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. 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
Supersonic your business by outsourcing your finance department. Or else your profits could slide away! Oh yes, get all the Oasis songs in here when they are in town this weekend. Roll on the big karaoke in Croke Park! I’ll tell you about Kirk James and how he used us as his finance department. We’ll
Don’t miss out on the Home Carer Credit. Based on what I have seen over the last few weeks, thousands aren’t getting this credit. In 2025, it’s worth €1,950. I have seen three cases recently where people should be getting this, but they aren’t aware of it. Let’s explore a bit more about it to
This week, we will discuss Revenue focus areas for clients in their Business Division. We’ll touch on who is in the business division, so you’ll know if you are in or out. Our main discussion is around Revenue activities in 2024. Many of the 2024 focus areas will continue into 2025. Let’s look at Revenue
Whatever you do “don’t do your own payroll”, I told Mary a potential client on Wednesday. We’ll look at some of the reasons why I think that’s good advice. Mary is an educated lady but isn’t a payroll specialist. But surely there can’t be that much to it? Oh, there is, and more. Let’s look
Let’s look at budget 2025 and 10 takeaways from that. It’s not a blog divided into two with the first part looking at the budget. The second part reviews 10 takeaways like Indian, chippers, and Chinese! I know I know you are all budgeted to death at this stage. Me too. But while we all
Get the latest update from Revenue. Newsflash. Find out their focus areas so they can take more money out of your pocket. As an organisation, they are brilliant at what they do. Collecting taxes is the game and we are all saints and sinners in the match. The saints are the good lads who pay
The Universal Social Charge [USC] came in after the financial crisis. It was to be a temporary tax and used to bolster the government finances. This was at a time of frequent visits by members of the IMF. But what was temporary has now become permanent. The USC is a tax, plain and simple. There
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
