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Simon Lala Tax Advisor
Simon has been in the accounting profession for over 40 years and has extensive experience specialising in small to medium sized enterprises across most business and not for profit sectors. He has a personal mission to ensure his clients achieve maximum success from their business ventures and from the start maintains a good working relationship.
Over the past 25 years Simon has being very involved with the NZ Child Cancer Foundation where he was a Board member for over 15 Years and Chairman or a six year term. He has also been a Board member of Canteen and the Auckland Ronald Mc Donald Accommodation Trust.
Internationally Simon was a Board member of Child Cancer International for over 10 years and the International Chair for a 4 year term.
In 2007, Simon established the World Child Cancer Charitable Trust which he currently chairs and whose mission is to help Childhood Cancer in the Pacific and other developing countries.
In recognition of his services to Childhood Cancer, Simon was awarded a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2013 in addition to being a Life Member of the New Child Cancer Foundation and Child Cancer International. Outside of work and charity involvement, Simon has a keen interest in sports and travel and enjoys spending quality family time with his wife Sue and daughters Wanita and Tess.
Simon Lala
Our track record is proven by our clients
Our 25-year combined track record is one with absolute integrity. A point of pride for us is the fact that rarely any of our clients have gone into Financial Hardship. Many, however, have grown their businesses far beyond expectations, and are now enjoying a significantly better lifestyle.
Learn moreWhat our client say...
Jatin Patel is always interested in our future endeavours and offers sound advice on how to go about getting it.
He is also interested and asks about our family and life outside work, I genuinely feel we are not just a number but a valuable client, that he wishes the best for.
JP & Associates is really reliable - tells me everything I need to know about my tax obligations and deals with IRD on my behalf seamlessly. I do feel like you guys look after me and never miss a beat with keeping everything up to date and sort it out. I think I have been relying on you now for about twenty years now. Thank you very much for looking after me.
Team at JP & Associates provide us a with timely service by not only preparing our Accounts and GST but also guiding us for future growth regarding developing our various other businesses. They are quite different from other firms as the team members are very knowledgeable professionals on Accounting, Income Tax, GST, Management and provide guidance on financing our various projects. Plus having a well-qualified wider team ensures someone is always there to help us when we need them.
Jatin Patel is not only a good accountant but also an advisor who will add value to your business by providing value able advise on your business decisions to grow your business and arrange finance from various banks.
JP & Associates provide friendly and professional services at all times. We have been with you guys since the beginning of our business. I believe – Choose once, but choose the best.
I have been working with Mr Patel and his team for the last 4 years. His advice and meticulous attention to detail have been instrumental in the development of my investment portfolio. Mr Patel and his team are very approachable, accessible and caring. Their professionalism and high work ethic have earned them significant trust within the industry. This was very helpful to me when there was a need for high level negotiation with the IRD.
Their personalised approach makes one feel special and important. More importantly Jatin is a humble, caring and giving member of the community. For years he and his family support many charities not just through donating money but through spending countless hours/days helping out in deprived communities. I am very privileged to have Jatin and his team to oversee my business and personal finances.
Alpha Recruitment was a client of Patel Pike when we purchased the business in 2003 and I was impressed by the no-nonsense approach that Jatin in particular brought to his accountancy. Our relationship has remained strong since then and every year we have been able to get to an accurate representation of our GST liability, our tax liability, and any other issues that arise from time without a lot of drama.
In the last two years a lot of our focus has been on getting our financial and management reports onto a fixed monthly timetable and we have been helped a lot with this by Jatin and one of his seniors, Nirang Shah. With the introduction of Nirang to us as a taxation expert I feel that Jatin and Nirang, through their firm, JP & Associates, have enabled Alpha to proceed with our business plans in confidence that we are on a firm financial footing.
I am also impressed by the way that JP & Associates manage the relationship with Alpha. They are not end of year only people and are now involved in our success. I believe that if you are interested in changing your current Accountancy supplier you would have no regrets later in choosing Jatin and his firm.