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Month: March 2010

Mortgage Interest Relief – Top ups

March 12, 2010
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If like me you have taken out a top up on your mortgage and may have 2 mortgage accounts  watch out for your lender not giving you mortgage relief on the top up repayments. What appears to be happening is your relief is being based on when the mortgage originally started -you have 7 years…

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Minding the kids – get €900 tax back

March 11, 2010
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The carers tax credit is available to married couples paying tax and can be worth up to €900 pa. To get it you have to be jointly assessed, the income of one spouse must be €5k pa (to get the €900) and up to €7k where the credit goes on a sliding scale. For more…

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Medical expense relief can include travel cost !

March 10, 2010
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Is tax relief allowed on the cost of travel relating to health issues? Tax relief may be claimed in respect of the cost of transport by ambulance. However, where regular continuing treatment or consultation is required and the patient has to travel long distances, tax relief may be claimed in respect of the cost of…

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PAYE – Tax Refund ?

March 9, 2010
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Find out if you think you are due back tax when you worked as PAYE Drop me a line at jason@mcdowellaccountants.ie today

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Start your own business guide

March 8, 2010
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http://www.mcdowellaccountants.ie/start-your-own-business/ Once you click on this link, follow the different stages of starting your own business on the right ! Overview Sole Trader v Limited Company Registration with Revenue Record Keeping Returns to make Networking Regards Jason Feedback to jason@mcdowellaccountants.ie

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Pension changes coming – act now !

March 8, 2010
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Wednesday’s publication of the National Pensions Framework was mostly about outlining the government’s long term plans for pension provision in the years ahead. Aside from the extension to the state pension retirement age to 68 and the new mandatory pension scheme from 2014, which have grabbed most of the headlines, there are some areas that…

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Fair Deal….plan for it !

March 8, 2010
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Thousands of applications have been received for the government’s long-awaited Fair Deal scheme since it came into effect last year, yet concerns remain about the scheme’s effectiveness. The scheme, which is officially called the Nursing Homes Support Scheme, was introduced by Minister for Health and Children Mary Harney in late October. It replaced the former…

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National Pensions Framework – How does this affect you?

March 5, 2010
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The Department of Social and Family Affairs published the National Pensions Framework today, 3 March. There is no immediate change to taxation or pensions legislation as a result of this publication; it sets out a framework for the future provision of pensions. The framework is scheduled to be implemented over a five year period and…

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New feature for tax tips and getting a quote

March 3, 2010
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Click on the relevant button on our home page to either review all our tax tips and also to get a brief quote for your business. http://www.mcdowellaccountants.ie/

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Tax Tip – employing a spouse

March 3, 2010
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If your spouse is a director of your company do not give him/her more than 15% shareholding if they are being paid a salary otherwise they will loose the PAYE tax credit worth €1,830.00 For more information contact us… jason@mcdowellaccountants.ie

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