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Accounting software company Xero's customer growth is accelerating and, assuming it keeps up its current pace, should have about 30,000 customers by March 2011, says Barry Lindsay at First NZ Capital.

MYOB has put together special resources on a newly launched GST and tax changes website to help businesses plan for the 1st October GST and tax changes.

A new collaboration between the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA) will create a powerful alliance between the two organisations.

The Minister of Revenue and his Department deserve full credit for studying SME compliance costs, although concerns remain that costs are disproportionately high, according to New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA) tax director Craig Macalister.

Suggested changes to improve the fairness of Working for Families may actually cost the Government more than it will save, according to the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants' (NZICA) tax director Craig Macalister.

A bill tabled in Parliament last Friday will make it easier for those with student loans to manage them online, says Revenue Minister Peter Dunne.

The real after tax average earnings of New Zealanders have increased faster than those in Australia since 2008, says Finance Minister Bill English.

Changes have been introduced to a bill currently before Parliament to cut compliance costs around the upcoming GST rate change.