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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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  • Do UK Investment Trusts make sense as an investment for Irish Investors?

    Due to the unfavourable tax regime in Ireland for ETF investors, many have been seeking alternatives such as UK investment trusts. UK investment trusts are a type of publicly traded investment company that pool investors’ money to invest in a portfolio of assets like stocks, bonds, property, or alternative investments. Currently, under Irish tax law,…

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  • Taxation & Accounting of Crypto Transactions for Irish Business

    In Revenue’s guidance that has been provided to date on cryptocurrencies, notably, they proclaim that cryptocurrencies are “best referred to as assets”, and that there are no specific rules that apply to cryptocurrencies. In this blog post, we will go through what that means from a practical point of view for both business taxation and…

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  • Getting Mortgage Approved when Self-Employed

    The prospect of buying a home is an exciting one, but for self-employed individuals in Ireland, the process of securing a mortgage can be more challenging compared to the regular mortgage applicant. This is because banks have less visibility into the stability and predictability of self-employed income compared to reliability of a standard 9-5 jobs…

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  • Do Unaudited Financial Statements need an Accountant’s report in Ireland?

    There are many different company sizes in Ireland from micro, small, medium, to large. Some companies need to be audited, and others can avail of audit exemptions. In this blog post, we will discuss the requirements to include an Accountant’s report in a set of unaudited statutory financial statements of an Irish limited company. What…

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  • Bare Trusts: A Simple Yet Powerful Tool for Securing Your Children’s Financial Future

    As parents, we all worry about the future of our children. We want to provide them with the best possible opportunities, both personally and financially. In Ireland, there are various tools available to help parents achieve these goals, and one such option is the bare trust. What is a Bare Trust? A bare trust is…

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  • Pre-Registration VAT Expenses: Understanding What you Can and Can’t Claim

    Many business owners in Ireland may not initially register for VAT upon starting their new business when completing their TR2 form, although there may be many large purchases made in the early days that could have been refundable if the business had registered for VAT. In this blog post, we will look at what the…

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  • Your First Year as Sole Trader in Ireland | First Annual Accounts and Tax Return Timing

    Each year, sole traders all around Ireland need to submit their annual income tax returns by 31 October (or mid Nov if filed on R.OS) for the previous year. What can really confuse people is what period should your financial cover when doing these income tax returns in the first, second, and third year after…

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  • Directors’ Remuneration 10-15% Guideline for Rental Property Companies

    10-15% Guide Directors Remuneration

    Property rental companies may fall within the Taxes and Consolidations Act 1997 definition of an Investment company if they own more than one property. There are some long standing guidelines that have been handed down through case law over the years on how much you pay your company directors and also avail of a tax…

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  • How to Create a Holding Company Structure (After Already Starting Your Trading Company)

    In this blog post, we will look at how you can reorganise your company structure from one single trading company into a group structure without creating a CGT liability and take advantage of the benefits of a holding company can offer.

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  • Amazon FBM & FBA | VAT for Irish Businesses

    Often the easiest way to launch your e-commerce business into other markets is by using marketplaces such as Amazon to list your products. What can get very confusing for sellers, is how to account and report for VAT when your stock is stored in other countries and you are selling across multiple markets in the…

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