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    Most common misspellings (on Askaboutmoney?)

    just goes to show, should have downloaded ispell... Interestingly the word "occurences" occurs 10 times in Askaboutmoney, and the correctly spelled word "occurrences" occurs 7 times. This was before I wrote this post. I feel a flood of "get a life" posts coming on ...
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    Duties of Executor of Will

    Is the executor expected to know whether beneficiaries have already received gifts or part of their inheritance before the death of the person whose estate is to be administered ? If for example a nephew received a gift of 20000 euro in 2007 from the person who subsequently leaves them 40000...
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    O2 free webtexts?

    I've gotten a lot of junk correspondence in the post and by email recently from vodafone about their Mission Red project www.missionred.ie where customers can vote on what products or service vodafone introduces next - you may have seen the stupid StarTrek ripoff adverts on TV, where a bunch of...
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    O2 free webtexts?

    Both O2 and Vodafone's webtext platforms are very shaky, prone to resets, frequently down or unavailable. Vodafone in particular tends to require multiple logins or registration details, which is very frustrating.
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    tax on gains from options transactions

    Hi can anyone point me to some information that outline how gains or losses from options transactions ( eg covered calls or protective puts ) are treated in the Irish tax system - I've done the usual searches on revenue.ie and other similar sites without finding much guidance. Are these...
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    Tax on nixers

    nice one Graham stick with the smilies ...
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    Tax on nixers

    you're not an English teacher by any chance, are you ?
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    What's the point of Postbank? (An Post-Fortis joint venture)

    Does anyone know when the everyday banking services will be introduced - the website doesn't offer much in terms of details on schedule >>> from www.postbank.ie At Postbank we will have your everyday banking needs covered! We will offer an easy to use current account that you can have your...
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    Eddie Hobbs new Brendan Investments vehicle

    Richard Delevan's story in this Sunday's tribune 28-10-2007 also refers to AAM and BI hydra. he must have been at a creative writing class last week - can anyone explain what is meant by "dozens of property mavens looking for kabuki theatre to leaven the bloody mess of Michael Lynn et al"...
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    performance of educational savings plan - Scottish Provident

    Thanks for your comment - this is useful. An annual statement is provided but it only states whether an annual bonus was added that year and the guaranteed minimum value of the plan in 2024 - fee structure, funds details etc are not included. Millix
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    performance of educational savings plan - Scottish Provident

    hello - I'd be interested in opinions on how to assess the performance of an educational savings plan that was begun in Feb 1994. This is the scottish provident capital options plan, which was at that time their standard educational savings plan ( "college plan" ) - it also has a small lifecover...
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    tax on gains from sale of covered call options

    Article in Examiner described covered call investing - see summary below. Any thoughts on how gains from this would be treated for tax purposes ? If treated as capital gain what would the cost basis be ? Millix Covered call investing isn't much different to buying and selling stocks. The...
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