Category Archives: Tax Tips

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

Helping Our Bookkeeping Clients

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Here at Comerford Foley, we are a curious bunch. We ask questions and lots of them. Helping our bookkeeping clients is a priority. This is not being nosey. There is a purpose to the question. After all, no point asking if there isn’t a good reason to ask. Sitting down with a client and finding

Taxes in Year of Death

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Taxes in the year of death will hardly put you into a joyous mood for the weekend. But it might help some people who have suffered a terrible loss and need some guidance in this space. We had an interesting case recently and it struck me that it is a topic that could help people

Looking After Older Clients

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Looking After Older Clients With the news that AIB are going cashless in many branches it got me thinking about how we look after clients. My view is that what AIB are doing is a backward step. Going digital makes sense but not at a cost to customers who need cash services and will go

Agricultural Relief – The Basics

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In the last month, I had 3 meetings where the inheritance of farmland was the main concern. The parcels of land were more than 80 acres in all cases. Assuming a value of between €10,000 and €15,000 an acre the figures are high. So, Agricultural relief is vital for you to check out. This week