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Mon, Jul. 8th, 2019 09:43 pm
Tax return done! This year, I think due to my pay rise back in January, I'm getting about triple back what I normally get. This, plus the aforementioned pay rise itself, almost makes up for the extra $10 a week I'm now paying because they dropped the HECS* threshold. All that research and waiting and shitting myself to get that first pay rise in five years, completely wiped out in one fell swoop. Thanks, ScoMo**.
On the plus side, my back is all but healed and my computer is fixed enough that I can function as normal. Acrobat is one version behind but I reeeeally couldn't give a shit.
* Higher Education Contribution Scheme, now actually called HELP (Higher Education Loan Program) but screw you, it was called HECS when I got it so HECS it shall remain. Prior to last Monday, you didn't have to start paying it back until you were earning at least $55k a year. Last I heard they were dropping that threshold to $50k. It's actually now $43k, so I have to start paying it back.
** Scott Morrison, current PM.
On the plus side, my back is all but healed and my computer is fixed enough that I can function as normal. Acrobat is one version behind but I reeeeally couldn't give a shit.
* Higher Education Contribution Scheme, now actually called HELP (Higher Education Loan Program) but screw you, it was called HECS when I got it so HECS it shall remain. Prior to last Monday, you didn't have to start paying it back until you were earning at least $55k a year. Last I heard they were dropping that threshold to $50k. It's actually now $43k, so I have to start paying it back.
** Scott Morrison, current PM.