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	<title>Whangarei Chartered Accountants - Elevate CA</title>
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	<description>Whangarei based Accountants serving Northland, Auckland and Whangarei</description>
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		<title>Fat Tax</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/fat-tax/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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Would a &#8220;fat tax&#8221; be a step too far?  Could the tax system perhaps encourage Kiwis to be healthier? 
It already does.  Imagine how many more Kiwis would die prematurely from smoking related conditions if not for the fact that cigarettes are artificially expensive with around 70% of their price made up of tax?
Who would seriously argue the excise duty on cigarettes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The difference between &#8220;could&#8221; and &#8220;would&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/sigglekow-v-waikato-dhb/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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What a difference one word makes:   From 1 April this year, the Employment Relations Act was amended to change the test of whether a particular action by an employer was justified – for example a dismissal.  Before 1 April, the key question was what “would” a fair and reasonable employer have done in the circumstances – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elevate CA Christmas Break</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/elevate-ca-christmas-break/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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&#8220;What doesn&#8217;t kill you makes you stronger&#8221;.  Friedrich Nietzsche famously said that in 1886.  And Kelly Clarkson said it again this year, so it must be true.  
The last few years have been tough, but almost without exception our clients have emerged at the end of 2011 stronger and more confident about the future than they were  this time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be a sought after employer (North Harbour)</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/be-a-sought-after-employer-north-harbour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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Finding and retaining good people for your business is a challenge.  We hear so much in the media about unemployment, but the experience of most business owners is that there is no pool of great talent waiting at the front door.
Of course it is essential for businesses to identify their competitive advantages in the marketplace.  But equally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ways to reward your team (Whangarei)</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/ways-to-reward-your-team-whangarei/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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This event will explore some of the innovative ways your business can pay and reward your team?  What are the income tax and fringe benefit tax implications of these?  What does employment legislation and case law have to say about these options?  What works in practice and what doesn&#8217;t?  What are others doing in this space?  Come along [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ways to reward your team (North Harbour)</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/different-ways-to-reward-your-team-north-harbour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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What are some of the different and innovative ways to pay and reward your team?  What are the income tax and fringe benefit tax implications of these?  What does employment legislation and case law have to say about these options?  What works in practice and what doesn&#8217;t?  What are others doing in this space?
This will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of Branding for your Business (North Harbour)</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/the-power-of-branding-for-your-business-north-harbour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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What does it take for your business to unleash the full potential of its brand?  Our panel will discuss this question from three different angles at the final Business Owners Forum event for 2011.
This event will be held on 1 December at the BNZ Partners Centre in North Harbour from 5:30pmto 7:30pm.
 On the panel for this event will be:

Tim Ellett, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advisory Boards: What are they and do I need one? (Whangarei)</title>
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		<comments>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/advisory-boards-what-are-they-and-do-i-need-one-whangarei/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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What are Advisory Boards and do you need one?  What&#8217;s the difference between a formal board and an advisory board?  These very good questions will be answered by a panel at this Business Owners Forum event on Thursday 17 November in Whangarei.
This event will be held at the Elevate CA venue at level four, 35 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advisory Boards: What are they and do I need one? (North Harbour)</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/advisory-boards-what-are-they-and-do-i-need-one-north-harbour/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/advisory-boards-what-are-they-and-do-i-need-one-north-harbour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 01:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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What are Advisory Boards and do you need one?  This very good question will be answered by a panel at this Business Owners Forum event on Thursday 20 October.
This event will be held at the BNZ Partners facility on Constellation Drive, North Harbour at 5:30pm – and will run through to 7:30pm on the night. 
We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good Governance for your Business (Whangarei)</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/good-governance-for-your-business-whangarei/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/good-governance-for-your-business-whangarei/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 01:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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What is Good Governance? 
Is it more than just a term that separates ineffective organisations from those that are operated according to best practice?  What does Good Governance mean to organisations below the corporate, government or local authority level?  How can the principles of Good Governance be applied to owner managed businesses without adding a level of administrative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A story of a bank and a careless email</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/binding-contract-by-email/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/binding-contract-by-email/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 02:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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This is a story of a bank and a careless email.
Since Alan Bollard reduced the OCR in response to the Christchurch earthquake, three year fixed interest rates on residential mortgages have been somewhere just under 7%pa.  With floating rates down around 5.75%pa, there hasn’t been a lot of incentive or urgency for Kiwis to fix their rates.
But in the past fortnight we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Managing Risk in our Current Economy (North Harbour)</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/managing-risk-in-our-current-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/managing-risk-in-our-current-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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Managing financial and operational risk is a challenge at the best of times.  But in the current economic environment, businesses need some sound strategies in these areas.
On 18 August, the Business Owners Forum will feature a panel discussion on these very issues from three diverse points of view.  Here are the panelists for this event:
 
Wayne [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Managing Risk in our Current Economy (Whangarei)</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/managing-risk-in-our-current-economy-whangarei/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/managing-risk-in-our-current-economy-whangarei/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 02:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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Managing financial and operational risk is a challenge at the best of times.  But in the current economic environment, businesses need some sound strategies in these areas.
On 21 July, the Business Owners Forum will feature a panel discussion on these very issues from three diverse points of view. 
Here&#8217;s our panel for this event:
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Jeff Yeakley.  Jeff [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are you a Quickbooks user?</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/are-you-a-quickbooks-user/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/are-you-a-quickbooks-user/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2011 04:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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Quickbooks are encouraging users with older versions to upgrade by offering a carrot. 
We&#8217;re not in the business of necessarily pushing Quickbooks in preference to other packages like Xero, MYOB, Cash Manager, Bank Link or the many others.   But if you are a Quickbooks user and you haven&#8217;t yet upgraded to the 2010 / 11 version, this seems like a no-brainer: 
The QuickBooks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Personnel Files</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/personnel-files/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/personnel-files/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 01:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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Employers have until 1 July 2011 to bring personnel files up to date for each employee. 
The majority of employers already maintain personnel files for each employee – but many do not meet the new standard under the recent amendments to the Employment Relations Act 2000.  Many personnel files that I have seen contain little more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budget 2011 as it Unfolds</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/nz-budget-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/nz-budget-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 02:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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As usual on budget day, it&#8217;s all ears on the live stream at Elevate CA. Here are our first impressions and some initial comment as Bill English reads Budget 2011 &#8230;
 
2:05pm
Bill English is explaining the theme of Budget 2011. This will be all about building savings and investment because as a country we need to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Customer Engagement (North Harbour)</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/customer-engagement-north-harbour/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/customer-engagement-north-harbour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 03:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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If you&#8217;re tired of competing on Price or Product, come along to get some good practical tips from our panel on how to build a better business based on Customer Loyalty.
This Business Owners Forum event will be held on Thursday 16 June at 5:30pm at the BNZ Partners Centre, Constelletion Drive in North Harbour. 
Here&#8217;s who will be on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shareholders Agreements (Whangarei)</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/shareholders-agreements/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/shareholders-agreements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 03:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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Do you have a signed shareholders&#8217; agreement?  Can you lay your hands on a copy?  Is it up to date and relevant? 
What would happen if you or one of your shareholders wanted out of the business?  What would happen if you or one of your fellow shareholders were permanently incapacitated and unable to continue working in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News from Hayley &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/hayleys-baby/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/hayleys-baby/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 23:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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Many people have asked how Hayley is getting on &#8211; and whether her baby has arrived safely.  Well now we can answer that question.  Maia Lucy Lenihan was born on 7 April weighing in at a whopping 7 pounds 15 ounces.  Mother and baby are happy and well.
Most accountants have the date 7 April etched into their memory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fishhook in the 90 Day Trial Period</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/90-day-trial-period/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/90-day-trial-period/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 23:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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Business owners will be aware that from 1 April, the 90 day trial provisions have been extended to cover all workplaces.  Previously this provision was available only in workplaces with fewer than 20 employees.
But many business owners may not be aware of this potential snag:
If you wish to include a 90 day trial period in your employment agreement, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Management vs Leadership &#8211; Albany</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/management-vs-leadership-whangarei/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/management-vs-leadership-whangarei/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 02:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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What is the difference between leadership and management?  What separates the great from the mediocre in business leadership?   How can you hone your own leadership skills to be equal with the best?  
Come along to this Business Owners Forum event to hear from some of our outstanding local leaders  and managers in the SME space &#8211; and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Customer Engagement &#8211; Whangarei</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/customer-engagement-whangarei/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 02:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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If you&#8217;re tired of competing on Price or Product, come along to get some good practical tips from our panel on how to build a better business based on Customer Loyalty.
This Business Owners Forum event will be held on Thursday 31 March at 5:30pm at Elevate CA in the Whangarei CBD.  Street address and contact details are here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial year end &#8211; 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 02:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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For most of our clients, 31 March is the end of the financial year – and time to start organising your records for the year.  Here is the process for getting your financial statements compiled this year: 
Traditionally, accountants send annual questionnaires around this time as a guide to help their clients compile complete financial records.  Last year we trialled on-line electronic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review of LAQCs</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/review-of-laqcs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 03:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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We&#8217;ll be completing our review of all QC and LAQC clients over the next few weeks.  From the start of the next financial year, LAQCs will no longer be able to attribute their losses to shareholders.
The Government&#8217;s strategy behind these changes is to prevent &#8216;arbitrage&#8217; &#8211; the ability for an LAQC to pass losses out to shareholders where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elevate CA are Hiring</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 23:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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Elevate CA are growing, and we&#8217;re looking for just the right accountant to join our team.     
 
Who are Elevate CA? 
We are new, we are different and we are growing fast.   We are small enough to be nimble &#8211; and we are willing to take a risk to try innovative ways to deliver better value and service to our clients.   We are a [...]]]></description>
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