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Budget 2025

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Minister for Finance Jack Chambers and Minister for Public Expenditure Pascal Donohoe delivered the final Budget of this Government’s term on the back of a €23.7bn surplus in exchequer funds, boosted by a €14bn windfall from the Apple tax case. Tax revenues are forecasted at €105.7bn for the year. Budget 2025 will contain measures totalling €10.5bn as...

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Budget 2023

Budget 2023 is unique given its ‘budget-within-a-budget’ nature — with €4.1 billion in one-off measures turbocharging a €6.9 billion ordinary package in an effort to insulate voters from the cost of living crisis — along with €300 million from the Covid reserve fund. Here is what is once-off and what’s going to be permanent or longer-lasting, and the economic backdrop. Economic...

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Budget 2022

The 2022 Budget details were announced in the Dail by the Minister for Finance on 12th October 2021. We look at the main changes potentially impacting on clients. The key points from the Budget 2022 speech: Income tax bands increased by €1,500 and main tax credits by €50. The 2% USC band increased from €8,675 to €9,283. Employees working at home will be able to claim tax...

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Budget 2021

Following several ‘light’ Budgets over the past number of years, this Budget has taken on extra significance considering the current Covid-19 pandemic. Numerous financial incentives have been rolled out since March to help fend off the bleak financial outlook facing many people and businesses. Previous Budgets where highly ‘Brexit’ focused but this Budget is the most important in terms...

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Budget

Budget 2020 – 8th October 2019 As expected, this Budget was light on tax measures and once again focused on other ‘incentivised’ schemes. The overriding backdrop to this Budget was ‘Brexit’. Add to the mix a looming General Election in the new year and you have a Budget that has attempted to appeal to as many groups as possible. Brexit, and the uncertainty surrounding it has...

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Budget 2017

Budget 2017 11 October 2016 This year's Budget was well documented in advance as being one for this Government to give back to the people in terms of tax reductions and to implement a positive capital expenditure plan. The referendum result in the UK with regard to ‘Brexit’ has hindered this budget somewhat, but overall it is following with the Government’s plan to...

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How safe is your state pension? Five ways the state pension may be cut.

Source: Irish Times With the number of over-65s in Ireland projected to increase from 570,000 to 855,000 in the coming decade, the pension time bomb is ticking The problem facing countries all around the world is how will they continue to pay for pension benefits at a time when the population is living longer than ever before. It is a time bomb that has yet to detonate, but all the...

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Four ways the self-employed are disadvantaged by the Irish Tax system

It is an issue that has been raised repeatedly in recent months, first ahead of last October’s budget and more recently in advance of the general election. It’s the tax burden carried by the self-employed, compared with their counterparts who work in the PAYE sector. Given that about 17.4 per cent of the Irish workforce is self-employed, according to OECD figures for 2014, just ahead of the...

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Pension black hole surges by €2bn at top companies

The combined pension deficits at the State's largest private and public companies have surged by €2bn. AIB and Bank of Ireland had the highest deficits at around €1bn each, according to the research by pension consultants LCP Ireland. Falling bond yields last year had a dramatic impact on corporate balance sheets. This was despite the positive investment performance of global equity...

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Media hysteria about stock market corrections misplaced

Fear sells newspapers but investors should not pay attention to the apocalyptic headlines Source: Irish Times 08/09/2015 Large sections of the media tend to get a little hysterical during stock market corrections, adopting a “pack up the kids” tone that aims to scare the bejaysus out of its readers. The latest bout of market turbulence, alas, has been no different, producing headlines such...

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