Sunday 5th February 2012

Category Archives: Tax Refunds

Single Parents Tax

Wednesday Club on Single Parents Tax Credit Aaaaah, the Single Parent Tax Credit.  This is the tax credit that causes the most consternation in our office.  Bit like some Blur song I can’t quite remember the name of, you have … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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Married – How to be assessed?

Just Married?  Congrats!  This week in the Wednesday club we spoke about how you may have potential wedding pressies from the taxman! If your taxes are not updated you could be missing out on vital tax credits that could make a big … Continue reading

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Claiming for Tuition Fees

Wednesday Club Blog – Claiming Tuition Fees When’s a Tuition Fee a Registration fee? Of the many questions we are asked regarding tuition fees, the most common relate to the difference between Registration fees and Tuition Fees. From a tax … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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Why you might be due Home Carers Tax Credit

Home Carers Tax Credit iinitially started as a House Wife’s tax credit, for the stay at home mum minding the children. But we more and more find that a Married couple will be due this for a partner who has been made redundant and is not working – and this can be either the Mother or Father of the house. Continue reading

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Single parents reviewed by Revenue

Are you a Single Parent? Not the most complicated question I hear you say - most of us instinctively know the answer to this question and feel it true for our own situation.  But the Revenue Commissioners take a more definite … Continue reading

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Wednesday Club On Rent Tax Credit

   In the Wednesday club this week we were talking about RENT TAX CREDIT.  Who can and cannot claim, how much we can claim (the rates of relief), what information do we need to claim this tax credit and what … Continue reading

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Latest on Service Charges Tax Credit

Latest from the Wednesday Club Service Charges Tax Credits were the topic of conversation in the Wednesday club this week. Most of us just consider claiming tax back on our refuse charges when we think about service charges relief. However, not … Continue reading

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Wednesday Club on Medical Insurance

Here is one tax credit that not may people are aware of – Medical Insurance Tax Relief. Some 2.3 million people in Ireland are current subscripting to Private Health Insurance. Most subscribers are either paying their health insurance premiums directly … Continue reading

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Employment Expenses & Trade Unions

Why have we paired Employment Expenses and Trade Unions together in the first Wednesday Club?  Well Jobs that get employment expenses tend to be Unionised.  Jobs that get great employment expenses tend to be highly, highly Unionised. So you get occupations like … Continue reading

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Wednesday Club Launched!

Hi to all, How do we achieve great Tax Refunds? Want to know one of our business secrets? We have a fantastic record in reclaiming tax refunds and we spend a lot of time making sure those refunds are the … Continue reading

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Air Travel tax refunds

Claiming Tax Refunds for cancelled flights with RyanAir and Aer Lingus. In this era of cheap flights, You can travel with Aer Lingus and Ryanair for airfares of €10 or less.  So how come the ticket invariably costs at least … Continue reading

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Redundancy: Incorrect calculation costs employee €16,000 in Tax

Redundancy tax calculation error results in €16,000 overpaid in tax. See examples of how redundancy tax can be calculated incorrectly. Continue reading

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income levy refunds

Are you due an income levy refund? Here are 8 top reasons people may be able to claim back overpaid income levy amounts in 2009. Get your Income Levy tax back now with Red Oak Tax Refunds. Continue reading

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Claiming Tax Back – What’s New

If you are looking to claim a tax back for 2009, the picture has changed somewhat from previous years.  Some of the changes will mean you are due less of a tax refund, other changes have increased the amount of … Continue reading

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Thanks for the thanks!

We don’t normally publish feedback we get from our customers, but we were especially delighted with the following from Michelle and couldn’t resist! “Thanks a million for all your help over the past few weeks. Unfortunately I don’t have access … Continue reading

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Shopping for medical treatment

Gone are the days when you would go to your local GP or dentist for all treatments, there is now a truly global industry in the provision of medical services. It doesn’t seem that long ago that pictures of Shane … Continue reading

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Dental benefits from PRSI

Are you paying for visits to your dentist which you should be receiving as a benefit for paying PRSI or for having a medical card? What’s Covered In general, a normal person with healthy teeth will get one dental examination … Continue reading

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Don’t bin service charges tax refunds

Are we throwing money in the bin by not claiming tax refunds for the cost of our waste disposal? This is one of the more commonly claimed tax credits, but still a large % of home owners and renters miss … Continue reading

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