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Put yourself in one of your competitors shoes. .. If they approached you, wanting to sell their business, and you had no intention to buy it, what would you do? Could you hurt their business with the knowledge you gain? With enough effort, I think most businesses with whom you compete could...

This sounds like a good option. Would you have any more information? With a Self-Admin pension, is there a trustee fee payable in addition to the AMC? Also, what are the main differences between a Self-Admin and Self-Directed pension?

After you pay the booking deposit, and the refund period lapses, is it possible to transfer the option to buy the property to another person?

As a side note, what is the maximum amount that the employer can contribute annually to an Executive Pension plan? I have found information on the maximum annual contributions allowable by the employee, however have had no luck finding any details on the maximum annual contribution from the...

Yes, correct. All amounts were blacked out. In my case, the EA was simply wanting assurance of mortgage approval. I guess some people make offers on the assumption that they will be approved by the bank...

Have been through the process, we scanned the approval letter but blacked out any confidential details, figures etc before sending over to the EA. No issue with that from EA...

Hi all, I thought it might be interesting to see what the general view is of the direction of mortgage interest rates over the next 12 months... What are your thoughts?

Would a Spanish bank issue a mortgage to an Irish person (with all income from Irish sources) to purchase a property in Spain?

Bumping this old thread as I would also be interested in hearing some opinions on the questions raised in this post. Anyone?

With regards to the 7 year deemed disposal, how does this work if you are regularly investing additional funds into the ETF over these 7 years? Are you expected then to make a deemed disposal every 7 years from the date of each of your "top ups"? Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

Sorry, I wasn't trying to refer to entertaining clients in order to win their business. More that, for example, if the salesperson was dining in a restaurant, and from experience, they would have a higher sales close rate if they were to be a customer of the business they were trying to win as a...

Hi everyone, I have a question regarding allowable tax deductible business expenses that a company may claim as a tax deductible expense. I realise that under normal circumstances and for most businesses that food and beverages (meals, drinks etc) and also some travel (hotels, flights etc)...

Hi All, I have been trawling the threads here but haven't found any threads specific to my questions - so here goes... I am a director of an Irish Limited Company and am at a stage where I would like to start planning for a mortgage application. I won't be applying for at least 12 months...

Hi all, Earlier in the year we had a supplier mess us around which resulted in us refunding many customers for their orders and getting a solicitor involved to cancel our contract with the supplier. We haven't received any response from the supplier after sending the solicitors letter. I...

Hi Marc, Would you mind sharing what this fund/REIT you have mentioned is? Appreciate the opportunity of some further research into the various options available. Thanks!

You are right, there could potentially be an additional week pinned to the end of the trip but obviously this will need to be apportioned to "personal" travel. E.g. acommodation, food etc for this "personal" time not claimed as business expenses. How would one determine the "business" portion...

We pay our accountant an annual fee - so we might as well utilise their expertise. Just thought it may be of use to have some thoughts from people from AAM before meeting with the accountant. My main concern is where the line is drawn between something being a business expense and personal...

Hello, Our company is looking to attend a large event/conference (related to our industry) which is being held in Sydney, Australia later in the year. Tickets to the event are around €300 each and with flights to Sydney being close to €1000 a ticket the costs for attending the event are...

Hi all, With the recent news coverage of the taxes being paid by big US multinationals operating in Ireland (Google, Apple, Amazon etc) I thought it might be an interesting topic to discuss here (apologies if I am in the wrong section of the forum). A question in the back of my mind is how...

Hello all, Been lurking these forums for some time however this is my first post here. I am looking to invest a lump sum of around €10k and after plenty of reading I have decided that ETFs will be the base for my investment portfolio. My criteria of the investment is; - ideally the...