Category Archives: Business Growth

Why your bookkeeping is rubbish

Rubbish

It’s so much more than just a compliance task. “Rubbish” may be a strong word to use, but we so often see entrepreneurs restricting their own business’s growth by limiting their bookkeeping to basic record-keeping. While this fulfils compliance purposes for Revenue, it doesn’t even scratch the surface of the powerful insights you could gain

Company Taxes – The Basics

Business meeting

We’ll have a look at Company Taxes – The Basics, so please stick with me as it’s a hard sell. The best way to do this is by using an example to run through the basics. This will help you stay awake. Trust me on this one. Let’s delve into Introduction The Agenda The Meeting

Tax Tips for Farmers

Farm animals

Let’s explore some Tax Tips for Farmers. Podge is a good friend of mine and a client too. Back in my hurling days, I used to mark him in training and he in turn marked me too. Still have the scars on my back. War wounds he calls them. Young Podge is in employment and

Tips to Save Corporation Tax

Save Money

Company Directors. Listen up. Tips to save Corporation Tax will be important to you in the coming months. The Corporation Tax [CT] deadline for companies with a 31 December 2022 year end is the 23rd of September. That is the last day to file your CT return and pay the balance owing for 2022. Let’s

Decision Time for Company Directors – Bonus

Decision Time

It’s decision time for many company directors across the country. Should I take a bonus? We will look at a few examples of what I am talking about. One of which is how your business can help with personal wealth. The focus will be on Bar Coad Ltd and the options for Tommy. Talking points

Starting a New Business

Shop open

I had a meeting this week with Bridget Higgins who is starting a new business. Already working, this is a new gig for her, and she wants to get things right from the start. It got me thinking that we didn’t write anything about this before. Plus, it could help to point you in the

Bookkeeping – A Partnership Approach

We are in this together

We will look at bookkeeping and how a partnership approach can make your life easier. Plus, it can improve the bottom line and put more cash in your pocket. Introducing you to Conor and Amy [their real names] we will touch on some of the things that helped them. And why they decided to use

Company Investments – Investment Bonds

Investment Growth

We will look at Company Investments and Investment Bonds. We will introduce you to Don Gotti, the king of Dundalk. Companies will look to invest some of their excess cash. The purpose of this blog is to give you some information about a company investing in an investment bond. And comparing that to direct investing.

Bookkeeping – Nail the foundations

Bookkeeping foundations

Bookkeeping – Nail the foundations. Why should I do that? What’s in it for me? What even are the foundations? Sure, I’ll be grand. But will you? This isn’t a lecture about you should do this and if you don’t then you are in big trouble. It is more to discuss what the basics are

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?