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    Serviced Office New York

    We have been using them for nearly 3 years and have always found them to be very professional and easy to deal with. The most important part for us was cheque lodgements as a surprising number of US companies still pay by cheque or should I say check. If that is an issue for you, can I suggest...
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    Serviced Office New York

    We use Servcorp in Boston, they are also in NYC. We use them for phone answering, postal address etc. We do not room hire but it is available. They also lodge cheques for us. Cost is c. $ 500 per month.
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    What is covered under home insurance

    I have a pipe running through my garden which has cracked and is discharging water. The pipe is buried quite far down and will need to be replaced. My insurers have conceded liability but we have not agreed on what is covered. My insurers are saying that all excavation costs, including the...
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    How much do people aged 66 or over pay in income tax?

    Re: The Misery Index, should USC be included for the latter few years.
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    Bus Eireann sub-contract school transport scheme. How to refine tender for success?

    Have you tried InterTradeIreland ? They give training on the tendering process.
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    28% exit tax and set off

    ok jpd, thought so. Thanks.
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    28% exit tax and set off

    I searched for this earlier but could not find an answer. An investment fund is cashed in during the year and an exit tax of 28% is automatically applied to the gain in the value of the fund. At the same time, another investment fund is cashed in. This fund has lost money. My questions...
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    Is it too late to claim BES relief ?

    Thanks Pat, thats what I thought. Just one more thing. I don't have the exact numbers but I have a feeling that my friend's taxable income would have been low for the first few years after the investment and so even if he had applied at that time there would have been unused relief carried...
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    Is it too late to claim BES relief ?

    Just found out that a friend of mine made a BES investment c. 10 years ago and never claimed tax relief on the investment. Is it too late to do anything about it now ? Thanks
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    CGT and parent transferring house to child

    Thanks Ants09, I am happy that CGT would be allowable against any future CAT. I was wondering if there was any way to reduce the immediate CGT charge to the father.
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    CGT and parent transferring house to child

    A father is planning to transfer ownership of a house to his daughter. The house is not the the father's PPR, and has been the daughter's PPR for the last 15 years. They want to legally transfer ownership. Value of the house is c. eur 240k. I am happy that CAT will not be an issue, but CGT may...
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    Share Issue to raise capital

    Sean, I don't know if your business qualifies, but have you looked at the possibility of applying to the Revenue to set up the fundraising under the BES legislation. Would make the exercise more attractive to investors.
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    Contingent liability and CT

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    Not allowed to make regular overpayment off capital amount on First Active tracker

    Re: Not allowed to make regular overpayment off capital amount on First Active tracke I also have a FA tracker and was in your situation in relation to wanting to pay extra to my mortgage facility. What I was allowed to do was to pay a fixed amount per month - eg, if my repayments were to be...
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    How to calculate top-soil required

    I am planning on a making a raised bed in the garden. The dimensions of the bed will be 10 feet by 5 feet by 1 foot high. I will need to get some top-soil to fill the bed and don't know how much to get. Any idea of how much top-soil would be needed to fill a bed of this size ?
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    Anyone with an NIB Tracker get a letter re Jan ECB cut?

    I got a letter from NIB dated 22/01/09 telling me that from 21/01/09 my tracker rate was reduced.
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    European holiday next to beach

    Looking for some ideas for a sun holiday in June. There will be two adults and two kids - a 4 year old and an 18 month old. The criteria are: - accomodation next to a beach (not 10 min walk away) - kids club for 4 year old - maximum flight time 3 hours from Cork - ideally village or small town...
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    Best Accounts Package for small business - Sage Line 50 or Tas Books 1?

    I have used both Sage and Tas. Tas is fine and in my opinion good value for money for a small business.
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    Wooden floor on top of floor tiles ?

    ok, thanks for that.
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