The government’s Home Renovation Incentive (HRI) came into operation on 25 October 2013 and originally was for homeowners and originally was planned to run until 31 December 2015. We wrote about the HRI Scheme previously The scheme was extended in December 2014 to cover all homes – including those rented out by landlords. In Budget […]
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Tax Relief
Tax Relief on Home Renovation – Some Details
A new Home Renovation Incentive Scheme was announced in Budget 2014. It ended in Decmeber 2018 This is a tax relief scheme which will run from 25th October 2013 to 31st December 2018. (It was originally supposed to start in Jan 2014 but was bought forward to stop owners delaying work starting) . The Scheme […]
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Budget 2014 – Health Insurance Tax Relief Reduced
Budget 2014 cuts to tax relief on health insurance payments are expected to bring in an extra €127 Million a year in income taxes – but it might just result in people opting for cheaper health insurance policies. The change takes effect straight away – and not from January 2014- so people can expect to […]
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More Tax Increase Figures for Budget 2013
The government have promised that there will be no increases in Income Tax rates or bands in Budget 2013 – but they will have to get extra revenue from somewhere else . The new Property Tax is due to come into effect from July 2013 – and the details are expected to be announced before […]
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Union Calls For Tax Relief Cuts instead of Household Charge
The National Executive Council of SIPTU has called on the Government to suspend the proposed Household Charge and cut tax reliefs for property owners and landlords instead. SIPTU is The Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union – and it has around 200,000 members. SIPTU say the Household Charge is a flat tax which is unfair […]
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