Q&As: 3 Q&As on whether New Zealand should raise GST and reduce income tax — including how some farmers cheat on their taxes, and whether we want to encourage people to work longer hours; Why KiwiSaver providers are highly unlikely to suffer the same fate as many finance companies.
Q&As: Would it be better to raise GST and lower income tax?; Possible raising of retirement age not a good reason to stay out of KiwiSaver.
Q&As: Stop worrying about money, says former spendthrift, now in his seventies; Employee KiwiSaver can do very nicely thank you if she or he has several employers; Let’s list the KiwiSaver good guy employers, rather than the others; Employer is confused by government’s planned KiwiSaver changes.
Article and then two Q&As about the Government’s proposed changes to prevent employers from paying less to KiwiSaver employees than to other employees.
Q&As: Average Joe Bloggs, sick of the rich and poor ripping off the system, seeks tax breaks; “Fair Go” television show overlooked three important points when criticising KiwiSaver for children.
Q&As: Why older people get a better deal from KiwiSaver, but younger people should nevertheless still join; Do interest-only mortgages qualify for mortgage diversion?
Hope and help for first home buyers. Things are looking up for would-be first home buyers, left out in the cold in the recent house price boom. The numbers are finally getting better, and government assistance is increasing.
Q&As: 2 Q&As on whether homeowners should sell and be renters for a while, to cash in on falling house prices?; Should 62-year-old buy a rental property or join KiwiSaver?
Q&As: KiwiSaver naysayer is the one who is “light on fact”; Self-employed KiwiSaver must contribute 4 per cent of pay when he takes a job — but he won’t starve; Inland Revenue “clarifies and expands” its position on mortgage interest deductions after a family home is rented out.