Kiwi Accountant is a Wellington-based accounting firm and division of Kiwi Financial Services Limited, registered as a Tax Agent with the Inland Revenue Department since 2008. The firm focuses on low-cost, transparent, fixed-price accounting for small businesses, sole traders, property investors and family trusts, positioning itself against traditional accountants known for unpredictable end-of-year bills.
Kiwi Accountant also serves working travellers (non-resident taxpayers), New Zealanders departing the country permanently or temporarily, and New Zealand business owners based overseas. The firm enlists chartered accountants for IR3, IR4 and IR6 financial statements and tax returns, and offers a free one-hour consultation to new clients.
The team includes George Gibson, Dave Moore and Luke Halligan, working from the firm's Wellington office on Victoria Street. Kiwi Accountant is affiliated with sister sites Kiwi Financial Services and Kiwi Personal Tax.
Traditional accounting can leave small business owners with a familiar set of frustrations: not knowing what a job will cost, waiting forever to get things done, being charged for a quick phone call, or getting hit with a surprise IRD bill after assuming something had already been handled. Kiwi Accountant, a Wellington-based division of Kiwi Financial Services Limited, built its offering directly around solving these issues with a low-cost, transparent, fixed-price approach.
The firm focuses on a specific set of clients: small businesses, sole traders, property investors and family trusts. It also supports working travellers who are non-resident taxpayers, New Zealanders leaving the country permanently or temporarily, and New Zealand business owners now based overseas — a niche that requires familiarity with cross-border tax obligations most general accountants don't specialise in.
Rather than quoting case by case, Kiwi Accountant publishes indicative pricing for its core tax return services (all figures excluding GST): a Simple IR3 starts from $49, a Rental Return or Sole Trader Return starts from $345, and a Company Return starts from $795. For ongoing accounting, the firm offers Pay Day Filing for up to six employees at $99 a month, and Xero-based monthly accounting with GST return filing from $83.25 a month. This kind of published, fixed pricing is relatively unusual in the accounting industry and directly addresses the "not knowing how much it's going to cost" frustration the firm calls out on its own website.
Beyond core tax returns, Kiwi Accountant offers business and administration services covering GST, FBT and PAYE preparation and filing, KiwiSaver administration, monthly accounts and wages reports, supplier payment statements, invoicing, debt collection, reconciliation, and full payroll production — including maintaining holiday records and holiday pay entitlements. For businesses needing formal year-end reporting, the firm prepares full End of Year Financial Reports, covering the Statement of Financial Performance, Statement of Financial Position, Statement of Equity, Depreciation Schedule and Rental Statements, alongside preparing and filing all necessary tax returns and broader tax planning.
Kiwi Accountant puts particular emphasis on monthly reporting for business owners who need to make regular decisions rather than just look back at year-end. The firm poses three questions to prospective clients — whether they need to make important business decisions, want to know exactly where their business stands each month, and have the right information to make daily decisions — framing monthly financial management as the key tool for operating in a fast-changing business environment.
Kiwi Accountant has been registered as a Tax Agent with the Inland Revenue Department since 2008, and operates as a private limited liability company under the Companies Act 1993. The firm enlists chartered accountants for more complex IR3, IR4 and IR6 financial statements and tax returns, backed by a team that includes George Gibson, Dave Moore and Luke Halligan.
Prospective clients can start with a free one-hour consultation, and the firm operates from its Wellington office on Victoria Street, with sister sites Kiwi Financial Services and Kiwi Personal Tax offering related services under the same group.