Q&As: Gear both or neither when comparing shares and property; Tip for bankrupt couple: low-paid retail work has its rewards; New KiwiSaver tool helps you work out your risk level; Retirement date not the key factor in choice of KiwiSaver fund.
Q&As: New KiwiSaver comparison tool gets around problems with fees; An acknowledgement, and a defence of my way of measuring share performance; Sorry, but you can’t deduct interest on your home mortgage.
Q&As: Is there life after bankruptcy?; Tax on KiwiSaver not as bad as portrayed; Pay highest interest mortgages and other loans first; One reader dislikes my comment on grammar, but three support it.
Q&As: A rule of thumb on which type of mortgage; Don’t take unnecessary gamble on house prices; When is a capital gain really a gain?; Some comfort for immigrant family on taxes; KiwiSaver for a mum at home with children.
Q&As: How fortnightly mortgage payments can help; New rules and info on KiwiSaver first home help; Pros and cons of bringing super to NZ from Australia.
Q&As: Dripfeed money when moving it from country to country; Home exemption from capital gains tax applies to farmhouses but not farms; Should people overseas be allowed to use KiwiSaver money to repay student loans?; Is prostitution just another job?; Sex worker’s letter makes a reader weep; Escaping the trap of over-valuing money.
Q&As: It’s spending time for a man in KiwiSaver; Sex worker wonders how to get an accountant; How would capital gains tax allow for inflation?
Q&As: Plans of 29-year-old daughter sound good so let her be; Using KiwiSaver to repay student loans probably not a good idea; Improvements wouldn’t be subject to capital gains tax; South African tax option not ruled out.
Q&As: 64-year-old should get rid of mortgage — and join KiwiSaver if she’s not already in; Capital gains tax valuation idea could cause problems; How changes to the KiwiSaver first home subsidy would work; Overseas grandson can’t join KiwiSaver.
Q&As: Young couple bonds over share investing; Possible issues with capital gains tax valuation date; 2 Q&As on retired farmer’s low investment return; Should KiwiSaver tax credit go to working 16 and 17-year-olds?