Taxi

Taxi is a new way for Kiwi businesses to use their provisional tax payments to access working capital at around half the rate of a big bank overdraft. We partnered with the wonderful Tax Traders team to create the name, brand idea, brand identity, positioning and launch website for this radical new concept.

The Context
Taxi is the new way to use your provisional tax payments to access working capital at rates half that of a big bank overdraft, with a much easier, self-serve process. It’s how Kiwi owners can keep more cash moving in their business.

Taxi is a venture from Tax Traders, one of three companies in New Zealand who the IRD work with for Tax Pooling. Taxi operate a 2.2b tax pool today, and are an accountant and lawyer run business with more than a decade of experience, and 800 accountant firm partners.  Taxi is built to help every business in NZ get the best of the tax system, that until now only the biggest companies have been able to access.
The Outcome
As a new idea that was previously only available for the big players, in the world of tax that can glaze eyes over, our job was to land a brand platform that would be easy to understand, engaging and would create a sense of momentum. This new offer is amazing. It helps turn tax into a positive and we wanted a brand to carry this idea.

Safety, security and certainty were vital, so the credentials of the company behind it, the acknowledgement of the IRD and the production values were vital for creating confidence.

Taxi is here to for onto-it business owners who want to keep moving. Beep Beep! Let’s go!
Taxi app and brand screens in green and yellow
Taxi billboard “Get going” on a green and blue background
Taxi posters in green checks with a yellow sun graphic
Smiling man in glasses beside a Taxi poster with an arrow
Taxi poster “Get moving with Taxi” with a white arrow on green
Laptop showing the Taxi website on a desk
Taxi round badges and stickers in green and yellow
Taxi illustration of a car seen from above on green with “Get moving today”

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