Martin lewis issues warning after woman 'loses' £10,000 inheritance
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From mortgages to interest rates on different savings accounts, Martin Lewis regularly shares his money insights. This week, the Money Saving Expert founder spoke about student loans, during
his appearance on the Ask Martin Lewis Podcast, which is available to listen to via BBC Sounds. Responding, Martin worked through an example situation of a student who has £30,000 of
outstanding student loan, on the Plan 2 system. "What they repay is nine percent of everything earned above the threshold. The threshold is currently £26,575," he said. In the
scenario, he suggested the student earned £31,575. Martin and Naga worked through the maths, to highlight that nine percent of the £5,000 of earnings above the threshold would need to be
paid - meaning £450 per year. DON'T MISS Taking another example, Martin suggested the former student owed £300,000. "Can't really happen, but let's go with it," he
said. Based on annual income remaining at £31,575, the pair worked out that £450 would still be paid each year. And, Martin went on to demonstrate how the same figure would be paid even if
the debt was £3million. "So, the amount that you owe, which is what everybody talks about, does not affect what you repay each year," he concluded. "What you repay depends
solely on what you earn. In fact the only difference the amount you owe makes is whether you will clear the debt or not within the 30 years before it wipes. "And the stats show 83
percent of current university leavers - and I'm talking the Plan 2 system which is England and Wales starters from 2012 onwards - will not repay in full before it wipes. "So the
amount of debt they have is mostly irrelevant. They will simply repay nine percent of what they earn - even if they owed £3million, it wouldn't matter," he continued. Martin went
on to state that he was anti-quick repayments, explaining it was due to a woman he had once met. "She was a relatively low earner, and she got an inheritance of £10,000 roughly,"
he recalled. "She then decided - because it was her only debt, and we know that generally we say you should lose any money to overpay debts first - she paid off her student loan.
"It was only afterwards she realised that, as I've just explained, 83 percent of people won't clear in full over the 30 years. But because she was a relatively low earner, by
overpaying that £10,000, it wouldn't actually reduce what she paid on the student loan ever, and she would still repay nine percent of everything she earned over the threshold for the
next 30 years. "So, she'd thrown that money away. And if you make voluntary repayments through your student loan, you cannot get the money back, as if you can if you make an
accidental overpayment. "So she had lost £10,000 and there was zero benefit to her of overpaying." _THE ASK MARTIN LEWIS PODCAST IS AVAILABLE TO LISTEN TO NOW VIA BBC SOUNDS._
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