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Common GST Mistakes New Zealand Small Businesses Make (and How to Avoid Them)

The GST mistakes we see most often in New Zealand small business bookkeeping are:not registering once turnover passes $60,000,claiming GST on personal or overseas expenses that were never actually charged GST,getting the business-use split wrong on things like vehicles and home offices,not holding the right records to support a claim, andrushing the return right before the deadline.None of these are unusual. They're just easy to miss without a regular bookkeeping routine, and easy to fix once yo...

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