Jamie's Space » GST http://www.jamiepenney.co.nz Thoughts and Works of a Junior Software Engineer Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:39:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Registering For GST http://www.jamiepenney.co.nz/2008/02/07/registering-for-gst/ http://www.jamiepenney.co.nz/2008/02/07/registering-for-gst/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:47:00 +0000 Jamie http://65.99.219.219/wordpress/?p=12 Today I registered for GST using the online form at the IRD website (https://www.ird.govt.nz/cgi-bin/form.cgi?form=ir360) after calling the IRD the other day and asking for a bit more information (they sent me some booklets). This was relatively painless, but necessitated by the fact that I am collecting GST from Slyce on my invoices. The good thing is you can apply to file every six months, which means I don’t have to worry about it for a while. They also say they might get in touch with you to give you a bit of advice on how to file a GST return. Which sounds pretty good to me.

Another thing I thought about today is ACC. It seems as a self employed person they calculate my ACC levies from my IR3 tax return at the end of the year. So I get stung with more bills around tax time. One thing I need to ring them and ask about is what happens if I stop being self employed half way through the year. Hopefully this should be just a case of ringing them and telling them when the time comes.

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