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Hi. I earned ~€1000 interest for 2012 on a savings account I have with a German bank. I'm aware that I owe DIRT on this but haven't gotten around to paying it yet. How does one go about paying it, and is there a deadline by which it has to be paid? Also, I initially opened the account in...

I have 120k in cash that I'm hoping to buy a house with. The approach I've decided on is to look at a number of houses asking in the 150-160k bracket and see if I can get anyone to accept my 120k. Is that a reasonable strategy? I'm pretty interested in one place that's advertised as...

I've been looking at investing a portion of my savings in silver and as far as I can tell the most cost effective way of doing this is to buy EFTs, no storage fees etc. On the other hand a lot of people say ETFs are not as attractive option as they appear. They argue that because they are...

I've been looking into buying some gold and these guys seem to give a much better buy rate than gold.ie. I'm completely new to investing in anything so forgive my questions if they seem daft. Would my investment be safe there? If a bank goes belly up depositors are protected by a depositors...

I've had my money in Rabo since November but I'd like to get my cash out of Ireland altogether. I've tried various French and German Banks but setting up an account via correspondance in either of those Countries is proving to be a bit of an ordeal. I've been looking at Keytrade and I know...

[broken link removed] Anybody know anything about these guys? I got a call back from an english speaking agent and they told me they can open an account for me without the need to travel to France to open the account, or to be a frequent traveller or property owner. You need to send them 3...

You're welcome godfather, hope it's some help. I found a list of places in Ireland that can notarise your documents for you, the charge for this seems to be €50+. [broken link removed] The department of foreign affairs will 'apostille' your documents for a charge of €20. I'm not sure if...

I'm going to view a house that is in need of some refurbishment/modernisation. I'm a 1st time buyer so I'm very clueless about what I should be looking for and what questions I should be asking. I'm going to view the house alone this week and if it looks some bit promising I will ask a...

Hi, I'm looking to buy a new car and need it to satisfy the following criteria: - Preferably a small car since I'll be using it mostly in the city. Also keeping the cost of tax and insurance down would be good. - Nothing too girly...I'm a bloke! - Reliability is a must, don't want to spend a...

I wish to give 50k to my mother. I'm trying to make sense of this website... http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/cat/gift-inheritance.html Does this mean the maximum I can give her before tax is €43,400? Edit: I saw somewhere in another thread that it might be possible to loan the full 50k without...

I am worried about my anglo deposit of about 70k. If the bank does go to the wall I am guessing the state guarantee will pay me back my 70k eventually, but I won't get any interest on my investment. I'm tempted to withdraw because I don't want the above to happen. However I don't want to lose...

I know there have been tonnes of questions about Anglo already but this is not a should I take my money and run question. Basically I am currently getting about 4% for a 30 day notice account. I would like to move this to another account, I believe there are better rates for depositors out...

I have roughly 100K spread over 4 accounts (Halifax, Northern Rock, AIB, Anglo Irish) earning between 4-5% interest. I'm single, have no mortgage (I live in rented accomodation) and I have no debts. Could I be doing more with this money or is it best off where it is right now? Any advice...

I have 60k that I have spread over some savings accounts. I sometimes think that I could be putting this money to better use that picking up 4.5% interest per year. But is 60k enough for an overseas property investment? Basically what I'm looking for is something that I could rent out and bring...

Has anyone used rankhour.com before? I'm looking at buying a 37" Samsung LCD from there at a cost of about 850Euro, as opposed to 1200Euro in the Irish Electronics stores (I'll avoid the temptation to go on a rant about rip off Ireland here). Do they provide a good service? Also when I'm...

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I have 20k in a credit union account. I have another 10k in a current account with my bank, I know this is no place to keep that much money but my wages go directly to this account so it's been building up for a while and it's time to sort it out. I save between E1000 and E2000 per month...