Doubling times from the rule of 72 fit interest compounded once a year
The rule of 72 estimates the years money takes to double by dividing 72 by the yearly interest rate. It works best when...
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IFRS 16 puts leased equipment on a lessee's balance sheet
Under IFRS 16 and its Singapore and Malaysian equivalents, a lessee records most equipment leases as an asset and a debt...
Singapore's Category A and B COE premiums nearly converged in 2026
Singapore's Category A and B COE premiums finished a median S$2,750 apart over the bidding exercises from January to Sep...
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Taiwan's bigger child exemption for 2026 income, and the families it leaves unchanged
From 2026 income, Taiwan's exemption for each minor child rises to NT$151,500. For a salaried couple with two school-age...
Hong Kong salaries tax for 2026/27, with the allowances that changed this year
Hong Kong's 2026/27 salaries tax, as legislated so far, takes HK$790 more from many single taxpayers than 2025/26 did, d...
Hong Kong has charged every flat buyer the same stamp duty rates since 2024
Since 28 February 2024 every buyer of a Hong Kong flat pays the same ad valorem stamp duty rates. The 2026 table, what a...
Malaysian road tax in 2026 depends on where the car lives
The same 1,998cc saloon pays RM379 in road tax in the Peninsula and RM273.50 in Sabah or Sarawak, and the gap grows with...
The notes that can go in an ang bao for Lunar New Year 2027
Lunar New Year 2027 falls on 6 February. Which notes you can get for an ang bao, lai see or 紅包 in Singapore, Malaysia,...
Taiwan labour and health insurance deductions, grade by grade
What comes off a Taiwan salary for labour, employment and health insurance in 2026, why it is never salary times a rate,...
Bride price in mainland China has no legal cap, but a court can order it returned
No law caps a bride price in mainland China, but court rules say when it must come back, and in six model cases the shar...
Why China withholds more tax from the same salary by December
A ¥20,000 salary in China is withheld ¥318 in January and ¥1,060 from May. The tax is annual and the payslip is a runnin...
How much MPF comes out of your salary in Hong Kong
You and your employer each pay 5% of your relevant income, you pay nothing below HK$7,100 a month, and neither of you pa...
How to write the amount on a Hong Kong cheque in words
English or Chinese are both accepted, and whichever you write, the words beat the figures. Write HK$10,001 in Chinese an...
Following S$10,000 through a Singapore T-bill auction
A Singapore T-bill's headline rate looks directly comparable with a fixed deposit's. Following S$10,000 through the Sept...
The 916 on a gold chain means something different in Malaysia and Singapore
Malaysian regulations make the fineness stamp compulsory, fix 22 karat as 916 rather than 917, and force the receipt to...
A Singapore credit report can come back with no score at all
Credit Bureau Singapore grades borrowers AA to HH — but five other grades carry no score, and two of them are adverse fi...
Singapore's core inflation leaves out a third of the price index
MAS Core Inflation drops accommodation and private transport, which together carry 35.6% of the 2024-based CPI. Most of...
Malaysia banned the Rule of 78, and the Rule of 78 was never the expensive part
On Bank Negara's own worked example the Rule of 78 costs an early settler at most about RM632 on a RM100,000 loan. Readi...
The South Asian number ladder that no two countries share
Lakh and crore are usually presented as one regional system continuing upward into arab and kharab. Take the ladder to f...
Why a Pay Rise Won't Grow Your Pension
The OECD says Thailand's pension replaces 41.5% of an average wage and 20.7% of twice that. Singapore falls from 57.6% t...
Thailand Raised Your Social Security Deduction. It Also Raised Your Pension.
The wage ceiling had not moved since 1995. On 1 January 2026 it went from THB 15,000 to THB 17,500, and it is scheduled...
Vietnam Salary Deductions Explained (2026): New Tax Brackets, Insurance and Take-Home Pay
Your tax bill fell in January 2026, not July — on a ₫30,000,000 salary that is ₫450,000 a month. Seven brackets became f...
Philippine Salary Deductions Explained (2026): SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG and Tax
Your offer says ₱30,000 and your payslip says ₱26,542.45. Here is exactly where the rest goes — the three contributions...
What a Tuition Total Leaves Out
Our own calculator says a four-year degree costs $54,400, and discloses that it excludes fee changes between years. We m...
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