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Getting Your Business Back on Track – Goal Setting
Muhammad Ali once said “What keeps me going is goals.” Whether you are a business with 100 employees, a partnership of two or an empire of one, goal setting is essential to keep your business moving forward. Setting business goals will allow you to have a clear vision of what you want to achieve. This […]
Reasons To Do Business In Ireland – Holding Companies
Ireland’s attractive tax, regulatory and legal regime, combined with an open and accommodating business environment are all factors which have contributed to the establishment of Ireland as a prestigious location for the headquarters of many multinational companies (MNCs), such as Facebook, Google and Intel to name just a few. Our recent series of blogs […]
Top Ten Highlights From Budget 2016
Budget 2016, announced on 13th October, is the final Budget of the 31st Dáil. In light of an improving economic outlook with a robust rate of growth, increased employment and rising tax revenues, the Government was in a position to lay the groundwork for its re-election campaign with a populist Budget designed to increase the income […]
Reasons To Do Business in Ireland – Research and Development (R&D) Tax Credits
Ireland’s Research and Development Tax Credit is regarded as one of the best in the world and has been in place since 2004. Under this system, companies can claim a tax credit of 25% on qualifying R&D expenditure. The purpose of the credit is to encourage both national and international companies to undertake R&D activities […]
5 Things You Should Know About VAT
Value Added Tax (VAT) is a tax on consumer spending and is applied to most goods and services in Ireland. While consumers purchase goods and services without giving VAT a second thought, the buying and selling of goods by a business is very much impacted by VAT. We have put together a simple guide to […]
Reasons To Do Business In Ireland – Special Assignee Relief Programme (SARP)
In our recent blog, Reasons To Do Business In Ireland – Skilled Workforce, we looked at the availability of skilled labour in Ireland and how it contributes to our attractiveness for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). However, while Ireland has many highly skilled individuals, some multinational companies (MNC’s) may wish to bring some of their key […]
The Companies Act 2014 – Restriction On Change of Financial Year Ends
In our recent blog, The Companies Act 2014 – Signed Into Law, we reviewed the new company structures which were introduced when the 2014 Act which commenced on 1st June, 2015. A recent publication by the Companies Registration Office (CRO) has outlined a number of new and amended forms, which are now in place following […]
Reasons To Do Business In Ireland – Corporate Tax Rates and Tax Administration
While there are many factors which attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to Ireland, our well publicised Corporation Tax Rate of 12.5% is considered as one of the most significant. Ireland’s rate of 12.5% is one of the lowest “onshore” Statutory Corporate Tax rates in the world; however, it is not an incentive regime, it is […]
Tips To Reduce Your Income Tax Liability
Are you required to prepare an Income Tax Return for 2014? If so you are probably gathering your information to forward to your accountant or tax advisor. From our years of experience of working with our clients we have put together some of the key Income Tax deductions, credits, allowances and reliefs which you may […]
Reasons To Do Business In Ireland – Skilled Workforce
In our recent blog, Ireland – A Good Place To Do Business, we looked at some of the reasons which have lead to Ireland attracting a significant level of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). In this, our first blog in a series of blogs covering this topic, we will look at how Ireland’s skilled workforce contributes […]