Tag Archives: Tax Tips

Tax Efficiency Saves Money

Women working together to save money

We’ll look at some examples of how tax efficiency saves money. Plus, introduce you to the main stars of this blog, the Toners. By claiming everything they can and making a few changes the Toners will save thousands in a tax year. It could be the difference between a holiday in Portugal or a day

Tax Refunds

Safe

To give this blog its full title I should call it Tax Refunds and the Millions Left Out There. Hundreds of millions. And it’s your money. Plus, Revenue don’t make it easy for you to get it back. It’s locked away in their secure vault! I’ve had a few different meetings in the last few

Mortgage Interest Relief 2023

Money

I know Mortgage Interest Relief isn’t the most exciting topic in the world. But would an extra €1,250 in your pocket excite you? Most of the tax changes in the recent budget apply from 1 January 2024. Not mortgage interest relief though. It applies for 2023. We’ll take a closer look at What it is

Family Wages and Company Expenses

Courtroom

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

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

Non-Resident Taxes – Times Are A-Changin’

Moving abroad

Like the Bob Dylan song, in the world of Non-Resident Taxes, the times are a-changin’. Not before time too as there was a lot wrong with the old system. But there’s no point looking into the past. It’s time to drive on and embrace the new. We will look at George and Amy Wong Non-Resident

Tax Tips for Accidental Landlords

stressed woman with a glass of wine

We will look at some tax tips for accidental landlords. We all hear about landlords exiting the market in their droves. A perfect storm of rising interest rates, rent pressure zones, and plenty of red tape. The tax system here can quickly squeeze out the already squeezed middle. The purpose of this is to help

Property Purchase in Trust

Property Purchase in Trust

I had a meeting on Monday that involved a property purchase in trust for a child. This isn’t something we would see often so I needed to do some prep and get more information. It turned out to be a very interesting meeting and has me doing some head scratching since. We will look at

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

Saving money

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.