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Dear Ciru75 , alth Thank you SO much for your replies! They're extraordinarily helpful, and I appreciate this help from a total stranger; it's fantastic. First, it's really useful to have confirmation of what 'd kind of thought from reading online (but still wasn't 10% certain about because I...

Hi all This is probably a really stupid question, and I'm sorry for it, but I've been looking around the internet trying to find the answer and am unsure of my likely income tax liability for next year. I want to know this because I want to work out how much PRELIMINARY TAX I should pay NOW for...

Ah, thank you for that reply/advice. CGT...got it! Yes: Irish resident. The apartment in Germany was bought 12 years ago approx, as an investment. I THINK I'm clear that, when the property in Germany has been owned for more than ten years (as it has been in this case), it's not subject to CGT...

Hi. I have another query, I'm afraid. If I have owned an investment property (small apartment) in Berlin for more than 10 years, and sell it, making a profit on the initial purchase cost, I understand that I don't have to pay any CGT/CAT in Germany. I am Irish and resident in Ireland But: 1...

Thank you VERY much for that, Dublin67. Much appreciated. I thought maybe it was too good to be true, and it was. Kind regards.

Hi there. I wonder if anyone can answer this question? For many years, I've had an investment portfolio of shares, etc., managed for me (very well!) by an investment company. I draw a monthly income from the fund, usually from dividends and sometimes of necessity from the company selling off...

Vanilla, thank you so much. That was really great advice! I found a STEP Full member, and received truly expert and speedy and friendly advice at what I think is a reasonable fee. Really excellent for what I needed: expert advice on wills, succession, CAT, trusts, etc, together even with copies...

They don't exist any more as an option, do they? So far as I'm aware, since same sex marriage came into law, NEW civil partnerships were no longer possible to obtain. I found a full STEP member a one and a half hour drive away, here in the west (don't think I'm allowed give names here?); seems...

No, you're right. Actually, the main thing was my own reluctance. Two reasons. First, I was with the same partner for 47 years (married for almost 40, had two kids), and I really, really took and take that vow seriously. Nothing religious - I'm an atheist - but still, I reckoned I had done that...

Maybe so. However, I do seem to have struck gold, and am well happy. In relation to your other response, yes: marrying her would indeed be the easier option, but we had reasons not to wish to go that route. However, it may well turn out that we need to swallow the reservations and tie the knot...

Brendan, that's what I had thought in my innocence. Some weeks and €750 later, I discovered to my surprise that it wasn't the case. I found Vanilla really put me in the right direction here.

Vanilla, once again, many thanks for your advice. I'm now in contact with a member of TEP, and her knowledge is really great. So I feel we're on course - thanks to you. Great advice; thank you; and kind regards

Ah...thank you very much indeed! I have selected and emailed a full member solicitor today, asking about fees, etc. Thanks so much for your asistance. Kind regards

Vanilla, thank you very much indeed for this advice. I hadn't even heard of TEPs before, but they sound just the ticket. I visited that link, and searched a little; found two affiliates in Galway (that would be ideal for me since I live in NW Connemara, about 2 hours from Galway city), but also...

I take your points fully, huskerdu. Yet I also think you are wrong in implying that I'm aiming to do anything that would be unfair on my partner. In reality, better by far to rail against the unfairness of the civil/tax law in Ireland, with its bias against those long term cohabitants who are...

Do you think so, huskerdu? I had kind of thought that, if a cohabitants' agreement made it clear that I WISHED X to apply for a property and maintenance order, and if my children supported X's claim (which I know they would), then the court would do the decent thing by X. Especially if - as is...

It's good that now it doesn't matter whether you're same or opposite sex. Yes, I agree: marrying sorts most things out (though if a person has adult children - I know you don't, Michael, but I do - then it's either a matter of taking it on trust that your partner will in turn leave the balance...

Joe_90, that's a really helpful response. I am in no way a lawyer, and I'm simply trying to feel and read my way into this whole thing. I wonder whether I might pose you some further questions on your responses? First, though, if I gave the impression that the children would simply "get...

I'm not all that certain that under your circs you'd stand to lose as much as people say. For sure, under the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (Sn 173), your partner could go to the courts to seek property rights and redress, but the court would take...

As an older person with a partner (X), unmarried but a life partner nonetheless, I'm divorced and have 2 adult children. Everyone is on very good terms. I own the house that X and I share, plus a portfolio of shares, a small ARF, a cottage with small rental income...and a small enough income...