift method assumes your 202...
18/06/2026

Are your provisional tax payments higher than they should be?

The standard provisional tax uplift method assumes your 2027 income tax will be 5% higher than 2026 — but that may not reflect what is actually happening in your business.

That’s where AIM provisional tax can help.

With AIM, your provisional tax payments are based on your actual profit during the year, rather than an estimate. Payments are made monthly or two-monthly, and if your business makes a loss, you may be able to receive a refund.

AIM can be especially useful for:
Businesses with fluctuating income
Growth businesses wanting to avoid the “second-year tax trap”
Businesses looking for provisional tax payments that better match cash flow

We’ve outlined how AIM works in our blog:
https://www.jdw.co.nz/aim-provisional-tax-finds-its-target

If you’d like help deciding whether AIM is right for your business, contact us at JDW Chartered Accountants.

If you're an investor in foreign shares, the tax changes signalled by the recent NZ Budget 2026 may affect you.Our lates...
03/06/2026

If you're an investor in foreign shares, the tax changes signalled by the recent NZ Budget 2026 may affect you.

Our latest blog summarises the key Budget changes affecting investors in foreign shares:
- FIF exemption threshold increasing to $100k
- Revenue Account Method (RAM) for unlisted foreign shares
- Attributable FIF Income Method (AFI ) retention below 10% holding
- 10-year FIF exemption if business moved offshore onto foreign stock exchange

https://www.jdw.co.nz/budget-2026-proposed-fif-changes-for-offshore-investors-founders-and-early-shareholders

If you would like to discuss how the proposed changes could apply in your circumstances, contact us at JDW Chartered Accountants.

A side hustle can be a great way to earn extra income or test a business idea, but do you have to pay tax on it?The key ...
29/05/2026

A side hustle can be a great way to earn extra income or test a business idea, but do you have to pay tax on it?

The key issues are whether you have a hobby or a business, what income needs to be declared, whether GST applies and how to stay on top of your record-keeping and tax payments.

If you’ve started earning income on the side and you’re not sure what your obligations are, this is worth a read.

https://www.jdw.co.nz/do-i-need-to-pay-tax-on-my-side-hustle

And if you’d like advice specific to your situation, feel free to get in touch with us at JDW Chartered Accountants.


If you’re making money from online content, it may be taxable. Whether you are paid per click, subscriptions, prizes, af...
27/05/2026

If you’re making money from online content, it may be taxable.

Whether you are paid per click, subscriptions, prizes, affiliate links, influencer advertising or receive gifts, we can help you work out what's taxable and what expenses to claim.

We recently updated our JDW blog for content creators. Have a read and contact us for more help.

https://www.jdw.co.nz/newsletters/blog/jdw/taxing-content-creation


We’re back!It has been a challenging week behind the scenes at JDW Chartered Accountants. We have navigated a water leak...
18/05/2026

We’re back!

It has been a challenging week behind the scenes at JDW Chartered Accountants. We have navigated a water leak, noisy dryers, Xero outages, internet outages. Our team barely skipped a beat, working mainly from home and sorting out the issues at the office.

If anyone couldn’t get through our phone system last Friday, we urge you to call us back.

Our clean carpets smell like lemon meringue pie. Pop in and see us soon!

Do you have 2023 or 2024 income tax debt? IRD is trialling a scheme to allow taxpayers to fund repayments via tax poolin...
12/05/2026

Do you have 2023 or 2024 income tax debt? IRD is trialling a scheme to allow taxpayers to fund repayments via tax pooling. Previously tax pooling was only available up to 75 days after terminal tax due date.

There are a few snags:
- You must have filed your income tax, GST and employment tax returns.
- You can't have overdue GST or employment related tax.
- You can't be bankrupt, liquidated, or subject to IR legal recovery proceedings.
- You must set up the arrangement before 1 October 2026 and pay off the arrangement by 1 October 2027.

Contact us at JDW, to discuss tax pooling and whether it is right for you. We work with our tax pooling partner, TaxTraders to help you find the right solution.

https://home.taxtraders.co.nz/ir-debt-recovery-pilot-programme

Income tax arrears for 2022–23 or 2023–24? You may be able to use tax pooling under Inland Revenue’s debt‑recovery pilot to reduce interest and penalties.

11/05/2026

If you use Xero, like 90% of our accounting clients, you may have been a bit frustrated these past few days with outages. Xero's CEO Sukinder Singh Cassidy sent us a personal apology:

"I want to reach out to you personally, and on behalf of the entire Xero leadership team, to sincerely apologise for the disruptions you have experienced on our platform over the last five days. I know it has been incredibly frustrating for many of you and not the experience we strive for at Xero.

Some of this has been on our side and some due to our third party platforms that we rely on. Either way, for all of you that have deadlines to meet and the pressure of hitting those deadlines, where you rely on Xero to help you get your work done, this is unacceptable. The trust you place in Xero to run your business is something we do not take for granted.

We are working hard right now on determining the root cause of these issues and most importantly what we must do to avoid this in the future.

Please stay tuned for further updates as soon as I’m able to provide them. Thank you for your patience.

Thank you,
Sukhinder"

Our JDW Chartered Accountants office in Ellerslie is closed for three days due to a water leak. The industrial dryers ar...
11/05/2026

Our JDW Chartered Accountants office in Ellerslie is closed for three days due to a water leak.

The industrial dryers are humming away nicely… and so is the team.

We’re working remotely and responding to emails and calls as normal while everything dries out.

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127 Main Highway, Ellerslie
Auckland
1051

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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