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      <title>Payroll or a sole proprietor: what the same sum leaves</title>
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      <description>The employer spends 36 600 ₴, an employee gets 23 100 ₴, a sole proprietor 32 501.66 ₴. Why the employee&apos;s share is always 63.1 % and what the gap buys.</description>
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      <title>Where to put 100 000 ₴ without losing to inflation</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>A deposit, bonds, a fund, currency and cash on one sum: after one year, five and ten. A deposit needs 12.43 % just to draw level with prices.</description>
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      <title>What a 1 % fee eats over 20 years</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>A fee is charged on assets, not profit: 1 % a year takes 18 % of the final sum and almost a quarter of the profit - or 35 months of your time.</description>
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      <title>Tax on passive income: 23 % and the exceptions</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Income tax and the military levy on deposits, bonds, rent and dividends: where it is 23 %, where 10 %, where nothing, and who pays it for you.</description>
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      <title>Government bonds for beginners: where to buy</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>A bank app, Diia or a broker, which fees to look for, and why a 1 % purchase fee costs a one-year bond over a percentage point of yield.</description>
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      <title>Mortgage: how the down payment and term add up</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Every 100 000 ₴ down cuts the overpayment by 67 276 ₴, while 10 years instead of 5 doubles it. A 2 million flat at the NBU&apos;s 11.29 %.</description>
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      <title>Dollar or hryvnia deposit: the rate decides</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>NBU averages: 12.63 % in hryvnias versus 1.07 % in currency. At what exchange rate a dollar deposit catches up, and what your bank&apos;s rate changes.</description>
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      <title>Repaying a loan early: the payment or the term</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How much an early payment saves, why a shorter term wins, and how to work out your own case in the calculator.</description>
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      <title>How a compounding deposit is calculated</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Where the effective rate comes from, why the compounding frequency changes the result, and what tax takes.</description>
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      <title>Government bonds or a deposit: which pays more</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>A like-for-like comparison: after tax, a deposit trails government bonds by far more than the rate gap suggests.</description>
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      <title>How much capital it takes to live off interest</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Working out the capital a passive income needs, and how long it takes to build at different contributions.</description>
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      <title>How long capital lasts under monthly withdrawals</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Why indexing withdrawals cuts the term by over a third, and why doubling the capital adds no years at all.</description>
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      <title>Annuity or classic: what the choice costs</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The two repayment schedules on one loan, where the early payments go, and how fees lift the true rate.</description>
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      <title>Real returns: what is left of 12.63 %</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How to work out a real rate, why a 12.63 % deposit leaves about 1.5 % in real terms, and what a million is worth in ten years.</description>
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