Friday 18th May 2012

Public Sector payslip 2011

Example impact of changes from Decembers Budget for a Teacher If you are working in the public sector, and particularly as a teacher, you will find the following video useful.  It illustrates the impact on a Teachers payslip of the … Continue reading

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2011 NPPR notification

NPPR payment due on second properties If you have a second property and have registered it as a Non Principal Private Residence, then you will have received a notification today that your NPPR for 2011 is now due. The NPPR payment can … Continue reading

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Trends in Tax Refunds in 2011

Who’s Claiming Tax Refunds in 2011? With all the changes in the Tax System in the last few years, you can easily lose track of what you can claim with in excess of 200 Tax Credits and Income Deductions available … Continue reading

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2011 Bin tax refunds

Service Charges Tax Credit. Way back in the Budget in December 2009, it was announced that the services charges tax credit would be abolished in 2011. But there was no mention of Service Charges in the 4 year plan, which … Continue reading

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Rent Relief – 2011 tax credit reduction

2011 Rent Relief Currently renting If you are currently receiving rent relief, Budget 2011 announced changes in the maximum amount of rent paid that you can get relief upon  as follows: So, for a single person under 55 in 2010, … Continue reading

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10 things you should know about your 2010 P60

Welcome to 2011!  If you were working at the end of the year, you will receive a P60 from your employer soon. 2010 P60 Probably the most important and most talked about bit of post you will receive this time … Continue reading

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P60 Example 2010

Aaaaahhhh!  It’s my P60!  So many numbers, so much information, I don’t understand it, I think I’ll file it away for now. If you were working at the end of the year, you should be getting a copy of P60 in the … Continue reading

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Budget 2011 – Tax Cuts and Levy increases

So you have checked on the Budget Calculator how you are affected by Budget 2011 – see below how some other people are affected by the changes. Single person Earning €30,0000 – Better Off! Jenny earns €30,000 a year and … Continue reading

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Landlords forced into tax net

3 prong strategy forcing landlords into declaring rental income   What have the 2nd Property Tax, PRTB Tenant Registration and the Rent Relief Tax Credit got in common?  They can all be used by Revenue to identify Landlords who are … Continue reading

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4 year plan – the Income Tax Changes

Front loading with 2/3′s of increases in Budget 2011 Lots of reaction to the 4 year National Recovery plan issued today, but we wanted to give you a bit more information on what income tax changes have been signaled today … Continue reading

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2006 Tax Refunds

Last Chance to Claim 2006 Tax Back If you were working in 2006 and think you may be due a tax refund, the deadline for claims to be completed is in December.  Officially its the 31st December, but last year … Continue reading

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Budget 2011: First line drawn by backbenchers

Backbenchers say no (ish) to pension cuts. Some Fianna Fail backbenchers today drew a tentative first line in the sand regarding cuts in the forthcoming budget – with a threat to pension drawing their ire. Michael Kennedy (Dublin North) and  Chris … Continue reading

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Buying Home Insurance

Home Insurance: Save Money & Stay Covered Top Tips:  Make sure when renewing Home Insurance to Shop around and check your policiy conditions Shopping around is never a waste of time. Securing quotes from all of the home insurance providers … Continue reading

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Budget 2011: Labour release some proposals

New Upper Rate of 48% if you earn over €100k In the last week, the Labour gave some indication as to what they would do in the next budget.  Specifically, regarding taxation they mentioned: A new upper tax rate of … Continue reading

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Universal Social Charge

The ESRI published it’s latest pre budget briefings and in it outlined a proposed Universal Social Charge.  They are proposing that this be introduced in the next Budget as a Revenue Neutral Item. Why a Univeral Social Charge? If it’s … Continue reading

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