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  • Start Your Own Limited Company in Ireland Course – Save Thousands on Accounting Fees

    There are many people in Ireland that have a business idea, that get put off from every giving it a go as large accounting and other professional fees make the idea not viable financially from the get go. In this blog post, I want to talk to you about another solution that could help you…

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  • The Irish Investors’ Guidebook by Walter Dunphy

    Investing is growing ever more popular in Ireland, but until now there was no book that captured all of the peculiarities and rules that you need to be aware of as beginner investors in Ireland. The Irish Investors’ Guidebook is jam-packed with useful information and examples to help you navigate investing in Ireland.

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  • Free Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) Model Calculator | Google Sheets

    One of the most popular methods of valuing a company is by discounting all its expected future cash flows back to today’s terms using an appropriate discount rate. This method is commonly known as the Discounted Cash Flow valuation model.

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  • The Only WACC Calculator You Will Need – Free Download

    A company can raise money in many different ways, including issuing ordinary and preferential stock, corporate bonds, and other forms of debt. The Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) works out the average cost of all of these forms of fundraising to the company.

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  • Looking for Answers? Our New Subreddit for Small Business Owners in Ireland is Here!

    Join us on reddit to be a part of a helpful Irish community of small business owners – no matter if you are already up and running with your business, or just starting out, it is always good to have a community of people to lean on when you come across questions that can only…

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  • Free Guide to Completing a Capital Gains Tax Return for Stocks and Crypto (CG1) in Ireland

    Let’s be honest Capital Gains tax returns in Ireland are needlessly overcomplicated for investors. This is because in Ireland we just use one form (CG1) for every type of capital gain whether is a profit from the sale of a house, land, stocks, crypto, options and so on.

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  • Best Broker Sign-Up Bonuses for Irish Investors

    It is great to be able to kick off your investing journey by getting a free sign up bonus from an investment broker… it puts you in the green before you even invest a cent of your own money. In this blog post, I will give you a brief summary of three different brokerages that…

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  • Track your Dividend Income for Free with this App

    Whether you are a die-hard dividend investor or someone who holds several stocks that just happen to pay regular dividends, keeping track of how much dividend income you are going to be earning will be important to you. The problem is that it can be very difficult to do this yourself if you hold numerous…

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  • If Your Broker Goes Bust Are your Investments Safe?

    When you are investing you are generally only worried about losses relating to decreases in the value of your stocks, ETFs, etc. But should you be also worried about losing your money if the investment brokerage you use goes bust? In this blog post, we will see what protections are there for investors in Ireland…

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  • How do Revolut Loans Stack up Against its Competitors?

    Revolut is continuing to disrupt the old guard of traditional banks in Ireland with its fast moving and innovative approach to the banking industry. It has taken further steps in recent times such as providing loans and deposit accounts that are backed by Lithuanian Deposit Guarantees. This now puts Revolut on par with other banks…

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  • 9 Ideas for Generating a Side Income in Ireland (€100+ p/m)

    The cost of living in Ireland has gone crazy in the last year. Who wouldn’t say no to a few extra hundred quid every month to ease the pressure? I have compiled a list of 9 Side Income ideas to help you start making some extra cash and who knows maybe some of them could…

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  • Spread Betting in Ireland – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

    In this blog post, we will guide you through everything you need to know about spread betting in Ireland, including the taxes, risks and what brokers are offering spread betting to Irish investors. Spread betting involves an investor speculating on whether the price of a stock, index, commodity or crypto will rise or fall without…

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  • Top 5 Must-Read Investing Books for Irish Investors

    In this article, we will go rank the top 5 must-read books for any beginner investor in Ireland.

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  • How Corporation Tax is calculated for an accounting year longer than 12 months in Ireland

    For the first accounting period of your limited company in Ireland, it’s possible for your accounting year to extend beyond the standard 12 months all the way up to 18 months if you so choose. For instance, if your business was established on January 15th, you might prepare your company’s financial statements until February 28th…

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  • A Guide to Charging the Right Sales Tax | Irish VAT

    When your business is registered for VAT, it is important both for you and your customers that you are correctly accounting for VAT on your sales invoices and to be aware of how VAT is charged when exporting to the EU and countries outside the EU.

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  • Behind on your Pension? Here is a Way to Catchup

    Feeling like you are far behind with your pension contributions? In this blog post, we will discuss a strategy that can allow you to quickly catchup if you have some savings you are willing to put away for your retirement.

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  • Audit Exemption Thresholds for Private Ltd Companies in Ireland

    Nobody likes being audited; an audit can suck up a lot of your company’s resources in terms of taking up the time of key personnel and far higher fees compared to preparing an unaudited set of financial statements. Thankfully, many smaller Irish private limited companies can avail of audit exemptions. In this blog post, we…

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  • Allowable Losses | The Biggest Mistake Irish Investors Make with Their Taxes

    In this blog post, we will highlight one of the biggest mistakes Irish investors make, which is not understanding how losses impact your taxes. Not understanding this could be costing you thousands of euro over your investing lifetime.

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  • Using Benjamin Graham’s Intrinsic Value Calculator to Pick Stocks

    Often the hardest part of investing for beginners, is how do you whittle down the thousands of potential stocks you can invest in? You could end up going down multiple rabbit holes wasting your time researching companies that are not good investment opportunities. That is where a good stock screener comes in. In this blog…

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  • How to Quantify the Leverage (Lambda) of your Options Contract

    In this blog post, I will go through a simple way you can calculate the leverage (lambda) of any options contract.

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