How does white-label accounting work for a New Zealand firm?

You keep the client relationship and the IR4 filing. We work inside your Xero practice file under your own client codes and deliver reconciled bookkeeping and GST-ready workpapers to your review queue, carrying only your firm's branding.

Do you file the GST return or the IR4?

No. Filing with Inland Revenue stays with your firm and its tax-agent authorisation. We reconcile the ledger and prepare each two-monthly GST return to a lodgement-ready standard, and reconcile the accounts the IR4 is prepared from.

Can you handle payday filing?

We reconcile the PAYE and payday-filing data your firm has already submitted back to the ledger each run, so there is no gap between what Inland Revenue was told and what the books show. The filing itself stays with your firm's payroll process.

Does the tax-agent extension change what you deliver?

No — the extension to 31 March moves your firm's filing date, not our production schedule. We keep the books current through the year specifically so the extension gives your team review time rather than becoming a backlog to clear before it can be used.

New Zealand is not yet on our published rate card, so capacity is quoted after we see your client volume and software — a written quote within 24 hours.

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White-Label Accounting for New Zealand Accounting Firms

We become your invisible back office so you can take on more clients without more hiring risk. Delivered to NZ IFRS for New Zealand businesses, priced in NZD.

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Why New Zealand businesses choose Salt

New Zealand firms run on Xero, and every one of their clients expects a file that is current rather than reconstructed at GST time. The two-monthly GST cycle and payday filing's per-run reporting to Inland Revenue leave most small and mid-sized practices short of production capacity long before the IR4 season starts. We supply that layer — reconciled bookkeeping, GST-ready workpapers and payroll reconciliation — inside your own Xero practice file, under your firm's own name.

IR4 filing and the tax-agent relationship with Inland Revenue stay with your firm; we do not file and do not advise your clients directly. We reconcile the ledger, prepare the two-monthly GST return to a lodgement-ready standard against the 28th-of-the-month cycle — 15 January for the November period, 7 May for the March period — and reconcile PAYE from payday filing so your firm's tax-agent extension to 31 March is used for review, not for catching up the books.

New Zealand filing calendar

The deadlines we track against your ledger.

Recurring New Zealand compliance deadlines and the authority each is filed with
Obligation	Frequency	Due	Authority
GST return and paymentGST-registered businesses on the standard two-monthly cycle	Two-monthly	28th of the month after the taxable period ends — except 15 January for the November period and 7 May for the March period	IRD
IR4 company income tax return	Annual	7 July, extended to 31 March the following year through a tax agent	IRD
PAYE employment information and paymentEmployers	Monthly	20th of the following month for small employers; 5th and 20th for large employers	IRD

Last reviewed against the source 12 August 2026. These are the standard dates. Extensions through a registered agent, a non-calendar year end, and volume-based filing frequencies all shift them — confirm your own dates with IRD. This is general information, not tax advice.

White-Label Accounting deliverables

Dedicated resource working under your brand
Fractional (20h) or full-time-equivalent (40h)
Seasonal tax workpaper & prep capacity
Zero-local-data, NDA-governed delivery
Time-zone-aligned onshore collaboration

New Zealand software stack

Xero

MYOBQuickBooks OnlineHubdocSmartly

Xero is the default rather than a choice here — it was built in New Zealand and is effectively the national standard — so we work inside your existing practice file and client codes rather than migrating anyone. GST is coded against the actual rate treatment on each transaction so the return reconciles without adjustment journals.

What this costs in practice

A worked example, in your currency.

An Auckland SaaS company, 1,400 transactions a month, two-monthly GST, 9 staff.

In-house finance hire (fully loaded, per month): $8,300
Salt bookkeeping + virtual CFO layer: $3,200
Monthly saving: $5,100

Figures in NZD. A local virtual CFO engagement typically costs more than bookkeeping alone but replaces a part-time finance director.

Standards and authorities

The framework your New Zealand accounts are held to.

We prepare to NZ IFRS / NZ IFRS RDR, as set by the XRB. These are the bodies that set that framework and the authorities you file with — linked so you can verify the standard rather than take our word for it.

Listed for reference. Salt Accounting Group is not stating membership, registration or affiliation with any of these organisations. Where a filing must be lodged by a registered local agent, it is — your agent keeps the lodgement and the professional sign-off.

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