Thanks Julian and Philip, I wasn't aware that IRD was that amenable to such an accommodation. I'm due to see an accountant soon so he can help me sort that out. I've always maintained that your accountant should be able to pay for themselves by the tax they can avoid for you.
On Nov 26, 9:45 am, Julian Melville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Because I work from home, petrol and rent are irrelevant. IRD > > wouldn't let me even if I tried to include rent as a business > > expense. > > If you have a company (and frankly why wouldn't you?) and the registered > business address is your home address, then rent and other associated > expenses are absolutely a legitimate cost of doing business. > > You measure up and document what percentage of your house is occupied by > the business and it pays the appropriate share of rent, power etc. This > is the way we've been doing it for a couple of years under instructions > from the accountant. > > Cheers, > > Julian. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
