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    Is it legit to bring stuff in from Britain via Northern Ireland to avoid Irish VAT?

    Although there are no checks, I presume that this is tax evasion? I am talking about an ordinary consumer buying second hand/antique furniture
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    How to fund a self-build

    We want to move from Dublin to the country. Our home in Dublin is mortgage free and probably worth about €900,000 We have a site and it will cost about €400,000 to build - allow another €100,000 for overspend in an extreme case. Ideally we would like to borrow the €400,000 and build the house...
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    Any tax issues arising from giving a son an interest-free mortgage?

    A friend of mine and his wife are lending their son about €400k interest-free to buy a house. A full mortgage will be drawn up so that if the son sells the house, the loan must be repaid. I understand that the only issue arising is that there will be deemed an annual gift of around €4,000 a...
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    Incapacitated Child Tax Credit and part-time employment

    I found the following document on the Revenue website. Nothing in it about an income limit. I’m not sure it really helps to answer my initial question. https://www.revenue.ie/en/tax-professionals/tdm/income-tax-capital-gains-tax-corporation-tax/part-15/15-01-05.pdf
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    Incapacitated Child Tax Credit and part-time employment

    Thanks for your response. But my concern is the line on the Revenue webpage stating that the income limit is 0. This would seem to be fairly emphatic.
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    Incapacitated Child Tax Credit and part-time employment

    I'm hoping that someone who has had to address this issue might be able to provide guidance on how we should proceed. We have a child on the autistic spectrum for whom we have been claiming the Incapacitated Child Tax Credit of €3,300 per annum. The appropriate medical certification was...
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    Key Post The Chemist Warehouse half the price of Healthwave!

    I have scanned in the entire price list attached
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    Key Post The Chemist Warehouse half the price of Healthwave!

    I picked up a brochure of their prescription medicines free. They give a free dose of aspirin with every brochure, but I have edited out the shouty bits so you won't need it. See attached for the most common ones.
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    Key Post The Chemist Warehouse half the price of Healthwave!

    I switched to Healthwave some years ago and they were about 60% of the price of my local pharmacy. Someone told me to check the The Chemist Warehouse and I was really shocked to find that they were less than half the price of Healtwave. Their website looks like a scam website and they don't...
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    Mortgaged approved. How long from sale agreed to exchange of keys?

    I was speaking to an auctioneer who is selling a property with tenants who have been long term residents who are refusing to move out. He says that they will exchange contracts but not close until they have vacant possession. They have legal action under way. It seems daft to me. The...
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    Key Post If you give a gift of shares instead of cash, the recipient may have no CAT liability

    Do I understand this correctly? Capital Gains Tax can be set off against gift tax arising on the same event? If I want to help a nephew to buy a house. So I sell some shares. Proceeds: €130k Cost:€30k Gain:€100k CGT :€33k Net cash to me €97k I give him €97k Exempt from CAT: €32,500...
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