The HECS Trick That Could Boost Your Borrowing Power by $100K!!! | FUNdamental Fridays

About this episode

The episode discusses a HECS/HELP strategy that could increase borrowing power and monthly savings.

What if one simple move could put an extra $662 back in your pocket every month… and potentially boost your borrowing power by up to $100,000? In this Friday Fundamentals episode of The Property Couch, Ben Kingsley sits down with tax specialist Danish Ahmed to unpack a time-sensitive HECS/HELP strategy that many Australians don’t even realise exists. With indexation approaching on June 1, this episode walks through a real-life scenario showing how paying down your HECS debt early could help...

People in this episode

Hosts: Bryce Holdaway, Ben Kingsley

Guest: Danish Ahmed

Topics covered

• borrowing power
• HECS strategy
• financial education
• tax advice
• investing

Keywords

• HECS
• borrowing power
• financial strategy
• tax specialist
• investing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: HECS, HELP

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