• Rain, cushions, and public servants

    The Tasmanian State Government needs to save $50m, so it tried to enact a pay freeze for public serv...

    Rain, cushions, and public servants
  • Superannuation Co-Contribution and Banan...

    You may be aware that the end of the financial year is approaching fast and on the 30th of June the ...

    Superannuation Co-Contribution and Bananas vs. Cat Food
Illness, Injury and Wealth Protection Roulette

Illness, Injury and Wealth Protection Roulette

We invented a game a while back we called Wealth Protection Roulette.  We haven’t played for a while so we thought we’d bring it back.  What is it, you ask?  Well, the foundations of any sound financial plan are built on ensuring that the major risks in life are covered and that your biggest assets are protected.  So, we’re having a look at income ...

Rain, cushions, and public servants

Rain, cushions, and public servants

The Tasmanian State Government needs to save $50m, so it tried to enact a pay freeze for public service employees. It seems they pushed their draft bill hard up to the edge of the cliff at the 11th hour, and couldn’t get it to fly. Rather than push it over the edge it’s plan B: reduce the state’s public service by 1,200 to straighten ou...

Illness, Injury and Wealth Protection Roulette

Illness, Injury and Wealth Protection Roulette

We invented a game a while back we called Wealth Protection Roulette.  We haven’t played for a while so we thought we’d bring it back.  What is it, you ask?  Well, the foundations of any sound financial plan are built on ensuring that the major risks in life are covered and that your biggest assets are protected.  So, we’re having a look at income ...

Car Finance, the Beach and Free Lunches

Car Finance, the Beach and Free Lunches

We here at iGenWealth have been talking about what we’re going to do in the glorious weather forecast for the weekend, which got me to thinking: swimming pools, beaches, the coast and convertible sports cars. But which is the right vehicle to enjoy these activities in, and how should we go about obtaining the funds to do so…? Everywhere young peopl...

2013 Federal Budget Top 10 – Actually, make that 5…..

2013 Federal Budget Top 10 – Actually, make that 5…..

Last week saw that high point we all get excited about in Australian Federal politics, (yawn………yeah, we know The Biggest Loser had the same time slot, but that’s the kind of sacrifice we make for you here at iGenWealth).  Those of us who tuned in were treated to the sheer spectacle of the Federal budget announcement by our b...

Illness, Injury and Wealth Protection Roulette

Illness, Injury and Wealth Protection Roulette

We invented a game a while back we called Wealth Protection Roulette.  We haven’t played for a while so we thought we’d bring it back.  What is it, you ask?  Well, the foundations of any sound financial plan are built on ensuring that the major risks in life are covered and that your biggest assets are protected.  So, we’re having a look at income ...

New Financial Year – Make things happen

New Financial Year – Make things happen

Well like we said in our last post, we’ve just been through accountant’s New Year and clicked over to another financial year on 1st July just gone.  We’re going through some tough economic times at the moment but some people receive their pay review or annual salary increase from 1 July so if you were lucky enough to receive one, the beginning of t...

Accountant’s New Year

Accountant’s New Year

We’re nearly there, the financial year ends on 30 June and it’s accountant’s New Year.  It’s also the trigger for many of us to start pulling together our financial records and get ready to lodge our annual income tax return. While getting the annual tax return lodged can be a bit of a chore for most of us, I quite like it, and th...