Money

Opinion

Income tax

6 tax-busting ways to boost your return

It’s not too late. Here are some last-minute strategies to cut a looming tax bill, or boost your return.

by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Opinion

Money Makeover

9 resolutions for the new financial year (and how to stick to them)

by Jessica Irvine

More young people are deserting traditional super funds in favour of creating their own SMSF.

Analysis

SMSFs

Millennials want more control of retirement savings

by John Collett

Opinion

Money psychology

No regrets with ‘go-with-the-flow’ approach to money

by Nina Hendy

Home loans

Big-four bank mortgage market share raided as refinancing booms

by Clancy Yeates

Ask an expert

Sold home to cash in on record prices: Where can we park the money?

If you are planning to buy another property within months, then maybe you should simply place your money in a guaranteed six-month bank term deposit.

George Cochrane

Positive or negative gearing: What’s better in today’s market?

The best way to finance an investment property may be to put up a deposit large enough that the net rent covers the outgoings. The property would then be “neutral” geared.

Noel Whittaker

Money columnist

How to tap your home equity for an income stream

If you are asset rich but cash poor, what is the better option to generate income: Taking out a reverse mortgage or accessing the federal government’s Home Equity Access Scheme?