Leaders

In the field

We know that true success comes from more
than simply taking care of all of your tax
and accounting needs.

Our dedicated agri team lives and breathes all things related to growing successful farming and agricultural businesses.

There’s a reason we’re so good at what we do – we really get agriculture, and we get your unique challenges.

Whether you’re a contractor or you own multiple agricultural properties, we want to help you define what success looks like to you, and make sure this can be achieved in a way that ensures your business is humming, without the stress.

Part of our job is to make your life as easy as we possibly can, and we take this part seriously. We love business, and we are alongside you as a business mentor and coach to make sure you are growing sustainably and with vision.

Don’t just take our word for it.

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Richard is professional and personable and has a wealth of knowledge in this space. We are certainly happy we made the switch to Sidekick Rural!

Rebecca Dondertman

Valleyfield Pastoral Ltd

First, the boring stuff

For more detail on our packages, see our services page.

  • We take care of the usual, necessary financial tasks such as IRD compliance, GST, Payroll & tax planning

  • We are industry leaders in using software to streamline your business systems, such as Xero-for-Farming, Paysauce and Figured

  • We are rural business mentors & coaches to support you to grow sustainably

  • We support you with the big stuff like succession planning, boards and working with banks

Xero for farming
PaySauce for farming
TMNZ Premium Partner
Figured for farming
Chartered accountants NZ & Au

But we do a lot more than just the usual accountant stuff...

We’re interested in your long-term wealth

We know how to take your business to the next level, without you taking on more stress and having even less time for the other parts of your life that are important to you.

This is where smart business planning and drawing on best practise processes comes in – and while this can sound daunting, it’s what we are really good at helping you sort out.

We know about stress

We have experience living and working in the same industry as you, so we know that agri-businesses can bring a huge amount of stress that we help to get rid of.

We use systems that make sure your data is accurate and you feel confident using automatic processes that take care of what used to be time-consuming tasks. If there’s a way to streamline it – we will do it. And it doesn’t have to be in the too hard basket!

Father and son

We want to get you off the farm

But in a good way!

Making your business more efficient and using our well-honed processes to streamline things is how we can save you both time and money.

This means you can take back some time to focus on what’s most important to you.

TESTIMONIALS

Why our clients trust us

Our biggest challenge before we joined Sidekick was not being clear on where we wanted to go in life. We both had an idea in our minds of what we wanted life to look like in the future but we had no clear road map or action plan to make sure we achieved it.

We also often felt stagnant despite knowing there was so much potential for us if we just had the right support and guidance.

That all changed after we joined Sidekick. It got us excited and inspired to make sure our visions aligned. It was actually really special to sit and listen to each other as we shared what was important to us in our future. Richard helped us to break our big goals down into small actionable steps which we were able to start ticking off from Day 1.

We feel so empowered knowing Richard ‘gets us’ and wants to see us succeed. We look forward to going to each meeting having ticked off every goal we set in the previous meeting.

It’s already one of the best business decisions we could have made and we highly, highly recommend Sidekick to anyone who’s wanting to take their business from good to great.

Eldon and Roseanne Megaw, Megaw Dairies Limited

So far it’s been painless to change accounting firms and the Timaru team has made us feel comfortable and welcome.

Paul Johnston

It’s awesome to have a plan when it seems there aren’t any plans anymore, with the impact of Covid-19. The whole Sidekick team is providing excellent support to Irricon, during this time when we need it most.

Haidee McCabe, Irricon Resource Solutions

Richard is professional and personable and has a wealth of knowledge in this space. We are certainly happy we made the switch to Sidekick Rural!

Rebecca Dondertman, Valleyfield Pastoral Ltd

How it works

What makes Sidekick so efficient and easy for you to work with?

  • Automatic bank feeds – reconciliation is as easy as checking your email

  • Fixed monthly fee – no more nasty surprises with your accounting bill

  • Works on your existing computer, no special hardware required

  • Built in backup system

  • No upfront software purchase required

  • Free software upgrades – you’ll always have the latest version

  • Full training provided from our Xero certified team

  • Ongoing phone and email support, at no extra charge

Areas we help our rural clients

Systemising your business software using Xero-for-Farming

Streamlining your document management

Managing your cashflow
Payroll using Paysauce

Rural business mentoring
Business planning and strategic plans

Quarterly coaching

End-of-year compliance

Gst and tax planning

Bank applications

Succession Planning

Consolidated reporting

Choosing the best Sidekick for the job is a tricky business, so we’ve made a helpful comparison table below to help you decide.

If you’d like to talk these through a little more or discuss your unique needs, please get in touch with us

Sidekick Lite

  • 1 Meeting with your Sidekick accountant
  • Annual financial statements
  • Company and personal tax returns
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Sidekick

+All previous features
  • 2 Meetings with your Sidekick accountant
  • Year round phone support
  • 2 Performance reports
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Sidekick +

+All previous features
  • 4 Meetings with your Sidekick accountant
  • 4 Performance reports
  • Annual budgeting and variance analysis
  • Finance review and analysis
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Sidekick + Plan

+All previous features
  • 6 Performance reports
  • Tailored business plan
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Sidekick Premium

+All previous features
  • Tailored reporting, meeting frequency and analysis
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