NZ Herald 17 May 2025
Q&As:
– Gold not the answer for this
– “Should I or shouldn’t I reduce risk?”
– Couple’s tax idea not fair
– A reverse mortgage in a retirement village?
– Can move KiwiSaver overseas with you
Q&As:
– Gold not the answer for this
– “Should I or shouldn’t I reduce risk?”
– Couple’s tax idea not fair
– A reverse mortgage in a retirement village?
– Can move KiwiSaver overseas with you
Q&As:
– Put inheritance in finance company deposits?
– Should badly advised readers hire a lawyer?
– Bad advice ruined retirement
– Tax deductions might help couple
– Spend savings before postponing rates
– Psychology and selling gradually
– KiwiSaver funds usually unit trusts
– The maths of dollar cost averaging
Keep contributing to KiwiSaver — through thick and thin.
– A listener’s email about children’s KiwiSavers, but it applies to everyone
– Don’t judge performance over short periods
– Stick with growth fund if not spending the money soon
– Contributing in downturns is a plus!
– How to support children and young adults in KiwiSaver
– Answers to listener Qs on KiwiSaver and market volatility
Q&As:
– How pensioner can take friend into her home
– Gold tax not new
– Is this column moving towards more rich people’s letters?
– Rich not all financially savvy
– Retire gradually if possible
– Reader wants a break for boomers
Q&As:
– Couple has more than enough for retirement
– Gold gains taxed when you sell
– Not everyone tries to dodge tax
– Tax land rather than gains…
– …or tax financial transactions
– A different deal for tenants in Germany
Q&As:
– How much do you need for retirement? …
– … One reader is happy with not much
– Borrowing versus KiwiSaver hardship withdrawal
– Tax when bullion or crypto is inherited
– How capital gains tax could handle expenses
– Do I know enough to write this column?
Q&As:
– New graduate gets help with budgeting and saving
– How to cope with never-ending bills
– Correction on last column: Tax cuts not yet finalized
– Transition year coming for tax
– Argument for no tax on crypto and gold
– Reader unhappy about capital gains tax ideas
Plus:
– Mary talking in New Plymouth
Q&As:
– 2 Q&As on whether to sell investments to pay down debt
– Should family use more than one KiwiSaver provider?
– How bitcoin and gold are taxed
– Let’s stop tax bracket creep
Q&As:
– There’s still hope for scam victims
– Gloomy reader was wrong one year later, and 11 years later!
– Retired couple’s two worries — fluctuating KiwiSaver and access to the money
– What to do with 6-year-old’s inheritance
Q&As:
– You don’t have to own your home to do well
– Sharesies and Hatch answer questions about high school share clubs
– No, long-term Bonus Bond holders shouldn’t get more
– Remnants of Bonus Bond scheme go to charity or Treasury
– Another concern about investing in gold
– Last week’s column quitter changes his mind