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Annual Holidays
How to Plan Holiday Entitlements 
With less than a month until the Christmas holiday period begins, make sure you're prepared for public holiday entitlements and shut down periods.
Staff are entitled to up to four public holidays during the festive season, depending on their work or shift pattern. There will also be differences for casual and on-call workers so a holidays and leave tool has been developed to work out employee entitlements.
In 2010 an amendment to the Holidays Act saw changes to the treatment of holidays and leave during a mandatory closedown or shut down period.
If your business shuts down during the Christmas and New Year period with employees away on annual holidays then those employees are entitled to be paid for any public holidays they would have otherwise have worked if the business was operating.

Last Working Day

For 10 Days Annual Holidays  to reopen on morning of:

For 15 Days Annual Holidays  to reopen on morning of:

Fri 16 Dec 2011

Fri 6 Jan 2012

Fri 13 Jan 2012

Mon 19 Dec 2011

Mon 9 Jan 2012

Mon 16 Jan 2012

Tues 20

Tues 10

Tues 17

Wed 21

Wed 11

Wed 18

Thurs 22

Thur 12

Thurs 19

Fri 23

Fri 13

Fri 20

-Thanks to 'The Main Report'
TAX TIP
Your iPhone and Tax
The Tax Toolbox by Wise Advice, is the first app in NZ to incorporate GST, PAYE and income tax calculators with due date reminders in one easy to use iPhone application. 
Download for free from the Apple app store.
BAD DEBT DEDUCTIONS
Need to do Before 31 March 2012
There is an allowable deduction for bad debts where:
  • The decision to "write off" the debt is a genuine commercial decision.  It is not necessary to show that legal or collection action has been taken to recover the debt in circumstances where this action would be futile.
  • To support the decision to "write off" the debt there is a director's resolution or an authorisation by a senior employee.
  • The required accounting/journal entries made to write off the debt in the books must have occurred before balance date.
The write off also provides a GST recovery.
CUSTOMER TIP
How Best to Impress a Customer?
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