As a consequence of the Finance Bill 2022, business owners and employees alike are being positively impacted by changes to PRSA contribution thresholds as the benefit-in-kind categorisation is removed on employer pension contributions. Previously pension contributions submitted by an employer were limited by the employee’s age...

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Mortgage holders in Ireland will face an additional cost blow over the coming months as the European Central Bank (ECB) opted to hike the mortgage interest rates once again. The impact of rising interest rates on mortgages was a mere 0.5% but will cost the average tracker mortgage holder around €1,650 extra each year (ie appro...

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If you have ever asked yourself how tax credits work in Ireland or what is the standard rate of income tax, then know that you are not alone. These impact our daily lives, yet there is a lot of uncertainty about what they actually mean. The recently enforced Finance Bill 2022 has included updates to tax rates and bands, tax cred...

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2022 was certainly a volatile year across the world. We saw crises with respect to food shortages, climate, war, the impact of Brexit, the EU energy crisis, inflation and economic growth, cost of living and of course the legacy of the Covid-19 pandemic. We seemed to move from one crisis to the next and this had a massive effect ...

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