Financial Management

Dear Reader Here are our latest recommended articles from the past 7 days.  Enjoy and share! NumberCruncher 1.Review: The Companies Bill 2013 A review of the contents of the Bill, which proposes to overhaul of the way company law operates in Ireland. http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/what-is-the-companies-bill-1170196-Nov2013/

Many people plan to leave inheritances to their children, to relatives or to deserving charities after they die. This section details the tax treatment of inheritances in Ireland and suggests ways of minimising the burden of Capital Acquisitions Tax. Capital Acquisitions Tax (CAT) CAT is applied both to gifts and to inheritances at the rate…

  The basics In 2013 the Government did away with the Employers PRSI exemption scheme and introduced the Jobsplus scheme. Another labour market activation scheme targeted at the long term unemployed which is to be welcomed. The only problem is that very few people have heard about it. At least three small business owners expressed…

This is a question that NumberCruncher gets asked over and over. My preference is certainly for a limited company but many go for the simplicity of the sole trader and associated cheaper compliance costs. Certainly if you are a very small trader with little travel it probably makes sense. You can always incorporate at a later…