Accounting is boring. That’s the best part.
The Boring Accountant is all about taking the boring parts of money and turning them into simple, practical steps — especially for Kiwis and small business owners. If that sounds useful, sign up below so you don’t miss the next one.
One email a week. Unsubscribe whenever — we won’t take it personally.
- ✓ We sell you nothing — no courses, no coaching funnel.
- ✓ Written for humans, not for the IRD website.
- ✓ Built for New Zealand — GST, the IRD and all our local quirks.
What we make less terrifying
The unavoidable bits of running a business in NZ, in order of how much they keep you up at night.
Business
Starting, running, and not accidentally blowing up a New Zealand small business.
Finance
Loans, interest, and what the numbers are actually trying to tell you.
Tax
GST, provisional tax and the IRD — explained without the headache.
AI
What the new tools actually do for a small business, minus the hype.
Cashflow
How to be profitable on paper and broke in the bank at the same time.
You
The part no spreadsheet covers: paying yourself properly, switching off, and not burning out running the thing.
Latest, and equally dull
All articles →Watch — it’s calmer than it sounds
Boring is a feature, not a bug
We sell you nothing
No affiliate links, no “wealth” webinars, no coaching funnel at the end. Just articles.
Written for humans
If a sentence reads like the IRD website, we rewrite it until it doesn’t.
Properly New Zealand
GST is 15%, the tax year ends 31 March, and we actually know that.