SVS Tax provides specialist advice to accounting and law firms and individuals.  
Accounting and law firms can rest assured that SVS Tax only provides tax specialist advice and does not prepare accounts or file tax returns.  Your clients will remain your clients, and SVS Tax will engage with you.

We welcome direct contact from individuals with complex tax issues, or who would like a second opinion.

 

Taxation of land

  • Advice to dealers, developers and builders regarding the taxation of their developments and their other land;
  • Providing opinions on the application of the taxation of land rules to other accounting firms and law firms;
  • Helping clients with bright-line tax issues, for example, advising on the acquisition date of the land, whether the sale is within the bright-line period, and whether the main home exclusion applies; and
  • Advising on bare trust or partition agreements and the income tax consequences of the same.
  • Providing training to accounting and law firms on taxation of land issues.

Goods and Services Tax

  • Review sale and purchase agreements to identify and resolve GST issues before they arise;
  • Assisting to resolve GST issues that have arisen because timely advice was not taken, especially in the context of the compulsory zero rating of land rules;
  • Providing specialist advice on the zero rating of goods or services where those goods or services are provided to non-residents;
  • Assisting charities with GST registration and the application of various exemptions; 
  • Advice to companies entering NZ and their GST registration obligations; and
  • Providing training to accounting and law firms, as well as real estate agents, on the application of the GST rules to them or their clients.

Taxation of trusts and charitable trusts

  • Advising on the use of trusts to minimise tax, but not avoid tax;
  • Specialist advice where NZ trusts have overseas, specifically Australian, resident beneficiaries;
  • Advising on the interaction of the transitional resident rules and the taxation of trusts; and
  • Helping charities with FBT, PAYE and structuring advice to ensure they are not over-taxed.

Advice to new migrants and high net worth individuals moving to NZ

  • Advice on when NZ tax residence commences or finishes;
  • When the transitional residence period commences or finishes;
  • Use of pre-migration and post-migration trusts and the income tax effect, including when to make elections and their effect;
  • Liaising with international advisors to produce a synthesised solution from a NZ perspective; and
  • Any other income tax or GST issues for new migrants.

Advice to privately owned retirement village owners

  • Income Tax structuring advice to ensure tax advantages are retained;
  • GST advice, where relevant, to ensure maximum GST is claimed on costs and where mixed-use calculations are required, how to go about doing that;
  • Applications to the IRD regarding mixed-use apportionment for GST purposes; and
  • Any other income tax or GST related issues for privately owned retirement villages.

IRD disputes

  • Managing complex tax audits and risk reviews;
  • Liaising with the IRD regarding your dispute, and managing the dispute to your advantage;
  • Any other aspect relating to tax disputes.

For tax specialist advice

Sybrand welcomes accounting and law firm clients, as well as direct contact from individual clients.

Contact Sybrand for expert tax advice and solutions.

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