Growing a top

team to breed success

We handle all your tax and accounting needs, so you can focus on your business.

Level 2, 504 Wairakei Road, Burnside, Christchurch 8053
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Specialist Farming Accountants based in Christchurch but serving New Zealand

Brown Glassford & Co Limited have a long history providing specialist farm accounting and business advice to the rural community. The Directors are Paul McCarron, David Seath, Sam Foster and Tim Wade and we have a staff of 27, all of whom have specialist expertise in all aspects of Agribusiness.

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Accounting & Tax

We work in partnership with you to minimise tax and help you achieve your key objectives.

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Company & Trust Administration

We ensure your company complies with the Companies Act 1993 requirements.
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Business Planning

We advise on the implementation of tax effective structures for asset protection and tax minimisation.

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Understanding you

Farming background

Our specialist team of farming accountants have hands-on experience of rural affairs and Agribusiness, and understand the unique challenges they bring.


Relationship focused

We work closely with you to get to know your business, your people, your processes, your current status and, most importantly,  where you want to be. 


Innovation

We explore the best technological solutions to streamline your company's administration to facilitate peak performance and compliance with current legislation.


Business Advice

Our role is to support and guide you to optimise opportunities, efficiency, and growth. We help your business progress, achieve its goals, and reach its full potential.


About us

Brown Glassford & Co Limited are passionate about collaboration. We don’t work for you, we work with you to achieve the best results for you and your business. 


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  • Sam Foster - Director Brown Glassford and Co - Farming Accountants Christchurch


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Trust is the foundation of great service

Brown Glassford & Co Limited has the privilege of providing specialist farm accounting and business advice within New Zealand’s rural and farming communities. In delivering these services, we are transparent; we ensure we never have conflicts of interest and always act in the best interest of our clients, offering the highest level of confidentiality and professionalism.

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Computer Software

12 March 2026
If you are considering changing software, including payroll, please feel free to contact us to discuss so we can assist and guide you in this process. We currently recommend using Smartpayroll and Paysauce but happy to discuss this with you. Some key points to consider when changing any software: How savvy are you on the computer – some software can be quite complicated to use. What are you going to use the software for - do you do a budget?
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Key Tax Dates Coming up

by Kate Ward-Smith • 12 March 2026
Upcoming Key Tax date's: 28th March 2026 2nd Instalment of Provisional Tax for JUNE balance dates. 31st March 2026 Overseas Student Loans – repayments due. 7th April 2026 2025 Terminal Tax due. Online payments should be made to IRD as follows: INC 31/3/2025 (regardless of your balance date). 7th May 2026 3rd Instalment Provisional Tax MARCH balance dates. Online payments should be made to IRD as follows: INC 31/3/2026 (regardless of your balance date). GST is also due on this day instead of 28th April for the February/March period). Online payments should be made to IRD as follows: INC 31/3/2024. Please try and avoid using the tax type GAP when paying both GST and provisional tax as IRD sometimes puts a hold on these payments. We will send reminder notices prior to this date but also remember to please check your JUNK mail folder as sometimes these can end up here. Remember also that when making a payment, the period is for 31st March (regardless of your balance date) and the year will depend on whether it is Terminal Tax (due 2025) or Provisional Tax due 2026). Please don’t hesitate to call or email if you want to make sure. If you are paying IRD via Westpac you can make a cash or EFTPOS payment at any Westpac branch or Westpac Smart ATM. You will need your Tax Return or statement barcode, or you can create your own online at IRD on the link below: https://www.ird.govt.nz/managing-my-tax/make-a-payment/ways-of-paying/paying-at-westpac Please note you will need to scroll to the bottom of the page then select “create a barcode”.
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Out of Office

by Kate Ward-Smith • 12 March 2026
The Brown Glassford team are out of the office from 12.00pm on Wednesday 18th March 2026. We are heading out to visit one of our clients' farms going through a dairy conversion. Our office will still be open from 8.00am - 5pm, if you need to drop off any records and the phone will be answered and messages left for staff to call you back the following day.