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Start-Up Relief for Entrepreneurs (SURE)

11/02/2022

Library of Knowledge No. 54 SURE is a tax relief that provides a refund of income tax that you paid in previous years. You can claim the relief if you are starting your own business and you are: an employeean unemployed persona person who has recently been made redundant. The relief is based on establishing…

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A Warm & Comfortable Welcome!

04/02/2022

Library of Knowledge No. 53 We are delighted with our newly remodelled reception area and look forward to welcoming our valued clients. Our services at Horizon Accounting include: Financial Management, Professional Services, Business Development Taxation. Stay Safe

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Part-time Job Incentive for the Self-Employed.

28/01/2022

Library of Knowledge No. 52. The Part-Time Job Incentive Scheme for the Self-Employed (PTSE) is a new scheme for self-employed people. It provides income support to self-employed people who will lose their Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) if they earn over €960 over 8 weeks. It also provides support to self-employed people on a jobseekers payment who…

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Mental Health In The Workplace.

21/01/2022

Library of Knowledge No. 51  Mental Health both personally and within the workplace are as important for employers and teams as the physical requirements for health & safety legislation. Being mindful of mental health in your workplace can improve: focus concentration performance Some tips/rules that can reduce the occurrence of mental health issues arising, such…

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Enterprise Support Grant

14/01/2022

Library of Knowledge No. 50 Enterprise Support Grant  – the € 1,000 grant is available through your Local Enterprise Office. are tax and PRSI compliant are not liable for commercial rates have been in receipt of the COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment and have closed their claim. have reopened their business which was closed due to the pandemic.…

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Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) Update.

06/01/2022

Library of Knowledge No. 49 Due to the surge in the Omicron COVID-19 variant, the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) is now re opened for business’ who fulfil the criteria. Qualifying Criteria: Must have revenue tax clearance Demonstrate that your business will experience a reduction of at least 30% turnover* The disruption is caused by…

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NTMA raises €1.25 billion in bond auction

10/06/2021

The National Treasury Management Agency has raised €1.25 billion this morning in an auction of Irish bonds. Today’s auction brings the total raised by the NTMA so far this year to €13.25 billion. The amounts raised include €600m on the existing 1.1% Treasury Bond 2029 at a negative yield of -0.094%. €325m was raised on […]

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Under-25s six times more likely to be in temporary work than older age groups

02/06/2021

People aged under 25 are almost six times more likely to be in temporary work than their older counterparts, according to a new study on decent work by the ESRI and the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. The research entitled “Monitoring Decent Work in Ireland” finds that young people, along with Travellers, people with […]

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Donohoe defends 10% stamp duty proposal on bulk buying

19/05/2021

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has defended the decision to exempt apartments from the Government’s proposal to introduce a stamp duty charge of 10% on the purchase of ten or more houses. He said the reason it is a house-focused measure is because he is “genuinely convinced” that if apartments were brought into the scheme, […]

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Claims on health insurance plans fall by almost a third

18/05/2021

THERE has been a sharp drop in the number of claims made on health insurance plans due to the pandemic restrictions. The Covid-19 outbreak has also seen the number of people with private health cover rise to 2.3 million, which represents 46pc of the population. An additional 38,000 people took out a health insurance plan […]

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