Accounting
Free accounting assistance for registered charities in your area
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Administration
Charities Amendment Bill
Media release – NZ Government – Select Committee Office – 16 June 2016 Charities Amendment Bill The Government Administration Committee is seeking submissions on the Charities Amendment Bill. The closing date for submissions is Friday 29 July 2016. The amendments in the bill were formerly contained in the Statutes Amendment Read more…
NEWS
Charities Services – Updated Reporting Standards
DIA Charities Services have just published some guidance about the revised requirements of the Annual Return
Administration
Two or more overdue Annual Returns? You are at risk of being removed from the Charities Register
Charities Services have issued the following Alert: Two or more overdue Annual Returns? You are at risk of being removed from the Charities Register [Charities Services] have recently sent notices to charities that haven’t filed two or more Annual Returns – even after being sent overdue notices and reminders – to Read more…
Donee Organisations
Looking for a non-profit
Q: I am trying to determine if a non-profit is registered. Is there a list of ‘official’ not for profit organisations? A: There is no complete list of non-profit organisations in NZ. Not all non-profits are formally registered with a government department (and not all not for profit groups have to Read more…
Administration
Charities – Non-filing of Annual Returns
Charities registered with Charities Services are required to file an Annual Return. This can be done fairly easily on-line. It appears onerous but is not. There are penalties, including deregistering, for those who do not submit an Annual Return. If you are having trouble with your Annual Return contact Charities Read more…
Administration
Forming a non-profit organisation.
I want to form a non-profit organisation. How do I go about it ? The relevant information is contained on the website of the Registrar of Incorporated Societies and there are Fact Sheets on the Charities website. You should consider consulting a lawyer over legal requirements, but the requirements are Read more…