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Two weeks ago we had Snowpocalypse 2. Last week was glorious, with temperatures hitting 20C. This week isn't looking quite so impressive, but still pretty fair. And yet it's still August, morally February if one naively believes that the austral seasons are six months off from those north of the equator.
We've been food shopping at the weekends since C started work, and are surprised. I wouldn't dream of visiting the supermarket on a Saturday afternoon - they're inevitably heaving. Yet we've found the big Countdown stores to be fine. Busy, yes, but nowhere near heaving; able to park near the store entrance, and not needing to queue for ages. OK, if you go to the shopping malls at that sort of time, they're busy - I guess with people who shop for the experience - but evidently the average Kiwi does their food shopping at other times. Just when is a mystery, as they don't seem to do so on Sundays either, nor the occasional evening that we've gone... Does an NZ passport carry with it the ability to use a hitherto-concealed eighth day of the week? I Think We Should Be Told!
Last week I received two letters from HMRC, dated a day apart. One of them thanked me for my leaving-the-UK form, said they wouldn't consider pre-emptively refunding my tax paid this year as I'm already on Self Assessment, but have I considered joining the Non-Resident Landlord scheme to get my rent paid to me without tax taken off? The other letter (surprise surprise) thanked me for my NRL application and confirmed that they have approved it. Left hand, right hand, etc.; but I don't expect any different. At least when ringing the IRD here to activate my online self-service account the process was straightforward and efficient, so while I will have to fill in one tax return for each of the UK and NZ next year, I don't expect the latter to be in any way taxing (ho ho). Famous last words...
This afternoon I am sitting in at home, waiting for the removers to turn up with our kit. They're late, due to the MAF inspector turning up very late, but I've just had the call to say that MAF have released our kit and so it's on its way. At last!
We've been food shopping at the weekends since C started work, and are surprised. I wouldn't dream of visiting the supermarket on a Saturday afternoon - they're inevitably heaving. Yet we've found the big Countdown stores to be fine. Busy, yes, but nowhere near heaving; able to park near the store entrance, and not needing to queue for ages. OK, if you go to the shopping malls at that sort of time, they're busy - I guess with people who shop for the experience - but evidently the average Kiwi does their food shopping at other times. Just when is a mystery, as they don't seem to do so on Sundays either, nor the occasional evening that we've gone... Does an NZ passport carry with it the ability to use a hitherto-concealed eighth day of the week? I Think We Should Be Told!
Last week I received two letters from HMRC, dated a day apart. One of them thanked me for my leaving-the-UK form, said they wouldn't consider pre-emptively refunding my tax paid this year as I'm already on Self Assessment, but have I considered joining the Non-Resident Landlord scheme to get my rent paid to me without tax taken off? The other letter (surprise surprise) thanked me for my NRL application and confirmed that they have approved it. Left hand, right hand, etc.; but I don't expect any different. At least when ringing the IRD here to activate my online self-service account the process was straightforward and efficient, so while I will have to fill in one tax return for each of the UK and NZ next year, I don't expect the latter to be in any way taxing (ho ho). Famous last words...
This afternoon I am sitting in at home, waiting for the removers to turn up with our kit. They're late, due to the MAF inspector turning up very late, but I've just had the call to say that MAF have released our kit and so it's on its way. At last!
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