
Student loan policy not enough to keep young people in the country - tax lawyer
National is just "kicking a can down the road" with its promised changes to student loan debt, according to a tax lawyer. David Ananth says reducing the compulsory repayment rate from 12 cents to 10 cents on every dollars earned above $24,000 isn't enough of a reward to stop newly qualified students leaving the country without paying their debt off. Tax lawyer, David Ananth spoke to Melissa Chan-Green.
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