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I met someone today who is looking to set up a limited company and go down the contracting route. He read on a website the on average contractors pay tax at 22% rather than the high rate. He referred me to the website and it does say this but in my opinion its rubbish. My question however is...

I tried to purchase a house last year but it fell through. It wasnt the fault of me or my solicitor. The house purchase wasnt a straightf forward one as it was been sold by a bank. The other sides solicitors seemed to drag it out and I couldnt wait any longer. I wasnt overly impressed with my...

I sold my shares in a compny last October. It wass my first time buying and selling so i was not familliar with all the requirements. I mislaid one of the share certificates and between requesting a replacement certificate/christmas postage and post been mislaid the sale still hasnt gone...

I have my son on my vhi plan b and he got married last year and I discovered his wife also had him on her work plan which is with quinn. Can i claim for a refund of what i paid for him to VHI and if so how do i go about it?

I have bought a house which is in a development of 5 houses. A bank is selling the development. I know the 4 other buyers and no one has finalised the sale as we all have the same problem through our respective soliciors. There is a small part of the overall site which doesnt seem to...

I have just bought a house for €65,000 and I have requested a quote from my solicitor. I am trying to research the lad registery fee that they have on the quote. by lookin at the land registery website the fee falls into the €51,000 - €255,000 bracket which would cost €375...

I have recently reached retirement age and I have taken my 25% tax free from my pension plan. I then placed the balance in an arf and armf. However my pension broker told me that I would be able to get a better "allocation" if i invested in such a fund. This did not materialise. He urged me to...

i am trying to calculate the tax free amount of redundancy that would be available to a person been made redundant. the basic exemption is €10,160 plus €765 for each year of work. can you add the statutory redundancy amount to this basic exemption amount (statutory redundancy is the number of...

we have an inspection coming up at work where some one from Social Welfare and the Revenue commissioners will be attending. Has anyone any experience of these and what should we expect?

I am due a bonus at work (limited company) and i am considering taking it in the form of a pension contribution. I am wondering has anyone come accross this before and will there be any tax implications of me taking the bonus as a pension contribution?

I have worked for my fathers limited company for a number of years and paid prsi at class a1. I have been let go and i am now looking to claim the dole but i am been told that because i worled for my fathers company i should not have been at class a1 and i do not qualify for the dole. I knew...

as the title says i am getting married in the first week of July in Lower Salesia in Poland. this is near the German and Czech border. We currently have a one month old child so we wont be able to travel far. can anyone recommend anywhere for a honeymoon for less than a week? i was thinking of...

We have an ongoing issue with our landlord and we are trying to resolve this with him. We have not paid rent for a number of months and we refuse to do so until we resolve the issue. He has given us one months notice to vacate the office (we do not have a lease agreement - just a month...

we have an ongoing issue with our landlord and we are trying to resolve this with him. we have not paid rent for a number of months and we refuse to do so until we resolve the issue. he has given us one months notice to vacate the office (we do not have a lease agreement - just a month rolling...

I was involved in a crash at a roundabout today. It was a 2 lane roundabout with two lanes entering and exiting and 4 entries and exits. I entered the roundabout on the outside lane and i was indicating to take the third exit. i could not get in the inside lane as there was too many cars in it...

I have a problem in back dating a registration with the Permanent Residents tennants Board in that they wont allowus to back date it if the tennant has moved/changed. This abviously creates a problem in that the Revenue wont allow the interest for these years. has anyone else encountered these...

forgive me is this sounds stupid. a protestant man that i know has died. if it was a catholic i woudl usually send a mass card. do i go to a protestant minister and get a protestant mass card or what is the norm here?

Can you make some one redundant and then re hire them? I have searched on this forum for this but i cant find anything. I have rang the national rights employment autorithy and they have said that i can. my thinking is that it doesnt make sense as i could make some one redundant and pay them...

how strict is ryanair when comparing the name on a passport to the name on a boarding pass? i booked 20 lads in with them for a stag. because there were so many i couldnt get all their passports at the time.i am now checking everyone in for the boarding pass. there are a few small difference in...

i have a restaurant which i currently rent. i have spent some money on rennovations to the property that i had to do beofre i could lease it. the expenditure was less than 10% of teh market value of the property and it was general rennovations and changed the structure in no way. Will i be able...