Author Archives: Colin Comerford

Retirement Relief – Business Owners

Cute Deer

We will discuss a recent case that involved Retirement Relief and farming. This case is not only relevant to farmers but to business owners too. It came up on my news feed last night and piqued my interest. How much tax was in play? What were the circumstances and who won? I got stuck into

Bookkeeping – Go Paperless

Xero Gold Partner

Bookkeeping – Go Paperless. Yeah right! Sure, how can we do that? I can hear you all now. That fella is pulling our leg! And why would you want to go paperless anyway? What’s in it for me? We will explore further and make a case for it by looking at. Does paper cost money?

Separation and Divorce a Taxing Issue

Broken heart- game over

In this blog, we will see how Separation and Divorce is a taxing issue for many people. They only find this out after the fact. We have seen this to be problematic in a few cases where people came to us for help getting things right. It’s not an area you would expect a person

Landlords Tax Changes in 2023

Beautiful cottage

Landlords Tax Changes in 2023 We will look at Landlords tax changes in 2023. While the focus of this is to look at changes, we will also look at some planning tips. The main areas to focus on are Pre-letting expenditure Retrofitting Rent tax credit Planning Tips   The changes came in from the 1st

Why Outsource your Bookkeeping

Time for change

Happy New Year to all our readers. We will look at the reasons why you should outsource your bookkeeping. The plan is to compare what your bookkeeping looks like now to what it could look like. Some people are not into the numbers. Our client once told us that he’d rather pick potatoes for a

Business Owners – 5 Tips for 2023

2023

  For Business owners, we will look at 5 tips for 2023.   So much happens in such a short time it is difficult to have thinking time. Work, family, events, and now Christmas presents and the Christmas dinner. It is hectic. You will relate to this “By working faithfully eight hours a day you

Cash in Your Company

Plan for success

Cash in Your Company – What to do with it? Have you cash in your company? Do you know what to do with it? What do the directors do with it and how do they make it work for them? The main points we will focus on are   Salary/Dividends Benefits Pension Invest Cash extraction

Transferring your Business to a Company

cash

We will look at the tax considerations of transferring your business to a company. The main points we will cover are Goodwill. Is there any? Sell your business for shares Sell your business for cash Potential Tax reliefs Other considerations Summary Goodwill. Is there any? Goodwill. You sell your business to a third party and

Creating a Valuable Business

Apple

Creating a valuable business to sell or pass on to the next generation. This was the theme for an early morning event with Waterford Chamber and PWC. Numbers were low and given the weather, it was a wonder anyone was there at all. Those of us who were got great benefit from the presentation by

Debt Warehousing Payment Plan

Plan

Debt Warehousing Payment Plan We will look at a debt warehousing payment plan. As a quick recap, Debt warehousing came into play to enable a business to warehouse its tax debts. Revenue love their acronyms and would call this the DWPP. Sounds like a political party! For most businesses period 2 ends on the 31st