The cost of living is something we are faced with all our lives, and there are so many complex factors that impact on it. For young people who are studying or working full-time, often keeping abreast of everything that affects how much money they have to, or choose to, spend can be overwhelming. This production covers a range of factors that contribute to living expenses, and looks at the decoding of pay slips, the different types of taxation, how inflation impacts on the value of income, mortgages, and a range of typical expenses encountered when first moving out of home. A presenter, together with interview grabs from Jasmine Birtles, Editor of moneymagpie.com and HSBC Bank Manager, Jane Grant, deliver highly valuable information and advice to any young person about planning for, and coping with, living expenses.
The cost of living is something we are faced with all our lives, and there are so many complex factors that impact on it. For young people who are studying or working full-time, often keeping abreast of everything that affects how much money they have to, or choose to, spend can be overwhelming. This production covers a range of factors that contribute to living expenses, and looks at the decoding of pay slips, the different types of taxation, how inflation impacts on the value of income, mortgages, and a range of typical expenses encountered when first moving out of home. A presenter, together with interview grabs from Jasmine Birtles, Editor of moneymagpie.com and HSBC Bank Manager, Jane Grant, deliver highly valuable information and advice to any young person about planning for, and coping with, living expenses.
General Note
Originally released by Video Education Australasia, 2012.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on January 19, 2017.
Content Note
Decoding Payslips --(4:17) -- Tax Facts -- (4:14) -- Inflation: the Bigger Picture -- (2:50) -- Mortgages: House that for Knowledge? -- (4:24) -- Cost of Living: Moving Out -- (2:34) -- Credits: Living Expenses: Because Money Still Matters -- (0:52).
