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Latest News on Income Tax, Tax Refunds and money matters in Ireland

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 perspective, you will not be able to claim tax relief on Registration fees, but may be able to [...]

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 of tax back that can be reclaimed.
These are these main changes:
More Refunds
You are still allowed [...]

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 and two cleanings per year. You’re also entitled to significant cost reductions on fillings/extraction/root canal and host [...]

DIRT Tax refunds for over 65’s

If you are over 65, you may not need to pay DIRT (Deposit Interest Retention Tax) on your deposit income.
Exemption limits:
As of 2009, if you earn less than €20,000 as a single person, or €40,000 as a married couple then you are exemption from DIRT tax.
This exemption is increased for each dependent person by amounts [...]

Medical Insurance tax credit

Probably the least understood of the common Tax Reliefs is the Medical Insurance Tax Relief – so many people miss out on this tax relief!
How does it work?
If you pay for Medical Insurance to an Insurer direct or through your employer, you will receive this relief at source. i.e. your premium is reduced, so you [...]

Tax on ISEQ ETF Dividends

While most dividends are taxable in Ireland at your highest rate of tax, one very popular dividend paying investment in Ireland does not. However, many people will miss out on this advantage if they do not complete there tax returns correctly and could easily overpay on tax.
With the ISEQ 20 ® ETF, the rate [...]

Are you paying the Income Levy when you should be Exempt?

The Income Levy was introduced for 2009 and within 4 months was doubled for most people in the April 2009 Budget.  But should you be paying Income levy?
It’s worth checking if you are exempt from the income levy.  You are exempt from the income levy if:

Your income for a year does not exceed €15,028 p.a.
You [...]

PAYE Taxpayers missing out on Tax Credits – Survey

The Irish Taxation Institute (ITI) in conjunction with Red C have released a survey of PAYE taxpayers in Ireland, with the following main points:

40% of Irish taxpayers are not claiming basic reliefs due to them
19% of Irish taxpayers are now using a Tax Service to handle their tax affairs
1/3 of respondants let their employer handle [...]

New Blog

Welcome to our new blog. Though we are open a while, we are all very excited to get our blog up and running.
Here, we will discuss money matters and tax relating to PAYE employment in Ireland.
But in particular we will pay attention to Tax Refunds and the things that help us get them such [...]

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