Category Archives: Tax compliance

5 Last-Minute Tax Saving Tips

Man with money

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

Backdating a Pension Contribution

Happy older retired couple

Backdating a pension contribution means paying it this year but claiming it last year. I’ll look at how much you can put in, what tax relief you’ll get, and the important timelines. Plus a few other tips along the way. Let’s look at Why a Pension How much can you put in Tax relief Timelines

Tax Returns for Company Directors

Tax return worries

Tax returns for company directors need an extra touch of love and affection. To use a Top Gun analogy, multiple bogeys are heading in your direction. I’ll look at some of these bogeys and other quirks for company directors’ Income Tax returns. By company directors, I am talking about owner directors who own 15% or

Key Dates for Tax Returns

Don't miss the deadline

I will look at key dates for tax returns from now until the end of the year. So, you have a hot date with Revenue! Well, not quite. Let’s be honest: These are the dates that most of us dread, and because of that, put them on the long finger. It’s a bit like going

Don’t Do Your Own Tax Return

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

Company Tax Tips

Tax Tips

This company tax tips blog is to help you avoid some pitfalls and ensure you stay on the right side of Revenue. Maher Horgan owns 100% of Rebel Tipp Ltd, a consulting engineering company, on the border of Tipp and Cork. He’s scratching his head, doing his best James Dean. Although he’d much prefer to

Tax Roundup

Tax letter from Revenue

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

Serious About Your Business

Serious man

Are you serious about your business? Most people will say yes to this question. They have to be. There are bills to pay. Plus, you need a few bob for the annual trip abroad, not to mention the taxman taking his cut. It pays to be serious about your business. Here’s why. Rogue One Taxes

Moving to a Nursing Home

Elderly lady with her two daughters

We will look at a parent moving to a nursing home. I had a meeting with two kind and caring sisters during the week. They are looking after their elderly mam in her home. We’ll go through the following points to get into more detail Background Nursing home cost Tax relief Keep their mam at

Revenue Review of your Taxes

Revenue letter to review your taxes

This week, I’ll look at a Revenue review of your Taxes. What prompted this is a Revenue letter that a former client got to review his taxes for four years, from 2021 to 2024. We did his tax returns for 2021 and 2022. He needed help to get set up right after a divorce in