Archive for the ‘Payroll Stuff’ Category

What are your obligations to pay staff if your business is closed by an earthquake.

We have had a real issue with printing security payslips since MYOB decided to remove a payslip printing option from their program. This actually effected a large number of the clients as we subsequently found out.  But MyPayslips has managed to come up with a solution to the problem so we can revert back to [...]

MYOB Satisfaction Survey

Posted: June 1, 2010 by paularetallick in Payroll Stuff
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MYOB has increased their Annual Maintenance charges by 20% and want to charge even more for Support – Have your say by completing a survey from NZ Payrollers. MYOB currently charges the highest Annual Maintenance fees in New Zealand against comparable products.  They justify this by saying they do ‘continuous development’ but the reality is [...]

There always seems to be a lot of confusion over whether Easter Sunday is  a Public Holiday and what your employees are entitled to be paid.  Easter Sunday is NOT treated as a public holiday under the Holidays Act 2003 – Refer to the informative  Department of Labour link below: http://www.dol.govt.nz/workplace/knowledgebase/item/1245

New Secondary Tax Code from 01 April 2010

Posted: March 11, 2010 by paularetallick in Payroll Stuff
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From 01 April 2010 any employees using a secondary tax code that expect their income from all sources to be less than $14,000 per year,  can utilise the new tax code SB, this tax code deducts PAYE at a rate of 12.5%

Ezypay approached a number of Health Insurance providers to see what they could do for our clients.  Unimed have come back to us and  are treating Ezypay as one large employer based on the number of employees we pay for our 140 odd clients. The Group benefits are available to all our clients, regardless of [...]

Minimum Wage Increase

Posted: February 17, 2010 by paularetallick in Payroll Stuff, Tax Related
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Minimum Wage Increase Minimum Wage – From 1st April 2009 There are three groups to calculate minimum wages for. These are the ‘Adult Minimum Wage’, ‘New Entrant’s Minimum Wage’ and ‘Training Minimum Wage’. Adult Minimum Wage This applies to all workers who are 16 years old and over who are not new entrants or trainees. [...]

Swamped with calls

Posted: October 21, 2009 by paularetallick in Payroll Stuff
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Since it was made public that MYOB was discontinuing their Payroll Bureau service we have been swamped with calls.  We have already had a number of confirmed new clients (from MYOB) but Paula is finding it hard to get any work done as the phones keep ringing from MYOB customers. We are working closely with [...]