DIA Charities Services are offering charities the opportunity to talk face-to-face with one of their staff about annual reporting or accounting. 30-minute sessions are offered on Thursday 28 March 2019 from 9am to Noon at the Mary Thomas Centre, 3 Gibbons Rd, Takapuna. Spaces are limited and subject to availability. Read more…
Information about payday filing has been available for some time, and IRD have been pro-active in contacting small employers, but a number of small charities and non-profits who will be affected still appear to be uncertain about it. Payday filing is currently voluntary but will be mandatory from 1 April Read more…
DIA Charities Services have just published an interesting blog post with the above title. It contains a number of lessons for the non-profit and charitable sector, many of them learned the hard way! There are also links for further reading. The article starts: “This week is international Charity Fraud Awareness Read more…
The following information, which repeats information from IRD, was posted by DIA Charities Services on their website on 17 July 2018. As the information is of potential importance to many nonprofits, we have reproduced it here in toto. The blog post itself can be found on the Charities website here. Read more…
SOURCE: ANCAD Auckland Community Accounting Seeking Not for Profits Auckland Community Accounting will be training additional senior accounting students from Massey University in July to work with Not for Profits for the 2nd Semester August onwards. Auckland Community Accounting is a free service offering support and assistance to Community groups, including Read more…
Professional accounting body CPA Australia is a global organisation that provides a pathway to being professionally qualified as an accountant. CPA Australia have recently introduced a full scholarship for any accountants working in the Not for Profit space in NZ. Up to two scholarships are offered annually for professionals working in Read more…
THIS OFFER IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. DIA Charities are offering registered charities accounting assistance at their Manukau Office on 1 May 2018. Appointments are required (see registration link below). The notice from DIA Charities reads: “Does your registered charity need some help with its Annual Return, Performance Report or some face to face Read more…
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The CAGTR (Centre for Governance Accounting and Taxation Research, Victoria University, Wellington) in association with the XRB are running a Seminar on Thursday, 8 February 2018 from 5.30 – 7.00pm. The seminar is entitled: “Not-For-Profit Accounting: The International Challenge – New Zealand’s Response” “International constituents have, for many years, been Read more…
Until now, non-profit organisations which have donee status with the IRD (where receipts for donations made to the organisation can be claimed for tax credits) have been permitted to expend up to 50% of their funds overseas. (Some organisations such as World Vision or Mercy Ships NZ have legislated approval Read more…
In a recent update, ANCAD (Auckland North Community and Development), advise that in partnership with the School of Accountancy at Massey University, ANCAD is developing a new FREE initiative to support local charities and other not-for-profit organisations in Auckland with their accounting needs. This initiative, Community Accounting, involves providing free accounting mentoring, Read more…
The 2017 Global Trends in Giving Report is now available. The first edition of the Global Trends in Giving Report is now available. Stated as being “An annual report that examines the impact of technology, gender, generation, and ideology upon giving worldwide” the report is produced by Nonprofit Tech for Read more…