Author Archives: Colin Comerford

VAT Tips

Girl cyring

This week, I’ll give you some VAT tips. I was thinking about how I’ll make VAT sound exciting. And what about a song that would jazz up the blog a bit? I found a song, but the exciting bit is a stretch. And you’ll have to be a certain vintage to know the song! Yet

Tax Refunds for Non-Residents

Happy woman with lots of €10 notes

A tax refund for a non-resident is one of the first cases before the Tax Appeals Commission this year. It’s a short case at 10 pages. When the page numbers are low, it’s usually not a good outcome for the taxpayer. Then you read the first page, and you know there’s only one result here.

Everything is Changing

Sigma and Poloma Faith Changing

Everything is Changing is a song by Paloma Faith and Sigma, which I love. I was always a grunge man of the mid-90s. Think Nirvana, Pearl Jam and the Smashing Pumpkins. But I’m partial to a banging dance tune, and this is one of those. Hell down, heaven down Living in the same town Tryna

Moving Assets from your Company

Property and savings

We’ll look at moving assets from your company to another company. We’ll also examine why you’d want to do that. And how a holding company structure is a good option for you. Let’s look at Background Why move assets? Holding company Group Structure Summary Background Tom Hillfigure owns 100% of Wetgear Ltd, a farm clothing

Tax Clearance

Tax clearance refused

Having tax clearance all the time is very desirable. You only know this when you don’t have it. It could be that you don’t have it now, but don’t realise it. It’s not desirable or attractive in the James Bond sense, but more in the “this puts money in my pocket sense”. Not only that,

Returning to Ireland and Starting a Business

Coming home

Are you returning to Ireland and starting a business? I met Tom this week, who has done that. Back from Canada after spending over 10 years there. Back to help build the country. Driving along the highway in Toronto, he saw a billboard that grabbed his attention. “You have helped build Toronto. Come home and

My Bookkeeper is Leaving. Help

worried woman

My bookkeeper is leaving. Help. You are in a spot of bother. Your bookkeeper is leaving. Moving to another job or retiring. It doesn’t matter. You won’t have the benefit of their services very soon, and you don’t know what to do. I am writing this as a real-life example of what happened to our

Power of Revocation and Taxes

Luxurious Dublin apartment

This is a short blog about the power of revocation and the taxes involved. In simple terms, think of gifting someone an asset but having the power to cancel or withdraw that gift. The idea came from some training I did with Omnipro during the week. It was interesting because it highlighted the cost of

Pre-Year-End Tax Planning Tips

Great idea

I’ll bring you through a few pre-year-end tax planning tips. I was going to call this blog “A few bob for Christmas”, but I put that into Google, and various “bob” hairdos came up. However, the idea behind this is to either pay yourselves a few bob or save a few bob. Let’s look at

Protecting Our Clients

Protection from the rain

I am writing this “protecting our clients” blog on the back of getting a very welcome letter from Revenue. Is there such a thing, I hear you ask! Well, yes, in this case. A client had a level 2 VAT compliance review that started a year ago. No extra tax, interest, or penalties. And a