As Benjamin Franklin once said, “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” However the good news is that both of these don’t necessarily have to occur together. This is one area where I regularly receive quite a lot of queries. As they start to think about their […]
Tax is a necessary evil. If we want to live in a country with access to public services, taxation is the system used to pay for these services. We can (and do!) argue and moan about the different levels of tax payable and whether they are levied fairly. But at the end of the day, […]
1 in 3 families are not financially protected. Is yours? The reality of the world we live in is that we are all aware of people, of all ages, who have been struck down by serious illness or have died prematurely. The purpose of this blog is to encourage you to make an informed decision […]
In one of our recent newsletters, Home Carer’s tax credits, we got a huge response from many people who qualified for this €1,000 per annum tax credit but were not aware that it existed. This got me thinking, what other tax reliefs might people not be aware? Personal and Family Protection Probably the most widely […]
We are all looking at ways to maximise the proportion of our hard earned cash which hits our bank accounts after the various taxes are applied. Unfortunately, except for pension saving, relief from the dreaded marginal rate of income tax is virtually non-existent. Media coverage tends to focus heavily on the headline changes at Budget […]
