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    silver birch tree lidl

    Better go to an Irish nursery. 20 Euro for a Silver Birch is outrageous unless it's a pretty large tree. It is a lovely native tree though. A good nursery with mail order is http://www.futureforests.net/ I just checked to see their current prices. 1 ft: 1.50 Euro 5-6ft : 7-10 Euro, large...
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    Self-emplyed v employee

    A VERY general rule is that you need to double the hourly take-home pay you would receive as an employee in the same role, though to an extent this depends on circumstances. You need to consider - different tax treatment (see ) - cost of home office, possibly internet, phone, heating...
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    Great Irish Times account of a Gmail scam

    First rule for internet purchases: If it's too good to be true, it's too good to be true. Fair dues though to him for publicly admitting he's been scammed and for warning others. Google should be nervous. They have no business snooping through peoples' e-mails even if the snooping is done by a...
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    Med 1 form-claiming through my partner?

    Take a look at http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/it/leaflets/it6.html Yes, your husband can claim on your behalf.
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    24000 net pay, what will gross be?

    Yup. Just thought it useful to point the op to the calculator in case there are other variables.
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    Everyone says "why don't you sell the properties"? & Social Welfare Issues.

    It says "Any outstanding mortgage registered against the property is deducted from the market value." But who decides what the market value is ???
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    24000 net pay, what will gross be?

    Tax calculator: http://www.deloitte.ie/tc/Default.aspx
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    Abroad & BOI: I preloaded credit card frm current account, can I reverse the process?

    Sophie, why don't you just go to a branch ATM, withdraw the excess and lodge it back into your account?
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    Med1 question - self-employed

    I wish that was the case... 20% on anything over 159€/week (8250€/year, i.e. less than the dole), plus PRSI, plus UBC oops USC. See
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    Med1 question - self-employed

    Thank you all for your comments. Sybil is right, the reason my partner had not claimed was that he was not liable to pay income tax that year. It was news to me that I could have claimed for him. By the way, upon reading and re-reading I found that it is not actually stated anywhere (I could...
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    Med1 question - self-employed

    My partner and I are both freelancers. In mid 2008 my partner got ill and we incurred just over 1000 Euro in medical expenses before he was granted a medical card (due to getting a few € SWA after he got ill). He earned very little that year and was not liable to pay income tax, only minimum...
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    May lose banking facilities - advice on getting new current account

    I applied to Ulster Bank for a personal account (which I also use for business, sole trader, very straight forward, small turnover) because I am annoyed with BoI's new fee structure. They wanted photo IDs, utility bills, last 3 months bank statements, and (as I'm self-employed) 2 years audited...
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    Broadband in a rural area

    Didn't know that about "3" but even if our area was covered it probably would not work for us as we are in an old stone cottage with 2 feet thick stone walls and barely a mobile signal in the house. Friends of mine are in the same situation. 3 does not work for them even though the area per se...
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    Broadband in a rural area

    We are in the same boat. Have been with what is now www.ripplecom.net for a number of years (started as IFA broadband and went through a few hands). It's a line-of-sight signal. We have a booster dish as we are some distance from the mast. Very happy with it. We are getting 1Meg up and down but...
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    Recommend hardy hedge

    Mary, - are in you in the town or in a rural area? - what's your soil like? - how much space (width) do you have? - is the boundary shaded or sunny? - do you want something evergreen or deciduous? - do you get strong winds / are you near the sea (salt drift)? All these are important...
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    Unrecognised Transactions on Visa Debit Card

    VODAFONES ONLINE, STOR > pre-paid phone top-up? CCNOW.com > runs merchant accounts etc., could be any sort of online store, ebay trader etc. Do you have teenage kids? ;)
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    Tax Calculator

    http://www.deloitte.ie/tc/Default.aspx
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    Cheapest way to accept small amounts of sterling outside the uk

    The sender does not have to have a Paypal account, the recipient does.
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    junk e-mail

    I have POP3 accounts, i.e. not Webmail, e-mail gets downloaded to the computer. Have been using Mailwasher from firetrust.com (free) for many years. It allows for quick and efficient server deletion of spam using automatic and user-defined filters, blacklists and whitelists. After 'washing' you...
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    PAYE and small business?

    Take a look at http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showthread.php?t=170 Starting a business Sole trader or company - tax considerations Sole Trader or company - other considerations Back in the 90s I did some freelance work while in a PAYE job. It really was quite simple. You declare your profit...
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