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    Inherited a house 50/50 - Disagreement with other inheritee. Need advice

    tax issues on inheriting Dads house My fathers estate is divided between 3 siblings.There is a house and some money but we should not be liable for inheritance tax as the value of the estate (bar the property market booming)will be less than our exemptions.As we would like the asets to be...
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    Avc charges

    Thanks for that .I will spend some time trying to work it all out.
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    Avc charges

    I have an avc with Irish Life and am worried about the high charges .I pay in 500 euro a month and only 469 euro of that is invested.That works out at 6.5% in charges.The fund is spread over cash,pension protection fund and consensus fund.I would be grateful if you can give me some advice.
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    AVC losing money

    I have an avc with irish life and put 500 euro a month through scheme at work.It is 25% cash,25% pension protection fund and 50% consensus fund.My question is that of the 500euro only 469 is being invested the rest seems to be taken in charges.Is this a very high amount ?
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    8% EBS rate

    I get notice of agms so I suppose it is a share account.Does anyone think they will demutualise?
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    8% EBS rate

    I have an optimise account with EBS and only getting 2.5%.I am going to move it but to where?I am wondering if they demutualise will I benefit if I leave it there?
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    advice on moving savings from BOI to ANGLO

    I am in the same situation only getting 2.5% with EBS optimise on 20k.Is first active covered by government guarantee as they are part of RBS?Thanks
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    Pension Fund choice

    We have a defined benefit pension but will have just 27 years at retirement.We have been paying 130 euro per month in AVCs but not much in that fund.We are looking at investing more in our pension but only offered Irish Life products through work.If we go outside this would the tax relief be...
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    Help to choose a pension bond

    My husband will have a defined benefit pension of just 27 years on retirement ans we want to improve our retirement fund.We are paying a small amount into AVCs but we feel they are not performing well and we would like to secure our retirement.We are thinking of saving 1800 euro per month in...
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    No notification of tracker rate reduction from UB

    Im in a similar situation.Immediate application of increased rate but still no notification from UB re decrease.I spoke to them this morning and got the usual rubbish.I spoke to IFSRA and they advise to put in writing to UBCustomer Care Manager-Ceri Smith(01-7028324).They have to reply within 5...
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    Chorus NTL: Service terminated but Im still expected to pay for 2mo but no service!

    Re: Chorus NTL: Service terminated but Im still expected to pay for 2mo but no servic Chorus ntl are not an easy company to deal with.We have had very poor reception for 6 weeks and cannot get them to sort it out.With the olympics and all the gaa matches it couldnt be at a worse time.Any advice?
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    VHI Travel Insurance

    You can never really recommend a travel insurance plan till you have tried to make a claim.They all look great till tested
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    VHI Travel Insurance

    we used just cover.ie for a number of years and never made aclaim.This year we had booked our holiday from Dublin to Gatwick and on to Turkey as it is much cheaper.The outbound flight from London was cancelled and when I inquired as to whether it was covered I was told that as the flight didnt...
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    Suggest a One Night Luxury Getaway

    We just spent a weekend in the Amber Springs in Gorey and loved it.Very friendly staff,great rooms,great food and lovely pool and spa.
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    Tesco Loans/Ulster bank very slow

    go to AIB.I was getting a car loan from First Active in Liffey Valley and they were hopeless.Rang AIB and had approval that day.Money lodged to my account a few days later.It took just 2 phone calls but I have a current account with them.What is really sweet was they are giving a green cashback...
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    funding for masters degree

    thanks,will investigate it.
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    funding for masters degree

    Does anyone know how to access grants for masters degree in smurfit .Thanks
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