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    Need an residential QS or valuer

    Hi Brendan, No estate agent is stupid enough to misunderstand the meaning of the phrase "the property is not for sale". If this is being made clear, there is no point in them punting for business for a sale that's not going to happen. I wonder is there a miscommunication issue here?
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    Most tax-efficient pension pot and payout to aim for?

    There really aren't though. Okay, incorporation is a possibility but that has its own drawbacks and isn't available to everyone either. Apart from that, I'm genuinely at a loss to understand what you're counting here.
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    Most tax-efficient pension pot and payout to aim for?

    The sheer naivete of this. The self-employed don't pay corporation tax. Patent royalty exemption is available only in a vanishingly narrow set of circumstances and to a vanishingly narrow set of beneficiaries. Retirement relief has nothing to do with income.
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    “Wind turbine opportunity: good or bad?

    It's not complicated. Basically, it's straightforward rental income.
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    Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys insists that auto-enrolment will come in this year

    Still looks terrible. Taxes are involuntary. Pension contributions are the opposite. Having Revenue involved will impress upon employers that they are better off minimising employer contributions or or avoiding them altogether. Why create yet another stick for your own back?
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    Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys insists that auto-enrolment will come in this year

    The optics of having Revenue collecting pension contributions sound terrible from a marketing perspective,
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    Developer of my new build home about to go bust?

    Forming a holding company can form part of a long term asset protection strategy for a successful company but I struggle to see how it could work in the case of a company that is running out of money and is about to go under, as you fear.
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    House Rich, Cash Poor, Low Income Retirement Plan Advice

    Your point is a good one but if all the accountant does is ensure that the OP makes the minimum PRSI contribution each year, thus securing a contributory OAP pension entitlement for them, their fees may well be a very wise investment.
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    VAT rate for re-roofing

    They can ask but they won't get it, if the roofer they engage is anyway serious about the manner in which they run their business.
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    VAT rate for re-roofing

    It doesn't matter how dishonest one is. If a service provider collects money on foot of an invoice, the VAT on that invoice must be properly accounted for. Beware also of the possibility of a competitor conveniently pretending for quote purposes that the two thirds rule doesn't exist, only to...
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    Estate agent fees in Dublin

    The problem with a fixed fee estate agent is that they have a vested interest in selling your property as quickly as possible and no incentive to hold back in order to maximise the selling price.
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    VAT rate for re-roofing

    Ask them. The transaction may be caught under the two thirds rule.
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    Estate agent fees in Dublin

    1.5% plus VAT, marketing & outlay seems to be the going rate at the moment in the Dublin/Leinster area.
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    Revenue - Games and Sports Bodies Exemptions - Should be shown to Club Treasurers..

    In practice, sports clubs only apply for exemption if they're applying for National Lottery or State funding. Unless a club is carrying on a commercial activity, the question of a tax liability on its income never really arises.
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    Employer deducting salary protection premium, but not paying it over

    This could be a deliberate action on the employer's part to force the HSE to get their act together.
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    Car dispute with dealer and recurring problems not resolved

    Something obviously radically wrong. Get in touch with whatever the Office of Consumer Affairs is called these days.
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    Car dispute with dealer and recurring problems not resolved

    Is there not a 3-year manufacturer's warranty on the car?
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    Preliminary tax for investment gains - form 11

    Hi Brendan In the case of deposit interest, doesn't the deduction at source of DIRT make preliminary tax irrelevant?
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    Gift From Ltd Company.

    Absolutely nothing to stop it. But grossed-up PAYE/PRSI/USC would have to be calculated and paid on the basis of the net amount stated. A payment of €100k would probably cost the company north of €200k in total. The OP should consult with their accountant on the off-chance that the company's...
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