Sconhome, I know of a builder who had a run in with Revenue over the very same problem. He has his 'home office' in a bed room to handle his paperwork and the company van lived in the front drive during the night, while all other work was off site. I can't remember the final outcome, but the official from Revenue who was dealing with the case rang him at home during the evening and when the builder asked him were he was calling from he said from this house. They then had an argument as to what was the difference between a builder doing accounts at home and a Revenue employee also working from home.... I think the end result was Revenue dropped the case.
This will lead to an interesting debate about the definition of home office and the commercial purposes of the office.
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Interesting, but hardly surprising. I wonder will there be a strike day called for this lack of efficiency, effectiveness, coordination, itegration and transparency.... Apparently there is no co-ordination between the Companies Registration Office, the Local Authority Planning Department and the Rates Office at all...
Excellent posts, important issues well hight-lighted.... The Revenue and Rates people need to work together to take these amounts from businesses instead of reducing social welfare for needy families or bottom of the rung civil servants on contract work, but who - get this - pay a pension contribution! ...
Interesting, but hardly surprising. I wonder will there be a strike day called for this lack of efficiency, effectiveness, coordination, itegration and transparency.
Excellent posts, important issues well hight-lighted.
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]On the OP, I have often wondered how the pod system builders were able to pass off the structures as planning exempt for home office use. The majority for domestic use are simply pimped up sheds.
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A section of enterprise Ireland website addresses the idea of a home office:
http://www.enterprise-ireland.com/ebusinesssite/guides/e_works_guide/e_works_guide_p5a.asp
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]What about planning permission and business rates for working at home?
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Planning permission is rarely a problem in practice. Some local authorities (for example, Dublin Corporation) are moving towards allowing home-based economic activity within dwelling houses as standard. It is advisable to discuss the issue with council planning departments. The Department of the Environment has stated that:[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Business rates therefore could apply to home offices in certain circumstances, so it may be useful to seek professional advice.
- [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Teleworking/telecommuting (eWorking) from home (either part-time or full-time where all that is involved is a computer terminal) ... it would be difficult to argue that there is any material change of use involved here and accordingly it would not be an issue from a planning point of view;[/FONT]
- [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Home as an office with staff (several people) and dedicated space ... is quite a different concept and would involve a material change of use and would consequently come within the scope of the planning code.[/FONT]
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