Whatever you do “don’t do your own payroll”, I told Mary a potential client on Wednesday. We’ll look at some of the reasons why I think that’s good advice. Mary is an educated lady but isn’t a payroll specialist. But surely there can’t be that much to it? Oh, there is, and more. Let’s look
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
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
The Universal Social Charge [USC] came in after the financial crisis. It was to be a temporary tax and used to bolster the government finances. This was at a time of frequent visits by members of the IMF. But what was temporary has now become permanent. The USC is a tax, plain and simple. There
Payroll. It isn’t easy you know. I see it as a mixture of IT, Payroll, Tax, and HR. Payroll is something I love doing. There’s great satisfaction in helping clients and their employees. A small difference in take -home pay can prompt a call to find out what’s going on. We are in an era
Enhanced Reporting Requirements [ERR] is almost upon us. We are going to give our top ten tips to help you cut through the jargon. Some of the tips need action before the end of this year. Our ERR 10 tips will focus on What is ERR When is it coming in What you have to
Getting a tax refund on ceasing employment has surfaced a couple of times in recent weeks. The most relevant and eye-opening one was in a prospect meeting earlier this week. Both involved an exit package from their employers. So, there was a bonus or termination payment on top of salary at the time of ceasing.
We’ll look at a dispute for a deduction for family wages and company expenses between Revenue and a taxpayer. This arises from a recent tax appeals case that has some very interesting lessons. Let’s call the taxpayer Sanjay Singh. We’ll focus on Introduction Background Evidence for Sanjay Case for Revenue Outcome Lessons Introduction Sanjay is
We investigate the weird world of tax credit certs for 2023 and the stranger things we have seen this year. When I say weird, I mean taxpayers expecting to see an increase in their net take-home pay. But the opposite happens. They get less and a lot less as you will see. We will go
