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I retired in October 2021. I was 60 years old. Most of my career was in the public service where I obtained ‘D’contributions. After retirement from the public service in 2021 I worked for 2 weeks in private industry paying an 'A' contribution stamp. Firstly, my understanding was by working two...

There does not seems to be any willingness by the Dealer or VW Ireland to resolve the VW parts issue. See: https://www.askaboutmoney.com/threads/vw-troc-parts-not-available.232818/ I am now looking for a good Solicitor that handles consumer issues to take this matter further. The consumer right...

I have a 2.5 year old VW-TROC. There is now an issue with the start/stop button on the car. It is faulty and not working properly which results in the starting and stopping of the car very problematic. The car has been become very unreliable. The car is under warranty and I have had it assessed...

I recently received the deeds of my house from my bank. They are no longer offering storage for them. Where is the best place to store the deeds of the house as it is an important document.

I have a buy to let mortgage on an investment property. It is an interest only tracker mortgage and it is costing 890 a month. I know I can claim the interest 100% against my expenses. I was wondering what is the net value of the interest amount in cash terms? I am thinking of repaying some of...

I am looking to setup an Enduring Power of Attorney. At the moment the process I believe is called the wardship process. My understanding is that it is due to change to a new process in the future. Does anybody have any details of the new process? When is the new process due to start? What are...

I invested in an EIIS in 2015. The fund is now fully divested. There is a chargeable gain/taxable profit of approximately 1500 euro. Does the CGT exemption of 1270 apply to this? What section of the form 11 is this taxable profit/chargeable gain put? Thanks in advance for your assistance.

Myself and my wife own rental property. The property mortgages etc. are in both of our names. I normally return the income and expenses of the property on my form 11. Should my wife include any of the rental property details (property income etc) on her tax return? Is it beneficial for her to do so?

My daughter 24 years old is looking for car insurance, full license and 1 yr no claims bonus. Could anybody recommend a good insurance company/broker with competitive quotes.

Thanks for the contribution to date. Goodbody seem to have a policy of not giving tax advice which is not very helpful. There is no exit tax, the tax on a gain is the responsibility of the investor. After 8 years of investment if there are no withdrawals there is some sort of tax paid from the...

I have a Goodbody Vantage fund for the past few years. I initially invested 80K in it. Last November I withdrew 30K from it. How is this withdrawal treated for income tax purposes? I do my own tax online with the form 11 but I am unsure where on the form do I put any tax gained from this fund...

Myself and my wife want to setup an Enduring Power of Attorney. I am based in Dublin. What are the costs involved? I was wondering what is the average price to setup the EPOA?

The bathroom fan in my apartment has been replaced a number of times over the last 15 years. It is about 8 metres from the fan to the outside vent. I was wondering could anybody recommend a good strong bathroom fan. The opening for the fan is the standard 4 inches.

My son's grandfather has recently passed away. When he was alive he always spoke of having setup bank accounts or similar for his grandchildren. The will has now been published and there is no mention of any bank accounts or similar for the grandchildren. Is there any way to check for lost...

Just to clarify in order to gift the 3K a year to a child under the small gift exemption can you just give him a cheque yearly or do you need to document the gift some way for Revenue purposes? Also can you backdate the gift a few years i.e. give 12 k for the last 4 years (2017-2021).

My aunt died and I am executor of her will. Her solicitor has given me outline of his fees to organise probate. The total estate may be worth 425k which includes a property and savings. His fee for Probate is 4700 which includes professional fee for extraction of Grant 3500, vat, probate fees...

Broadband for the home. On TV network, over telephone line or other.

Looking to change my broadband provider. Unfortunately a lot of the providers seem to have customer service issues. Can anybody recommend a good broadband provider for the Dublin area?

Hi, you mention the Union, my union is Siptu. Who would be the best person to write to in there?

I have a query about a Workplace Relations Commission complaint. I am working with a public service agency where a pay parity claim was initiated in 2015 when two agencies merged. After all these years the claim has not been resolved and may now be going to the Labour court. I have been employed...