NZ Herald 8 March 2025
Q&As:
– How to stop your heirs selling a family treasure
– Couple lives on NZ Super, and saves $100 a week
– Managed funds or term deposits
– How much is needed to retire early?
– Do houses outgrow KiwiSaver?
NZ Herald 1 March 2025
Q&As:
– Should teen become a landlord — as house prices wobble?
– Last week’s NZ Super idea not so super
– Inheritances should be taxed
– Reader gave inheritance to her brother
– Is it really cheaper to be a single retiree?
– Kind words for property investment firm
NZ Herald 22 February 2025
Q&As:
– Should the son inherit more?
– Were the old days really better for women?
– “Fairer” NZ Super could be a nightmare
– Are over 65s really working more?
– Investment firm defends their numbers
NZ Herald 21 December 2024
Q&As:
– “It’s fine to tax my gains or estate”
– NZ Super cheap by world standards
– 2 Q&As about not means testing Super
– Don’t retire! Or if you do, volunteer
– Angry letter about something or other
– Some kind letters
NZ Herald 23 November 2024
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
NZ Herald 2 November 2024
Q&As:
– Retired farmer won’t have a bar of CGT
– Sell rental and get rid of stress
– Any time is good for move to growth fund
– Family self insurance not so great an idea
– Workers shouldn’t help patient with will
– Details on government KiwiSaver contribution
NZ Herald 26 October 2024
Q&As:
– When you don’t need insurance
– How stay-at-home mum can keep contributing to KiwiSaver
– Government is not that mean with KiwiSaver!
– Steven Joyce doesn’t change my mind on CGT
– Frequent home trader should be paying tax
– Make a will even if no recognized next of kin
– Student loans versus NZ Super
NZ Herald 19 October 2024
Q&As:
– Move money in steps
– British dodge capital gains tax (CGT)
– Phasing in of CGT
– New tax would bring complications
– Fairness of NZ Super, and CGT on shares
– Teen hit by inheritance tax
– What happens if inheritance is declined
NZ Herald 12 October 2024
Q&As:
– Investment lessons might beat lectures
– Adjust both CGT and income tax for inflation
– Include shares in CGT
– An interesting website
– Death duty — the tax nobody avoids
– Superannuitants not like students
– A wonderful windfall
– Reader doesn’t want to inherit
NZ Herald 5 October 2024
Q&As:
– Let’s tax capital gains!
– 2 Q&As on what to do with shares from work schemes
– Big dividends are not the point
– Reader disgusted with using student loan to buy home
– Man should still have a will
– Shop around for estate quotes