Tag Archives: ird

June 9, 2010 Posted in Business 5 Comments

The IRD Goes E (Maybe)

By Ben Kepes

I’ve had a bit to do with government agencies in New Zealand making the move from a very paper based world to a collaborative and electronic one. Government 2.0 is a topic we’ve visited a number of times in the past. The efficiencies, time savings and sheer ease of use

Tagged e government, governement 2.0, ird |

February 12, 2009 Posted in Business, Efficiency, IT, New business, New Zealand, SaaS 4 Comments

Another Local Payroll Entrant

By Ben Kepes

Awhile ago I wrote about iPayroll, a local SaaS payroll provider. New to the scene comes Flexitime, another payroll option. Whereas iPayroll is an official IRD intermediary, meaning that they can act as a company’s proxy when dealing with the IRD, Flexitime is a standalone service which means companies will

Tagged accounting, flexitime, ipayroll, ird, MYOB, payroll, Xero |

July 11, 2008 Posted in Business, Collaboration, Design, Economic Development, Efficiency, IT, My businesses, New business, New Zealand, Society, Strategy Leave a comment

Some things are best left to private industry…

By Ben Kepes

A couple of announcements of late have me scratching my head in wonderment. First comes the post by Bernard Hickey about MissionOn. I posted about MissionOn back in February (yes, you saw it here first) and my appraisal was that it was a good example of how not to do

Tagged ird, mission-on |

Ben Kepes is a technology evangelist, an investor, a commentator and a business adviser. Ben covers the convergence of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users.