Sunday 5th February 2012

CGT Treatment of Anglo Irish Bank Share Losses

As an Anglo Irish Bank Shareholder, the value of your stake in the bank was not finalised on the nationalisation of the bank earlier this year. According to Minister of Finance Brian Lenihan an assessor would be appointed at a … 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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Non Principal Private Residence €200 tax

Have you paid the new Non Principal Private Residence Tax Charge?  The deadline for this charge is the 30th September. You can pay it online from  https://www.nppr.ie/ All you need to pay this is your PPS number, address of property … 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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Child Benefit – Proposed changes

The Commission on Taxation’s job was to make suggestions across the spectrum of tax and social payments and Child benefit is proving to be one of the most vexing issues. But they will be recommending to the Government next week that Child Benefit is made taxable. How would Taxing Child Benefit work? Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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). … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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