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    Tax on part time job

    Kids old enough so wife looking to go back in to workforce. Ive had all our credits on my salary for last decade or so. If she got a part time job, say for example 200 a week. Does that get hit with full taxes or is there a sum she can earn that doesnt get hit?
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    Crack in wall

    House we moved into 15 years ago had a 2 storey extension at the back. So back of house is L shape. About 3-4 years ago one of the walls started to show a crack in the plaster inside. Just at the join of the original wall at the corner of the L. Where the extension starts. Got a bit...
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    Interest only mortage on buy to let ending - Tax considerations

    Moved house in 2005. Like many others Leveraged old house as a buy to let on an interest only so we could purchase our PPR. Investment property was only going to be a for a short time to facilitate the move but as we all know everything crashed so was stuck with it as negative for long time...
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    Flat rate expenses for musician

    Does anyone know if this has been removed for musicians? The current list makes no mention of it as a trade where there is a flat rate expense http://www.revenue.ie/en/employing-people/employee-expenses/flat-rate-expense-allowances/index.aspx the irish times as recent as 2015 referenced it in...
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    Business or personal banking

    Small business venture between 2 of us that want to turn a hobby into maybe something more. Small money to start off. Had been using own bank accounts for anything but time to move away from that now so for manageability whats the best way to do this. A personal joint account? A business...
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    Case study first time buyer in ireland - not ever

    Girl had apartment in poland. sold it. Wants to use money to buy in ireland. Where does she stand in relation to First time buyer status?
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    Probate question

    Asked for advice. story as I understand it is as follows. The mother died some time ago. Father lives in the house with daughter and grand daughter. Theres an estranged son. Father dies, leaves the will in 3 names, daughter, grand daughter and the son. The son sees the will, asks for...
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    PAYE - REAP - Personal Payment

    Not for me (I wish), a friend has been paid a sum of money by their parents, parents done well in life through property and are giving their kids money regularly. the parents have been audited a few times (dunno how much, even 2-3 would seem like a lot to me), tax affairs in order. However...
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    CGT question with regard to purchase and sale of houses.

    Ive kept figures simple for maths. Purchased house 1992 with partner at the time : mortgage now 50k bought partner out 1998 , increased mortgage to do this. mortgage now 100k 2003 married. property still in my name only. 2006 leveraged equity. bought elsewhere and moved - old house...
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    Live assurance mortgage question

    Couple I know are renting. They recently married. she used to have part ownership of a house with her sister. the sister bought her share off her when she got married herself. the sisters would have had life assurance with that mortgage. When she bought her out, her sister advised her...
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    can a mentally impaired person enter into a (mobile phone) contract?

    A relative of mine is mentally impaired, mid 30s. Some time ago she signed up to a contract with a mobile provider in one of those well known high street phone shops. All she needed was a bank statement (which shows nothing but disability benefit payments) and her passport. Credit rating...
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    fostered childs child

    If a fostered child qualifies as Group A for threshold calculations and a grandchild qualifies as Group B, what does a fostered childs child qualify as? what happens if the fostered child has passed away, does the inheritance pass to the child of the fostered parent and would they retain the...
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    Life assurance against parent for inheritance tax

    I've a vague recollection of reading that its possible to take out life assurance on parents to mitigate against an expected hit on inheritance tax. 1. Is this possible? 2. If possible, there's a number of investment properties involved, while its not too hard to estimate the tax as the...
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    Tesco credit card limits

    Applied recently for a tesco credit card, sent out forms, indicative CC limit was 1500, I rang up to confirm what the actual limit would be and they said it would only be 2k based on details I had put in my application. I had wanted to transfer in 5k from another CC and avail of the 0% bal...
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    Saving water

    Anyone got tips on being efficient with water what with the new water charges coming in. I didnt think this would go in the water charges sub-forum but I'll leave up to mods. Main areas are drinking water/baths/showers/dishwashers/washing machines/central heating/gardening/washing cars or...
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    Large Insulated curtain material

    House is well insulated except for a really old garage door that I want to insulate in winter months. Is there some sort of flexible material I can put on a roller over the door or curtain pole that will do the job, I dont really care what it looks like. Probably looking at 8ft by 8ft...
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    Heating engineer

    Is there such a thing as a heating engineer that can call out to a house and review all my energy and heating equipment and usage? I need a full overview of all my radiators, boiler, insulation. Need someone whos aware of latest technology and can independently advise. Even if theres a...
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    payslip question

    I changed jobs recently and having some trouble with tax. Ive gone over payslips from previous payslips and have some questions. If I see something like this gross 5115 taxable 5182.31 any idea why theres a higher taxable figure than my gross? Its a straight forward payslip, gross, prsi...
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    Home investment property

    have an investment property. house worth 100k. mortgage outstanding 215k. what kind of insurance would you take out and for how much? Im guessing the mortgage value at least. do you take out rebuild and contents as well? 3 bed terraced house in dublin. is there a standard rebuild cost...
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    Double glazing repair

    A seal on my double glazing has come free internally. I can see it coming away. Ive read online it can be repaired for 40-50e rather than 300e for a new unit. Anyone know who can do it, meath/north dublin area.
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