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    Anyone use taxback.com

    taxback if you need help they are the biggest in this space,
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    Business owed 7k by 1 debtor - how to collect?

    Debt collect Do you believe the debtor can pay? If so warm them that at x date you will start to become a nuisance which wont suit either of you. I know of a business that succeeded in collecting debts by contacting the wife and explaining that the neighbors would be informed, as would the...
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    Bureau de Change Vs Pre Paid Debit Card

    See here, the card generally appears to be k but posts suggest low daily withdrawal limits and non acceptance in many stores. http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055817864&page=4 All in depends on your use of it, nice if it avoids eta air card fees but the numbers don't make sense
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    Bureau de Change Vs Pre Paid Debit Card

    For that type of thing it may be cheaper to use a credit card. You would face fx fees of maybe 1.5pc plus cross border of maybe 1-2pc You can be sure money bookers card is much more expensive, those cards have catches and monthly fees etc
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    Ulster Bank Antytime Banking - International Payments

    Exchange rates Always watch their exchange rate, online baking systems normally throw up terrible exchange rates,always compare with other banks, xe and transfermate just to shop around
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    Shower Leaking

    Hi 1. Does anyone know if a leaking shower is covered by home insurance. I have seen that there must be a leak that has started to drip on the kitchen ceiling downstairs. I assume the shower unit needs replacing but no expert. 2. I plan to jump onto onlinetradesman, would i be looking for a...
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    Company/Property Capital Loss and Interest

    If you take a personal loan to invest in a company/property and the investment is not a good one resulting in a loss, i understand that you can offset the loss against future capital gains but can you also offset the interest on the loan?
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    withdraw savings to buy foreign cash?

    Jim2007 example is right on the money, you don't know what is around the corner as anything from interest rates, employment statistics, quantitive easing, consumer confidence, etc etc will throw your investment into a roulette wheel. Don't forget it's a two horse race and not just a 'euro is no...
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    company foreign exchange rate risk - college project

    Foreign exchange Chat to Transfermate in Dublin, they do this for companies
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    Buying Yen for Holidays

    Japan Do you mind me asking are you landing in Tokyo?
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    Living In Australia - Impact of Negative Gearing from an Irish Tax Perspective

    Australia Irish tax Drop taxback.com a line, they have an expat division. A pal of mine got tax advise as he's moving to thailand to work for a big pharma,
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    International Money Transfer

    Transfermate would gave better exchange rates, they charge a transfer fee but depending on the size of the transfer it should be cheaper, just compare with your bank the total amount you need to have to send x
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    When is the fx rate applied when lodging a USD Cheque

    Usd cheque If it is a cheque it would need to clear first before a rate is applied. You wouldnt get a rate when lodging
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    Bringing money to the U.K

    Get the bank account with quick start, book your exchange rate with Transfermate, then when you arrive in the uk you know exactly what you're getting in advance.
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    Transferring money into foreign account using internet

    BOI would charge approx 1.5% oanda would charge the same, no way on earth they charge .1 of a %
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    Canada bank account: Getting a canadian bank account in ireland

    canada bank accounts from outside canada you can get canadian bank accounts with currency.ie in dublin. they do overseas bank accounts Think you just need to show irish id
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    euro us dollar exchange rate

    Us dollar to euro exchange rate is down to 1.298. aib seem to have projected that it will return to around 1.42 in the next few weeks. any idea why they would think that? US dollar euro exchange rate graph
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    Foreign exchange? What is the best way to go about changing Euro to USD, CAD & Sterli

    Foreign exchange currency Try and see what your bank and a few others offer you in terms of exchange rates, then compare with Dublin foreign exchange broker www.transfermate.com
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    buying a car in the north

    paying for uk import What would be the most cost effective way to pay - Will the bank charge us a commission if we write a Euro Cheque (assuming that they accept a Euro cheque). laser or cheque, you'' probably lose 2-300 euro in foreign exchange call your bank and see how much euro your...
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    Handing back keys to investment

    I have a brother who borrowed to invest in a us property deal a number of years ago. Basically he didn't read the details and put up money to buy the land and building, the stockbrokers then used the property as a security to develop the plot and borrowed against it from Anglo. Anglo have...
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