NZ Herald 11 March 2006
Q&As: A landlord’s nightmare; Credit cards v eftpos; Optimism, pessismism and oil prices.
The Investor 28 February 2006
Let’s keep that chewing gum money. Please forgive us, Dr Cullen, and don’t take away our chewing gum tax cut! I know some of us have been scathing about it. As you said recently, “I have noted that people have said they don’t really think it’s worth having. If people say that, then of course they may find their wish has been granted. Be careful what you ask for, or you may get it.”
The Investor 14 February 2006
Views on negative gearing are poles apart. Negative gearing is like the death penalty. People feel strongly both ways about it, judging by reactions to my last column. In that column, I wrote that negative gearing — which occurs when a landlord makes year-by-year cash losses on a mortgaged property — is becoming more common. This is mainly because rents haven’t risen nearly as fast as house prices.
The Investor 31 January 2006
Negative gearing may come back to haunt you. Many landlords say they don’t mind or even like to be negatively geared — making year-by-year cash losses on a mortgaged investment. But it never looked all that appealing to me. And recently I heard a rather compelling argument against it.
NZ Herald 17 December 2005
Q&As: Should newly separated woman buy a house or rent?; Our total tax rate depends on whether we spend or save. Plus: End of year message.
NZ Herald 10 December 2005
Q&As: $29,000 rental in Gore not the thing for a risk-averse man; More on tax on a second job.
NZ Herald 3 December 2005
Q&As: Who gets the money when mortgage rates increase?; 2 Q&As on whether the tax rate on second jobs is fair.
NZ Herald 12 November 2005
Q&As: The pros and cons of self employment and income splitting; Comparing shares with property is tricky; How movements in the dollar affect investment in international share funds.
NZ Herald 5 November 2005
Q&As: Share funds v rental property; Income splitting by the self-employed — is it OK?
NZ Herald 22 October 2005
Q&As: Several on how families are taxed; Can property sellers and agents lie to buyers?; Protestor over tax on international shares gets stroppy.