Yesterday, November 14th, was the last day of the Income Tax return season to file your 2023 return. It wasn’t a day of panic in the Comerford Foley office. Firstly, we weren’t in the office, as we were working remotely. Plus, the team had everything under control, although there were a few loose ends to
These are 10 Tax Saving Tips for your 2023 Returns. The filing date, at the time of writing this, is 6 days away. But you have until the 14th of November, if paying and filing online through ROS. You must file an Income Tax return under certain circumstances. These include being self-employed or a company
Let’s look at budget 2025 and 10 takeaways from that. It’s not a blog divided into two with the first part looking at the budget. The second part reviews 10 takeaways like Indian, chippers, and Chinese! I know I know you are all budgeted to death at this stage. Me too. But while we all
Get the latest update from Revenue. Newsflash. Find out their focus areas so they can take more money out of your pocket. As an organisation, they are brilliant at what they do. Collecting taxes is the game and we are all saints and sinners in the match. The saints are the good lads who pay
We provide a collection agent service to our non-resident landlord clients. We’ll talk about what the service is, why you need it, and what we do and don’t do. Plus, we’ll give you an example of how it all works. The main focus points will be Non-resident landlord What we do What we don’t do
This blog aims to give you some insight into taking a dividend from your company. Sometimes, clients ask us, “Is it better to take a salary of a dividend?” In most cases, a salary or bonus is better but not always and it will depend on the circumstances. The big advantage of salary is that
This week we’ll look at travel expenses and proper records to pay them without deducting tax. Expenses for travel and subsistence is a focus area for Revenue. What isn’t a focus area for Revenue these days? I’ll introduce you to Slim Milkman who had a run-in with Revenue. They wanted €300,000 from Slim’s company for
Mary O’Leary had a Revenue Profile Interview earlier this month. Mary is an auctioneer. It was mid-July and Mary was sitting in her office after her morning coffee on the seafront. Pat, the friendly postman, drops the day’s mail on the desk, and off he saunters again. Mary has half switched off as her holiday
This week we’ll look at some CGT Tips when selling property. I’ve been sorting out the taxes on several property disposals over the last few months. None have been straightforward. It’s not that they have been difficult but there have been little quirks in each case. I want to give you some tips. This should
So, yes there was a sole trader to limited company last week. We introduced you to Prince Murphy and some of the main taxes when making the change. These included Income Tax and Corporation Tax. It was very insightful to see the tax savings over many years. We also touched on the salary that Prince
