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2012 Tax Refunds

Friday, 25 November 2016 by Ray Byrne

With the year-end approaching we are all starting to think about Christmas and all that it entails. It is also the end of the current tax year and with that, brings the deadline for being able to claim any 2012 Tax Refunds that you may be due. For this Blog Post, we have decided to

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3 Tax Refunds Teachers Are Missing Out On

Wednesday, 01 April 2015 by Administrator

It’s mid term and don’t you know all the teachers are out having fun – maybe sunning themselves in the South of Spain or having a staycation somewhere closer to home. Well….maybe that’s what all us non-teachers think, but my sister is a teacher and in all honesty she spends most of her mid-term prepping

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Claiming tax relief for Medical Expenses: Myth Buster

Thursday, 05 February 2015 by Administrator

We all have medical expenses of some nature – maybe the odd trip to the doctor or a prescription to treat a niggling flu – but I’m amazed by the amount of people who don’t bother to check if they can claim tax relief on them. I don’t know about you, but if there’s any

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3 steps to claiming tax relief for Coeliacs

Tuesday, 18 November 2014 by Administrator

I hear so many people saying they are following gluten-free diets these days – all claiming they need to for a variety of different reasons. In reality, many of these same people don’t ‘need’ to adopt a gluten-free diet, it’s a matter of choice – however, there are people who are medically-diagnosed as coeliacs and

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How To Claim For Your Winning Smile

Wednesday, 05 November 2014 by Administrator

It seems everyone in the office here at Red Oak has been giving their teeth some good old TLC recently. In the last month, many of us have gone for routine dental check-ups and 3 of us have started the process of getting braces. Of course, we are all aware of the tax relief we

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Top 5 Mistakes People Make With Their Tax

Tuesday, 09 September 2014 by Administrator

There’s not a day goes by when the tax experts at Red Oak don’t spot an error with somebody’s tax – whether they’ve made it themselves or it’s the fault of their employer or Revenue – mistakes are common and can have a huge impact on your possible refund. Here are the top 5 mistakes

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10 Summer Allergy Expenses you can claim for

Tuesday, 05 August 2014 by Administrator

Over the long bank holiday weekend I really got out there and made the most of what could be the last of the summer weather – outdoor sports, late evening barbeques with friends, some gardening, a hike through Glendalough… anything to stay outdoors! Then a friend mentioned she had asthma. I watched as she struggled

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4 Possible Tax Refunds for New Mums

Tuesday, 29 July 2014 by Administrator

There’s been a bit of chatter around tax and the Maternity Benefit over the last week, so I thought it might help all the new mums out there to have someone clarify the situation for you. I know with me, it was the last thing I wanted to think about when I had a newborn

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13 Unlucky Mistakes You Can Make On Your Tax Return

Friday, 13 June 2014 by Administrator

You may not be crossing the paths of any black cats today, but if you are attempting your tax return, you could be making some mistakes that will provide more bad luck than walking under a ladder! So, to celebrate Black Friday, I thought I’d put together a list of the 13 unlucky mistakes that

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The Price of Single-dom

Tuesday, 13 May 2014 by Administrator

I was reading an excellent article by Lorraine Courtney in the Irish Independent yesterday which talked about being penalised financially for being single. As a single person, this got me thinking about how we singles are being treated for tax purposes and what is actually available to us to minimise the blow from Revenue. So,

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