As announced as part of the Four Year National Recovery Plan – the national minimum wage is going to be cut from €8.65 an hour to €7.65 an hour. This is a 12% drop. The new rates come into effect on February 1st 2011 One of the reasons given for this cut is to help […]
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Budget 2011
Cold Weather Fuel Payments 2010
As announced in the December 7th 2010 Budget – people who are getting the winter fuel allowance payments will also get an extra one off “cold weather”payment of €40 this year. People do not need to apply for the payment of €40. It will be automatically paid to all people who currently get a fuel […]
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Budget Helps The Fat Cats
The Guardian newspaper recently described Ireland’s well paid public sector workers not as fat Cats – but Morbidly Obese Cats. It was hoped that maybe some of the high earners would end up getting a bit less after Budget 2011. The changes in the Budget to PRSI and Tax as well as the new Social […]
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Stamp Duty Now Payable On All Homes
The stamp duty changes in the 2011 Budget don’t seem to have caused much reaction – or maybe some people just believe all the hype? The stamp duty changes are supposed to help the property market – according to Brian Lenihan – but it is hard to see how it will not do the opposite. […]
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Scrappage Scheme Extended to June 2011
The Car Scrappage scheme was introduced in 2010 – and enabled people to claim a refund of VRT when buying a new car and scrapping an old one . See Full details of Scrappage Scheme here . In Budget 2011 – it was announced that the car scrappage scheme is being extended to 30 June […]
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