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Teaching your children about money will help them pick up good habits for the future. We have pulled together some helpful steps so you can show your children how to make smart money decisions:
Step 1- Keep it fun
A great way to help children get started is to have three jars with the following labels:
The help-to-buy incentive has been the focus of attention in the wake of Budget 2017 but especially since the scheme opened for applications in January but considerable confusion still surrounds the practicalities of how the relief will work.
Put simply, to avail of this scheme you must be a first-time buyer, your mortgage must be for at least 70% of the value of the property, the property cannot be valued at more than €500,000, it must be newly built – ie no second-hand homes – and buy-to-let properties are excluded, so you must live there yourself.
Purchases Before Jan 1st 2017
The rules are slightly different for houses bought or built between July 19th 2016 and Dec 31st 2016. These properties will be eligible for tax rebates on purchases up to €600,000 – but the rebate will still be limited to €20,000.
Bonus: If first time buyers also manage to take out a mortgage with cashback they could get even more cashback.
It’s time to talk about tax already I’m afraid. If you are self-employed you must calculate your tax liability and make a payment by 31st October 2016 (12th November if registered with ROS) in respect of your:
1. Final Tax Assessment for 2015; 2. Preliminary Tax for 2016.
The good news…
You can reduce your 2015 Final Tax liability and your 2016 Preliminary Tax liability by making contributions to a Personal Pension plan or to a PRSA plan by 31st October 2016 (or 14th November 2016 for ROS users) and electing to backdate the tax relief to 2015.
Example:
Who is going to fill their shoes? Have you considered the impact the death of a key employee or business partner would have on your business? Business owners and their families throughout Ireland are facing this issue everyday. Some, however, are much better prepared than others. As a business owner, you protect your property, your
Have you considered the impact your death, the death of a key employee or business partner would have on your business?
As a business owner, you protect your property, your vehicles and equipment. But have you considered what would happen to your business if you died prematurely and the financial impact that it could have on your family and your business? Would your family stay in the business or would they sell it?
Things NOT to do!
Avoid these mistakes if you want to lead a richer life!
1) Spend now, pay later
Don’t throw your money away when you’re young, assuming you’ll be richer when you’re older. People in their 40s and 50s actually have the most financial problems. Enjoy your financial freedom when you’re young, but don’t squander it.
2) Fail to save
Too many people claim they can’t afford to save while blowing their cash on gadgets they don’t need, clothes they never wear and nights out they regret in the morning. Set up a regular savings plan by standing order or direct debit, so you don’t notice the money leave your account. Then have fun with what’s left.
Have you considered the impact your death, the death of a key employee or business partner would have on your business?
Business owners and their families throughout Ireland are facing this issue every day. Some, however, are much better prepared than others.
As a business owner, you protect your property, your vehicles and equipment. But have you considered what would happen to your business if you died prematurely and the financial impact that it could have on your family? Would your family stay in the business or would they sell the business?
You may also need to consider the impact on your business of the death of a key employee or business partner. Would you have the funds available to buy your co-owner’s share of the business from their family? Would the business be able to sustain the financial loss on the death of a key employee?
Figures show the Cost of Smoking Hits Hard on cost of Insurance Products but ex-smokers who have quit for over a year could be set to reap savings
While some people will already have broken their New Year’s resolutions, others will be celebrating the first anniversary of the success of their 2015 achievements. None more so than those who embarked on their journey to kick the smoking habit last January 2015. Protection experts at Royal London say that there may be hundreds if not thousands of ex-smokers who gave up the habit as part of a New Year resolution last year, and that these people may yet be able to reap further benefits on the back of their accomplishment.