Regarding their financial situation

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Scenario:

A couple, Timmy and Jenny have come to see you regarding their financial situation. Timmy works for a consulting firm earning $80,000 per annum (take home pay of $2286.47 per fortnight after tax and other deductions). Jenny is currently a stay home mother taking care of their one-year-old child, which saves them in child care expenses of $450 per week. Before having the baby, Jenny worked as an early childhood teacher earning $45,000 per year ($1401.00 after tax and other deductions). They know that money has been tight and they have only saved $3,000 in a current account.

Timmy and Jenny have provided the following information to you:

- The couple are currently renting a house which is costing them $450 per week.

-They have two cell phones each on $40 per month plans

- Power bills estimated to be $150 per month

- Internet and phone plan cost them $70 per month

- They spend about $150 per week on incidental expenses like clothing and entertainment

- Food costs them about $150 per week

- Timmy buses to work with his monthly bus pass costing $120 per month

- The couple also have a car that they have just bought for $15,000 with a 5-year loan at 14.75%. The car comes with costs of $287.75 per year for registration and needs two warrants of fitness per year costing $60 each

- They spend $25 per week on petrol

- The car is now worth $12,000

- In terms of debt, they have $7,000 of personal loan which they pay 151.67 per month.

- They also recently replaced some household appliances and so have hire purchase debt of $4,600 which is costing them $150 per fortnight in repayments for the next 3 years

- Both the personal and hire purchase have interest rates of 22.5%

- The value of their household items, including their hire purchase items is $15,000

- Timmy has accumulated $1750 in his Rabosaver (a type of saving account) fund account.

Based on the above information, calculate:

1) Set one appropriate short-term financial goal for the couple and another long-term goal on purchasing a house at $500,000 with a 20% deposit.

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