Good for Business

We are proud to say that Good for Business has achieved the  Xero Gold Partner status.  We want to take this opportunity to say a big Thank You to all our clients, partners and supporters for your trust in us. 

“Good for Business is really proud to have achieved this important milestone in a relatively short period of time. Th...

There is a lot more to being a business owner than having money, this can be a very hard lesson for new owners to realise.

This is the first of 4 articles dedicated to those of us who dream to be in control of our own destiny. We have access to capital, life experience and a dream to work for ourselves in a collaborative environment.

Often the first step in...

This is a condensed version a presentation I made to the Auckland Chinese Medical Association (ACMA) consisting of a group of about 100 doctors. Although directed to doctors it applies to business owners and entrepreneurs too. 

Good evening, on a scale of one to ten, one being least happy and satisfied, and ten being most happy and satisfied - how would yo...

Many groups use jargon to define an area of expertise

Accountants are no different than many other groups when it comes to using specialist jargon. The use of jargon is probably not going to change as the systems that use the jargon like banks, share markets and IRD are comfortable with the jargon.

What this means is that you need to spend some quality time...

Accurate Information

Don’t think that because you now have an Accounting System, that you are now an Accountant it is just not that easy. Yes accounting software has become intuitive and the process is getting faster.

But do not take Accounting and your Accountant for granted, it is a complicated system that eventually is used to prepare your GST returns, A...

“a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations, especially by a computer”.

Accountants and Accounting are fast becoming a computer algorithm, the reason why this is occurring is to do with the structured, ruled based environment that Accountants work within. Computers are just making the process faster.

Like al...