Revenue focus areas for 2026 came from a meeting between Revenue and the Irish Tax Institute [ITI]. This meeting took place in late January. It’s an annual meeting between the Personal Division of Revenue and the ITI. The personal division covers all PAYE taxpayers, non-trading entities, trusts, and non-profit organisations. Key focus areas include Local
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
These are 5 last-minute tax savings tips to help you pay less and keep on the right side of Revenue. If Revenue owe you money, you have to assume they’ll look for proof before you get it back. That means getting your numbers right and having the paperwork as evidence. I’ll look at the five
Word to the wise, T, don’t do your own tax return! Paulie “Walnuts” often used the “word to the wise” phrase when advising his mafia boss, Tony Soprano. It was to protect him so he wouldn’t end up “sleeping with the fishes.” The key message in this blog is that it can be dangerous to
In this Tax roundup, I will talk about a few things I have seen over the last few weeks. A few tips that can save you money or even stop you panicking in a tight situation. There’ll even be a paragraph where I go all “Victor Meldrew” about Revenue. I’m trying to stay calm, as
Tax is one of the main advantages for a non-resident purchasing a buy-to-let over a resident. Taxes are lower for a non-resident, in most cases. A non-resident will pay tax at 20% on the first €44,000 of rental profit. Whereas a resident will pay tax of up to 52%, assuming their lower rate band is
Residential Premises Rental Income Relief [RPRIR] is a new tax relief for landlords. It is only available to individual landlords and isn’t available to companies, trusts, or partnerships. RPRIR is a relatively new relief, and it applies for the four tax years 2024 to 2027. 2025 is the first year to claim the relief for
The theme of this blog is Revenue interventions and the sectors where they get extra cash. Extra cash means the tax owed, plus the interest & penalties. Revenue love interventions in the construction industry. One could say it’s an obsession of theirs. Yet, it’s rental and the professions that they get most of their money
I will look at the tax promises of the three largest parties, Fine Gael, Fianna Fail, and Sinn Fein, from Election 2024. Shifting through election manifestos the night before the election wasn’t in the plan for last night. But then when I got into it, I found some of the promises were very interesting. And
We provide a collection agent service to our non-resident landlord clients. We’ll talk about what the service is, why you need it, and what we do and don’t do. Plus, we’ll give you an example of how it all works. The main focus points will be Non-resident landlord What we do What we don’t do
