Category Archives: Tax Tips

Land Rover Discovery – Car or Van for BIK?

Land Rover Discover

Is the Land Rover Discovery a car or van for BIK? This is relevant to other similar types vehicles taxed as “commercial” for Vat and VRT. You will get to meet Tom Dunne and Bill Flynn, directors of Bigbiceps Ltd [BBL], a supplement supplier. The main areas of focus are Car or Van – what’s

Single Person Child Carer Credit

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This week we will look at the Single Person Child Carer Credit [SPCCC]. It is a little tricky and warrants 12 pages of guidance in a recently updated Revenue manual. It’s important to understand the rules. We will introduce you to a primary claimant and a secondary claimant. You’ll meet the Bagges. And find out

Retirement Relief – 5 Tips

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We will take a closer look at Retirement Relief and give you 5 Tips that can help you plan. “When I get older losing my hair Many years from now Will you still be sending me a Valentine Birthday greetings bottle of wine If I’d been out till quarter to three Would you lock the

Separation and Divorce a Taxing Issue

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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

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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

Ten Last-Minute Tax Tips

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Our focus is to give you ten last-minute tax tips that could save you some money before the Income-tax deadline. The idea for this came from a tax meeting I had with a friend, Dash O’Donnell, who has a local business. Dash has a very good accountant but only found out about her large tax

Tax Returns 2021 – Saving Clients Money

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We are filing our client’s tax returns for 2021 so we are busy saving clients money. These are not the typical tax saving tips you will hear about. Let’s call them alternative tax tips. Our advice is “don’t do your own tax return” and this is best summed up by a quote from Albert Einstein.

Buying Commercial Property in a Company – 5 Tax Tips

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We look at 5 Tax tips when buying commercial property in a company. It can make good investment sense. But you should know what you are getting into. The taxes we focus on are Stamp Duty Vat Tax rate & surcharge Pay a dividend Selling the property Dick Jagger arranges to meet you. I can’t

5 Tax Benefits for 2022 and 2023

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We will look at 5 Tax benefits for 2022 and 2023 for employees and business owners. Some come into effect now and others will kick in in 2023. Our main focus will be on Increase in the lower rate band Increase in tax credits Rent Tax Credit USC – increase in 2% band Small Benefit

Autumn Tax Update

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Letters, letters, and more letters. They are on the way. In this Autumn Tax update, we will let you know what’s coming down the line for businesses. The main points we will look at are Debt Warehousing – Self Review Debt Warehousing – End of Period 2 Local Property Tax Ulster and KBC bank accounts