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Accounting is personal. That’s exactly what we do. EFFICIENCY
Fast, accurate bookkeeping services; all your tax matters filed on time, every time.

Certified Profit First Professional | Tax Accountants | Bookkeepers
💰 Kiss poverty goodbye with Profit First 🌱 Ready to increase your profits? 🚀 Let’s make it happen. It’s important in your business and you want to work with people you like, people whose expertise you can trust, and people who add value and deliver on time. PARTNERSHIP
We get to understand you and your business; your priorities and challenges become ours. ACCESSIBILITY
Talk to us whenever you need on big matters or small; we’ll never leave you guessing. PRIORITY
You’re an important client; no matter the size of your business, you matter to us.

06/10/2026

The Month Ahead: Key Tax + Business Dates:
(Long weekend included. The IRD, sadly, doesn't take it off your list.)

Tuesday, 20 October 2026
- PAYE / Employer Deductions due for small to medium employers (for September)

Monday, 26 October 2026
- Labour Day public holiday.

Wednesday, 28 October 2026
- GST return due for the period ending 30 September (for 2 and 6 monthly filing periods) * Aug/Sept period and April-Sept period.

04/10/2026

Six months down, six to go.

This is the point where 'I'll deal with it at year-end' quietly turns into a problem you deal with at year-end, badly.

Three honest questions, no judgment:

1️⃣ Revenue: Ahead, behind, or bang on where you expected to be back in March?

2️⃣ Expenses: Sitting where you planned, or has something crept up on you over winter without an invite?

3️⃣ Cash flow: Do you have 8 to 12 weeks of real visibility, or are you still just white-knuckling it off the bank balance?

Twenty minutes with your numbers now beats a much less fun conversation with us in Q4.

Michelle & Natalie - Leading NZ Business through Strategy and the Numbers at The Accounts Department

02/10/2026

Don't just note it and move on. Pick the one number or decision that's bugging you most, and do something about it this week.

That might mean:

🟣 Adjusting a budget line that's blown out

🟣 Chasing the invoices that are quietly wrecking your cash flow

🟣 Having the pricing conversation you've been putting off

🟣 Booking twenty minutes with us to sanity-check a big decision before you make it

You don't need to fix everything at once. You need to stop guessing about the one thing that matters most right now.

👉 Read more in our latest blog, the link's in our bio.

Michelle & Natalie - Leading NZ Business through Strategy and the Numbers at The Accounts Department

30/09/2026

Halfway through the year ... and no idea how you're tracking?

You're not the only one 🧡

Most business owners can tell you how busy they've been this year.
Fewer can tell you what it's actually done for their bank balance.

This one's a straight-talking reminder to stop guessing and actually check before 'I'll look at it properly later' becomes a habit you regret in March.

👉 Check out our latest blog on our website to read more about doing your mid-year business review.

25/09/2026

Spring's here, which means the whole country is suddenly overcome with the urge to declutter something.

🔸 Wardrobes
🔸 Garages
🔸 That one drawer with 47 dead batteries in it

May we humbly suggest your P&L joins the pile?

Half a financial year's worth of real numbers is sitting right there - not projections, not vibes, actual data. And it's got opinions on how FY2027 is tracking.

Twenty minutes with it will tell you more than another scroll through your bank app ever will.

22/09/2026

Here's an uncomfortable truth 👇

Watching your bank balance isn't a cash flow strategy.
It's just watching a number.

Do this instead ⬇️

𝗜𝗻 𝗫𝗲𝗿𝗼, find the Short-Term Cash Flow tool under Business.

It pulls your upcoming bills and invoices and shows what's actually landing in your account over the next 7 to 30 days.

Compare it to what your gut is telling you the bank balance means.

If there's a gap between 'what I think I have' and 'what's actually coming,' that gap is the whole point of the exercise.

Flag anything tight now, while you've still got weeks to do something about it, not the week it becomes an emergency phone call to us.

𝗠𝗬𝗢𝗕 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀, look for the Cash Flow Forecast under Reporting; same idea, different menu.

18/09/2026

Andrea from TAD recently celebrated a milestone birthday by ticking something off her bucket list - cruising the Inside Passage from Alaska to Vancouver 🛳️

She says that the cruise was fantastic, with amazing scenery, huge glaciers and plenty of wildlife along the way. And the highlight for her was getting to see a coastal brown bear up close, fishing for salmon. Definitely a moment she won’t forget!

After the cruise, she spent another eight days road-tripping through the Rockies. We hear the scenery was every bit as beautiful as the photos suggest, with photo ops around every corner. The highlight of the road trip was seeing the sunrise at Lake Moraine – definitely worth the 4am start 🩷

Andrea loved her amazing, slow-paced trip - such a great way to celebrate her 50th birthday!

14/09/2026

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10/09/2026

Lately, Natalie has been working with clients' key team members. The workhorses of the businesses. The ones who are on the ground fighting the fires.

And what has been coming up, a theme of sorts. Is that they think they aren't strategic thinkers.

They know what strategy is in principle. The business plan and direction is set, and it is up to them, with support to execute said plan...That is step one.

But it is super important they are invited to go to step two.

Step two is bringing strategic thoughts, ideas and plans to the table.

But often they lack the belief that they are strategic enough to execute said plan. Sometimes they keep asking for permission, ideas or solutions from their boss.

When in actual fact, the boss just wants them to back themselves and take action.

And the biggest barrier Natalie has seen lately is people, particularly women, thinking they aren’t strategic thinkers.

So she does what she does best and works with evidence. Evidence-based exercises to showcase that they do, in fact, think strategically.

If you have some key team members who need some coaching, let’s have a chat.

Michelle & Natalie - Leading NZ Business through Strategy and the Numbers at The Accounts Department

09/09/2026

The Month Ahead: Key Tax & Business Dates:
(Yes, still a thing. Spring doesn't get you out of these, sorry.)

Monday, 21 September 2026 - PAYE/Employer Deductions: Due for August period.

Monday, 28 September 2026 - GST: Return and payment due for the taxable period ending 31 August.

A quick check now can save the end-of-month scramble: make sure your transactions are coded, your invoices and receipts are available, and your accounts are reconciled.

If TAD handles your GST, send us anything we’re still waiting on.

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Tuesday	9am - 2pm
Wednesday	9am - 2pm
Thursday	9am - 2pm

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