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For that increasingly rare breed, the first time buyer, now may be the moment to alert you to one or two issues which could assist your decision making process and more specifically, whether now is the time to take that leap into property ownership (or not).

The extension of the scrappage scheme for the first six months of next year will be widely welcomed by the motor industry

Income Tax

In the first of a series of occasional articles on topical tax issues, Tom Donnelly, an independent, professional, tax adviser based in Castlebar, outlines the potential benefits of transferring a business to a company.

A Ballyhaunis man who failed to get his car taxed and pay the arrears despite repeated warnings from a garda, and then declared the car was off the road for a year before he finally taxed it, was fined €400 in Ballyhaunis District Court.

That time of the year has come around again for getting your tax affairs in order. There are various taxes that need to be filed and paid in the coming weeks. They include the following:

The Government has been accused of breaking European law by applying vehicle registration tax to cars imported from Britain and Northern Ireland.

I have a construction company specializing in one off housing. I am engaged by contractors to do work for them and also by the house owners in which case I use my own subcontractors. I am very confused by the new scheme for VAT between principal contractors and subcontractors. How does it work?

Brian Thornton and Terri Treacy of KPMG, chartered accountants, highlight below some of the key points which emerged from the Minister’s speech in the Dáil.

Q. I am purchasing land in Mayo from a non resident. He has told me that I don’t have to withhold tax from the payment. I think that he is wrong. What is the correct position?