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Are you feeling sandwiched between looking after your adult children and elderly parents?
Maybe you find yourself facing financial demands from both your own young family and older family? You're not alone.
Welcome to the life of the Sandwiched Generation.
Confessions of a 13 year old iced-doughnut-fuelled loan shark.
People ask me when was the first time I thought about money matters in a more structured and deliberate way?
I must confess it was a childhood experience that led me astray and taught me the 7 early financial lessons of the schoolyard.
How we think about our money dictates so many of our responses to it - and most of them are subconscious and invisible.
Now, this is not some pretend self-help article about 'positive thinking with positively no actual doing' where you're told to sit and 'think yourself rich'.
If that worked, the tax department wouldn't need to get people to pay their taxes; you could just 'think about' it for them instead.
#StuffYouNeedToKnow series
We all have to learn how to use financial tools to our advantage to get ahead in our financial life.
Learning how to use key financial tools is one of the habits of wealthy people… not learning how to use those same financial tools, are often the habits of people who don’t get ahead.
Do you get paid Super on your overtime?
Well, the answer is usually no, but also that depends.
Your superannuation is your forced savings for your retirement, so it’s important to understand these two key features:
- How much Super are you being paid?
- How is it actually calculated when it comes to commissions, bonuses, overtime and back pay?
When is an inheritance tax not called inheritance tax?
When it's a super death payment tax of course!
Like to know more? Well, you should because this tax problem has special meaning for people with super, and adult children of people with super.
If you plan on leaving your superannuation to your now adult kids when you pass away, there's a strong possibility your super death benefit payout will be hit with tax.
Want to know if you'll be financially comfortable in retirement?
Well, first you need to have a standard of what's comfortable and what's, well ... a modest standard of living.
Thankfully, an annual assessment run by the ASFA can help you start your thinking about what you want to achieve in your retirement.
Then we can help you get there.
Getting money out of super early on compassionate grounds
Many people are unsure about whether they could get early access to some of their superannuation funds.
While this is a very complicated task (and perhaps the stuff of urban legend) it's worth setting the story straight; so you know where you stand with your super.
Did you know you can now claim a tax deduction for making a personal contribution into your super?
Previously, most Employees were excluded from claiming a tax deduction for their personal contributions to super.
How do you compare home loans so you find what's right for you?
That's often the $64,000 question we're asked by our clients.
So here are six keys to start your thinking.
Drew Browne
Sapience Founder & Director.
Simplifying Financial Complexity
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