News Archives 

7-Nov-2011 

Canterbury A & P Show

 
We’re exhibiting at the Canterbury A & P Show. More...
 
20-Aug-2011 

Hawkes Bay Expo

 
We’re exhibiting at the UnisonFibre Hawke’s Bay Business Expo. More...
 
15-Mar-2011 

Tax Upgraded 1-Apr-2011

 
iPayroll has been updated for the tax changes coming into effect from 1 April 2011. More...
 
9-Mar-2011 

Minimum Wage

 
The adult minimum wage is to increase to $13.00 per hour on 1 April 2011. More...
 
8-Mar-2011 

Holidays Amendment Act 2010

 
The Holidays Amendment Act 2010 comes into force on 1 April 2011. More...
 
6-Sep-2010 

Tax Upgraded 1-Oct-2010

 
iPayroll has been updated for the tax changes coming into effect from 1 October 2010. More...
 
2-Sep-2010 

GST Change 1-Oct-2010

 
iPayroll has been updated for GST rate change coming into effect from 1 October 2010. More...
 
18-Aug-2010 

iPayroll for iPad

 
iPayroll is now available on your iPad. More...
 
17-Aug-2010 

Hawkes Bay Expo

 
We’re exhibiting at the UnisonFibre Hawke’s Bay Business Expo. More...
 
9-Jun-2010 

Government Consultation

 
The Government is consulting on changes to the way businesses and taxpayers deal with Inland Revenue. Proposed changes would make it easier for businesses to manage their tax obligations online and reduce compliance costs. More...
 
11-May-2010 

Business Expo Invite

 
We would like to invite you to be our guest at this year’s Bizzone Business Expo. More...
 
18-Mar-2010 

Tax Upgraded

 
iPayroll has been updated for the tax and minimum wage changes coming into effect from 1-Apr-2010. More...
 
1-Mar-2010 

iPayroll Giving Launch

 
iPayroll Giving was officially launched by the Minister of Revenue, the Honourable Peter Dunne, at a function in Wellington on 24-Feb-2010. More...
 
21-Jul-2009 

ChCh Business Expo

 
The Bizzone Expo is back again. More...
 
18-Jun-2009 

Wgtn Business Expo

 
The Bizzone Expo is back again. More...
 
19-May-2009 

Auck Business Expo

 
The Bizzone Expo is back again. More...
 
18-May-2009 

A New Look

 
The iPayroll web site has a new look and a new logo. More...
 
9-Mar-2009 

Tax Upgraded

 
iPayroll has been updated for the tax changes coming into effect from 1-Apr-2009. More...
 
10-Feb-2009 

Minimum Wage Up

 
The Government has moved to increase the minimum wage by 50c to $12.50 per hour today, in an attempt to find a balance between protecting jobs and fair pay for workers. More...
 
10-Dec-2008 

Final Pays

 
You can now complete a Final Pay from the Timesheet Entry page. More...
 
9-Dec-2008 

WorkflowMax Integration

 
WorkflowMax can now send timesheets directly into iPayroll More...
 
15-Sep-2008 

New Address

 
iPayroll's Auckland office has relocated to Whitaker Place. More...
 
11-Sep-2008 

Tax Upgraded

 
iPayroll has been updated for the tax changes coming into effect from 1-Oct-2008. More...
 
17-Jul-2008 

iPayroll for iPhone

 
iPayroll is now available on your iPhone or iPod touch. More...
 
24-Jun-2008 

Flexible Work

 
Amendments to the The Employment Relations Act come into effect on 1-Jul-2008, allowing certain employees the right to request a variation to their hours of work, days of work, or place of work. More...
 
28-May-2008 

Wgtn Business Expo

 
There are over 120 exhibitors - including iPayroll, all under one roof for three days, providing quality products and services to small-to-medium size business owners. More...
 
28-Apr-2008 

Chch Business Expo

 
There are over 100 exhibitors - including iPayroll, all under one roof for three days, providing quality products and services to small-to-medium size business owners. More...
 
2-Apr-2008 

Minimum Wage Up

 
The minimum wage increased to $12.00 per hour from 1-Apr-2008. More...
 
2008-04-01a 

Kiwisaver Employer Contributions

 
Come Tuesday, the "box of trinkets" offered to New Zealanders to entice them into the Government subsidised KiwiSaver gets heavier. More...
 
1-Apr-2008 

Xero Interface

 
A partnership with Wellington based software firm iPayroll will let Xero customers automatically import payroll data from iPayroll into their Xero accounting system. More...
 
10-Mar-2008 

Auck Business Expo

 
There are over 200 exhibitors - including iPayroll, all under one roof for three days, providing quality products and services to small-to-medium size business owners. More...
 
5-Mar-2008 

Longer IRD Numbers

 
Inland Revenue customers applying for a new IRD number this year may find that it has an extra digit. More...
 
10-Jan-2008 

Redundancy Rebate

 
The government has introduced legislation to make the taxation of redundancy payments fairer to people who are pushed into a higher tax bracket when they receive lump sum payments. More...
 
27-Dec-2007 

A New Look

 
The iPayroll web site has a new look. More...
 
20-Dec-2007 

Minimum Wage Up

 
The minimum wage is to increase to $12.00 per hour from 1-Apr-2008. More...
 
5-Jul-2007 

Wgtn Business Expo

 
This three day expo for small business owners brings together every kind of product and service required by a business owner or manager - including iPayroll. More...
 
1-Jul-2007 

KiwiSaver launched

 
KiwiSaver starts on 1 July 2007. More...
 
1-May-2007 

Auck Business Expo

 
This three day expo for small business owners brings together every kind of product and service required by a business owner or manager - including iPayroll. More...
 
1-Mar-2007 

Tax Upgraded

 
iPayroll has been updated for the tax changes coming into effect from 1-April-2007. More...
 
16-Aug-2006 

Employers ACC change

 
Most of New Zealand's 250,000 self-employed should have their ACC costs cut under a plan to merge employer and self-employed accounts. More...
 
31-Jul-2006 

Painless Payrolls

 
Should you outsource your payroll functions? More...
 
15-Jun-2006 

Radio Interview

 
Radio Interview about iPayroll. More...
 
13-Apr-2006 

Business Expo

 
This three day expo for small business owners brings together every kind of product and service required by a business owner or manager - including iPayroll. More...
 
31-Mar-2006 

4 Weeks Leave

 
From 1 April 2007 all employees will become eligible for four weeks annual holidays on the date they next become entitled to annual holidays. More...
 
26-Mar-2006 

Minimum Wage Up

 
The minimum wage is to increase to $10.25 per hour. More...
 
9-Mar-2006 

Tax Upgraded

 
iPayroll has been updated for the tax changes coming into effect from 1-April-2006. More...
 
15-Sep-2005 

Voting Rights

 
The Electoral Act 1993 provides employees working on polling day the right to time off to vote. More...
 
27-Jun-2005 

New Address

 
iPayroll's Wellington office has relocated to Boulcott St. More...
 
1-Apr-2005 

Tax Upgraded

 
iPayroll has been updated for the tax changes coming into effect from 1-April-2005. More...
 
23-Mar-2005 

Holidays Act Survey

 
A large-scale survey of business has found widespread dissatisfaction with the Holidays Act. More...
 
10-Dec-2004 

ACC levies unchanged

 
Employers and earners will welcome ACC average levies for 2005/06 that have remained the same or decreased for the last three years, ACC Minister Ruth Dyson said today. More...
 
22-Oct-2004 

Holidays Act Amended

 
The Holidays Amendment Act 2004 was passed in October 2004 and came into force for Labour Day (25 October 2004). More...
 
12-Oct-2004 

Final Holiday Pay

 
We have changed the calculation of Holiday Pay in a Final Pay. More...
 
1-Sep-2004 

Holidays Act changes

 
Labour Minister Paul Swain today announced proposed changes to the Holidays Act following a working group report. More...
 
2-Aug-2004 

Flexible Staffing

 
Flexible staffing approaches on the rise. 65% of employers have noticed a need to adopt a more flexible staffing approach over the last 12 months. More...
 
7-Jul-2004 

State Sector Scheme

 
The State Sector Retirement Savings Scheme (SSRSS) is a voluntary savings scheme specially designed for the State sector. It starts from July 2004. More...
 
2-Jun-2004 

Sick leave under fire

 
The new Holidays Act, made law just two months ago, is under fire from employer groups who say its provisions on sick leave and pay on public holidays are open to abuse. More...
 
18-May-2004 

A blessing for busy employees

 
When the Holidays Act rolled into being on 1 April this year, employers the country over scrambled to update their payroll software in time to avoid costly mistakes. More...
 
6-Apr-2004 

Holidays Act 2003

 
As of 1 April 2004, the Holidays Act 2003 replaced the previous legislation.

This section brings together basic information about the rights and responsibilities of employees and employers in the workplace according to the Holidays Act, including the transitional arrangements from the previous Act to the current Act. It includes helpful fact sheets outlining the differences and aiding in the management of the transition. More...

 
26-Mar-2004 

Holidays Act 2003

 
iPayroll now complies with the Holidays Act 2003 (in force on the 1st of April). More...
 
23-Mar-2004 

Tax Upgraded

 
iPayroll has been updated for the tax changes coming into effect from 1-April-2004. More...
 
8-Mar-2004 

iPayroll Leave Rates

 
iPayroll now has a "Leave Rates" page to cater for the new Holidays Act coming into force on the 1st of April. More...
 
23-Feb-2004 

Govts Lifts Min. Wage

 
The minimum wage is to increase by 5.9 per cent - much greater than the rate of inflation - the Government announced today. More...
 
18-Feb-2004 

iPayroll Holiday Changes

 
We are changing iPayroll to comply with the new Holidays Act coming into force on the 1st of April. More...
 
16-Feb-2004 

Agreement Builder

 
Build your own Employment Agreements. More...
 
17-Dec-2003 

Holiday Bill passes

 
The Holidays Bill that gives four weeks annual leave to all New Zealanders was passed in Parliament yesterday. More...
 
8-Dec-2003 

Employment Law

 
Major changes to employment law were announced last week designed to strengthen good faith bargaining, protect workers when businesses change hands and prevent employers undermining conditions of the Employment Relations Act. More...
 
18-Nov-2003 

Wages Rise

 
The Labour Cost Index (LCI) recorded an increase of 0.8 percent in salary and wage rates (including overtime) from the June 2003 quarter to the September 2003 quarter. This is the largest rise since the series began in the December 1992 quarter. More...
 
9-Sep-2003 

Compliance Costs

 
The government's phony war on business compliance costs escalated recently into a propaganda war but after the dust had settled there were no reliable reports of any compliance cost casualty. More...
 
12-Mar-2003 

Min. Wage Rates

 
From 24 March 2003 new statutory minimum wage rates will apply to all employees aged 16 and over. More...
 
19-Feb-2003 

Holidays Act Revision

 
Employer groups predict changes to the Holidays Act will land businesses with extra cost and complexity. More...
 
17-Feb-2003 

Tax Upgraded

 
iPayroll has been updated for the tax changes coming into effect from 1-April-2003. More...
 
22-Jan-2003 

Salary Survey

 
Eight out of 10 top executives got pay rises in the year to September 1 - but the rate of increase is slowing, tempered by the disparity between CEO pay and company performance here and overseas, and associated shareholder disgruntlement. More...
 
10-Jan-2003 

Holiday Pay Relief

 
Meat companies and scores of other employers have been let off the hook by the Court of Appeal from millions of dollars of potential backpay claims for public holidays. More...
 
20-Dec-2002 

Min. Wage Up

 
Minimum wage earners will have a little more in their pockets from March next year, thanks to an increase announced today by the Government. More...
 
16-Dec-2002 

Holiday Pay - How Much?

 
Show day and Christmas holidays focus the attention of both employers and employment lawyers on the Holidays Act. This Act is well due for amendment. It is a difficult piece of legislation. It contains differing definitions as to various leave entitlements, and differing ways in which pay for leave entitlements are calculated. More...
 
6-Dec-2002 

Payroll Tax?

 
Government proposals to fund social insurance could include employers' payroll tax to meet burgeoning health costs, it was revealed yesterday. More...
 
11-Nov-2002 

Compliance Cost Survey

 
Inland Revenue is working on reducing the compliance costs that businesses face in meeting their tax obligations. They want to make sure they start with the most important issues, so please take 2-3 minutes to tell them what affects your business. More...
 
25-Oct-2002 

Dealing With Absent Employees

 
When an employee simply does not turn up and is repetitive, it is important not to lose your cool and to dismiss the employee. You must be fair at all times. More...
 
18-Sep-2002 

IRD Strategy

 
Inland Revenue has announced an e-enablement strategy to bring taxpayers online with electronic services that are convenient, secure and easy to use. More...
 
17-Jul-2002 

Summaries in Post

 
Mail out of Personal Tax Summaries underway More...
 
26-Jun-2002 

ACC News

 
As from 01 April 2002, a number of changes have been implemented as to the way the ACC undertakes its business. More...
 
20-Jun-2002 

Tax Summaries Out

 
Mail out of Personal Tax Summaries underway More...
 
7-Mar-2002 

Tax Upgraded

 
iPayroll has been updated for the tax changes coming into effect from 1-April-2002. More...
 
21-Feb-2002 

Kiwibank Added

 
iPayroll now recognises Kiwibank bank accounts. More...
 
1-Feb-2002 

More Holiday Pay

 
Employees who work on a statutory holiday will be paid at least time and a half and have a day off in lieu under a planned new holidays law. More...
 
31-Jan-2002 

Minimum Wage Up

 
Young workers will receive a $1-an-hour pay increase from March, Labour Minister Margaret Wilson announced yesterday. More...
 
30-Jan-2002 

ERA Settlements

 
The Inland Revenue Department has released a public ruling on the assessability of payments under the ERA for humiliation, etc. ...The question for employers is at what level will a payment for humiliation etc be considered as genuine? More...
 
18-Jan-2002 

Pay Rates Rising

 
The wages and salaries of truck drivers and production workers rose faster than general managers and computer programmers pay last year, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) reports. More...
 
17-Dec-2001 

New SLD Threshold

 
Income thresholds for student loan repayments and interest write-offs will rise from next April, Revenue Minister Michael Cullen and Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey announced today. More...
 
4-Dec-2001 

ACC Rate Increases

 
The Government has announced the ACC levy rates for next year with the self-employed and motorcyclists potentially the big losers. More...
 
14-Nov-2001 

ACC Changes

 
The Government has announced changes to the way ACC levies will be collected. More...
 
7-Nov-2001 

Parental Leave

 
New mothers will be eligible for 12 weeks' paid leave from next July 1, the Government announced today. Women's Affairs Minister Laila Harre and Labour Minister Margaret Wilson said women would receive a maximum payment of $325 a week before tax. More...
 
2-Nov-2001 

Holidays must be agreed

 
One of New Zealand's largest companies has received a slap on the wrist from the Employment Relations Authority when it ruled Carter Holt Harvey was wrong when it forced all the workers at one of its mills to take holidays at the beginning of the year. More...
 
19-Oct-2001 

iPayroll.co.nz launch

 
iPayroll officially opened it's web-site to the public on Friday 19th October 2001. More...
 
17-Oct-2001 

Retirement/Redundancy

 
A recent decision of the Social Security Appeal Authority dealt with the issue of whether a payment made to an employee should be treated as a retirement payment or a redundancy payment. More...
 
8-Oct-2001 

Employee Allowances

 
The payment of employee allowances and expenses is a common occurrence in many businesses. If a payment is not a specific reimbursing allowance, it is not always clear how it should be treated for tax purposes - that is, is it subject to PAYE, FBT or the 50% non-deductibility rule for entertainment expenditure? More...
 
1-Oct-2001 

Setting up your Own Payroll

 
iPayroll is very easy to get up and running. More...