The issue of paying mileage and subsistence payments to employees is one which arises very often. We thought it would be useful to summarise these matters and to provide a reference point to many of the question you/your employees may have. This is an area fraught...
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New VAT rules come into place from 1 July 2021, where a business either: sells Goods online (ie, distance sales) to customers in other EU Member States (MS) who are not VAT registered in that MS, or sells Services to customers in other EU Member...
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The Government are set to introduce a scheme to accelerate a claim for capital allowances on the purchase of certain farm safety equipment subject to an annual total equipment cost of €5 million (excluding VAT) per annum. The proposed scheme is subject to a Ministerial...
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Middle-income earners and two-income families were the main, albeit modest, beneficiaries of Budget 2018 with a combination of USC cuts and a widening of the top income tax band likely to deliver an increase just under 1 % in average take-home pay. In his first Budget,...
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Small benefits It's that time of year again where employers try where they can, to give a small gift in the form of voucher to their employees. Where your employer provides you with a small benefit i.e. a benefit with a value not exceeding €500 , PAYE,...
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Pension Contributions make for good tax savings! We all know how underfunded pensions are across the board. For all the woman reading this, they are significantly underfunded but that is for another day! Today, we are focusing on the here and now, because you have only a...
Read MoreAre you a first time buyer/Self-Build? See new announcements released in the Finance Bill The help-to-buy scheme has changed so that one condition is that homeowners must have a mortgage of at least 70 per cent of the value of the property. The budget had said...
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The Start Your Own Business scheme provides for relief from Income Tax for long term unemployed individuals who start a new business. The scheme will provide an exemption from Income Tax up to a maximum of €40,000 per annum for a period of two years to individuals...
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