University of Galway Tax Clinic working with local libraries to help lone parents and domestic abuse victims with tax affairs

Basic elements for taxation purposes are date and price when shares were bought and sold

The ability to give someone up to €3,000 in a year with no tax implications for either party is potentially a very useful tax relief

Failure to pay or assessing your property at a discount to its real value will inevitably come back to bite you

Report warns that pressure on Big Pharma to cut medicine prices in US could have bigger impact on tax take than relocation of plants

Taxpayers fear making innocent mistakes that will prove costly or failing to claim tax credits or reliefs they are entitled to

Executors cannot sell shares in an estate until the names are changed and this can be cumbersome depending where the company is based

Irish maker of nutritious microwaveable meals turns to UK executive to help build up its business in the UK market

Small gift exemption is a very useful tax relief for people trying to help out friends or family members

Options are very limited for homeowners looking to roll over home loans in retirement

Consumers will be able to insure against losses in their pension fund on a product designed to tap into stock market gains

Underinsurance is a growing issue for homeowners in Ireland and the consequences can be devastating

My Legacy umbrella group for charities says three percentage point cut in inheritance tax could treble legacy income from wills

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