Many Directors of family owned companies are presently questioning the merit of continuing pension funding. Small self administered schemes which were set up in the past ten years, and received large cash contributions out of their company profits over the …
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Finance Act 2011 – Personal Tax
The Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies agreed between Ireland and the IMF in December 2010 provided for an ‘income tax-led revenue package – sized at over €2 billion in a full year’. Tax changes introduced in Finance Act 2011 …
Family Business – What Next?
Many families have built successful trading companies that are well placed to continue to operate profitably into the future. For founder shareholders the passing of the business to the next generation in a sensible and well ordered manner is a …
Intellectual Property – Guide to Reliefs and Exemptions
In November 2010 the National Recovery Plan was published by the Irish Government. The plan is a clear statement of intent to place Ireland as the leading ‘smart economy’ on the international stage. A key part of this strategy is …