NZ Herald 27 March 2010
Q&As: Why do people pick on landlords?; What tax breaks do rental property owners get that others don’t get?; Why some accountants’ advice to repay mortgage before joining KiwiSaver is wrong.
NZ Herald 20 March 2010
Q&As: Why it wouldn’t work to make tax changes for rental property apply only to people who buy property after a certain date; Landlord retaliation probably won’t last long; Holding people accountable for giving bad KiwiSaver advice — and lining up a partner to also get the first home subsidy; How might people with private pensions be compensated for rise in GST?
NZ Herald 13 March 2010
Q&As: Mum will probably never embrace KiwiSaver, but there’s hope for her son; What happens to KiwiSaver if you are made redundant; Last week’s column left a reader confused about tax rates.
NZ Herald 6 March 2010
Q&As: How will superannuitants fare under proposed tax changes?; Should young couple invest their savings in a rental property while overseas?; Two Q&As about children and the KiwiSaver tax credit.
The Investor 27 February 2010
Readers react over GST. Two readers sound angry about my last column about GST. Some of their points are valid, but over all I think they just didn’t “get” it.
The Investor 13 February 2010
Wanted: Clear thinking on GST. A lot of nonsense has been spoken about GST since John Key more or less said the government will increase that tax — probably to 15 per cent — and use the money to cut income tax rates.
NZ Herald 7 November 2009
Q&As: Independent fee-charging advisers — the ones readers should be able to count on — to be listed in this column; Are accountants obliged to minimise tax, and to not dob in their clients to Inland Revenue?; Contributing to adult children’s KiwiSaver accounts a good idea, even if they end up losing some of it in a marriage break-up. Also: An invitation to attend a breakfast representing investors.
NZ Herald 31 October 2009
Q&As: Tax agent and Inland Revenue differ on treatment of investors selling rental properties; Two big issues lead to bad financial advice results; Is this column dominated by KiwiSaver?; Generally, don’t put lump sums into KiwiSaver.
The Investor 22 September 2009
More than one way to tax investment property. There’s more than one way to skin a cat — or to change the tax system to discourage New Zealanders from investing in rental property.
NZ Herald 19 September 2009
Q&As: Even a reader’s accountant seems confused about how gains on share sales are taxed. The law needs to be changed; Property fan who did badly in the share market broke one of the basic rules of share investing; Did I mislead readers about the advantages of dollar cost averaging?