What’s a Principal Private Residence then?
Principal Private Residence – Why it matters
What’s your Principal Private Residence? This has massive tax implications across many areas of tax. In our experience this causes a lot of confusion.
What is it
According to Paul Young, wherever he lays his hat, that’s his home. There’s a bit of all of us who like that defination, but [...]
Mortgage Interest Relief – Wednesday Club
Wednesday Club Blog – Mortgage Interest Relief
If you are one of the many people who took the plunge and bought your home since 2002, during the infamous Celtic Tiger, you would have been entitled to claim Mortgage Interest Relief or tax relief at source (TRS). With effect from 1st May 2009 the number of tax [...]
Calculate my Mortgage Interest Relief
So you have a new/existing mortgage or loan relating to your home and want to know how much you are due in mortgage interest relief. there are 3 questions you need to ask yourself in relation to this:
Have I an eligible loan?
Am I a First Time Buyer (FTB)?
What are the rates of relief?
We have looked [...]
Mortgage Interest Relief – are you a 1st time Buyer?
So much changed for mortgage holders in the April 2009 emergency Budget. Many who previously had mortgage interest relief lost it, and for others the amount they received changed.
We have already looked at eligiblility in a previous post (Here). Once you have checked that you are eligible, the next step is to see [...]
Mortgage Interest Relief – is my loan eligible?
Following the emergency budget in April 2009, a number of changes were made to mortgage interest relief. These affected
Who is eligible for mortgage interest relief
How much relief you will get
We’re going to look at who is eligible for mortgage interest relief here. In later posts, we will look at how much relief you are [...]





