THE END OF THE AMRF

What is an AMRF? An AMRF is an Approved Minimum Retirement Fund. Changes in the Finance Bill 2021 will abolish AMRF’s which were supposed to guard against the risk of running out of money in later life for retirees. Prior to the Finance Bill 2021, retirees had to lock...

PASS IT ON TAX FREE

How can you give cash away tax free? You might think, no problem, there is nothing stopping me. And there isn’t. But the person receiving the gift has to pay 1/3 of the gift as Capital Acquisitions Tax (CAT). If you have often wondered how you can pass on some cash...

THE EXTRACTION PROBLEM

If you own a business run through a limited company, you know already one of the tax problems we deal with on a day-to-day basis. And that is how to extract cash from the company in as tax efficient away as possible. The normal ways are through salary and dividends …....

FAMILY LOANS

The Government has not gone ahead with planned changes to the Capital Acquisitions tax (CAT) treatment of family loans. These plans, announced in the Finance Bill, would have taxed the interest on the loan, based on the borrowing rate rather than on the deposit rate...

PARENTS GIFTING SITE TO CHILD TO BUILD A HOUSE

For parents gifting a site to a child to build a house there are tax implications for both parties, however with good tax planning taxes can be minimized. Parent: Capital Gains Tax (CGT) For the parents gifting the site, the gift will be deemed by Revenue as a...
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