Sunday 5th February 2012

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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Budget 2011 Date announced

Surprising a few, Brian Lenihan has revealed the date of Budget 2011 quite early this year.   The Budget has been set for Tuesday 7th December. It is thought that some of the Budget deficit will have to be made up … Continue reading

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Budget 2010 Public sector pay cuts

In todays Budget 2010, Brian Lenihan announced Public Sector pay Cuts. Check out our Budget calculator for details of the pay cuts and how they will affect you. The Budget calculator will be updated after the budget annoucement this evening. … Continue reading

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Budget 2010 & Childcare Supplement

A lot of the focus in the upcoming budget will focus on Child Benefit, your childcare supplement payments will be affected in 2010. While the Childcare supplement will not form part of the Budget 2010 proposals, it is worth remembering … Continue reading

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Health Levy & Reducing it’s impact on your Salary

A few weeks ago we spoke about how fundamentals errors in the implementation of the Health Levy could result in a €1,000 gross pay rise could result in less money in your pocket after tax.  We hope the government clears … Continue reading

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How a pay rise can leave you worse off

You can be up to €1,040 worse off for increase in salary in Health Levy fiasco. Tax system means a €1,000 pay rise can leave you €290 worse off depending on how much you earn. Lets see this in action … Continue reading

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Equitable but not Neutral

Just some quick thoughts on the Commission on Taxation and Stamp Duty. One of the main thrusts of the commission on taxation is that its purpose was not to increase the tax burden, but rather to distribute it more fairly. … Continue reading

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