The financial year doesn't end for another two months, but there's a closer deadline many people with university debts are dreading: June 1. On June 1, all unpaid HECS/HELP debts will automatically ...

The architect of the HECS-HELP system says misinformation is creating anxiety in the community about the effect of inflation on student debt. Abolishing indexation on HECS-HELP debts would not put ...

HECS balances are set to rise again this year as indexation is expected to sit at 4.8 per cent. A modest decrease from last year’s eye-watering 7.1 per cent, the upcoming round of indexation on June 1 ...

In an ideal world, everyone working for the government and its different institutions needs to believe in this Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch motto: “Everybody matters or nobody matters.” Michael Connelly’s ...

Budget 2024: Long-term capital gains tax reduced to 12.5%, with no indexation benefit applied to property prices during sale.(ANI) In the 2024 budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced ...

The longstanding debate over whether capital gains taxes should be indexed for inflation has resumed in full force. The arguments are familiar and the principles are unchanged. Indexing capital gains ...

Put simply indexation is the same as a normal, level insurance policy, but the sum assured increases each year. I think indexation is a word that some advisers and certainly clients gloss over in the ...

The indexation of student debt is arguably the federal government’s biggest political problem when it comes to universities. Last June, student debt balances increased by 7.1%, the highest rate in ...

When you sell mutual fund units, you have to pay tax on the profit. This profit is known as capital gains and the tax paid on such profit is known as capital gains tax. For example, if you purchase ...

The government has decided to tweak its budget proposal regarding the indexation benefit removal on property transactions through an amendment to the Finance Bill, 2024. Taxpayers are being given now ...