Key Deadline: April 5th 2025. If you miss this deadline your opportunity window is closed and there is no recourse. It is unlikely the HMRC will extend this deadline. Do not miss this once in a life investment opportunity. Introduction The Irish [...]
There have been numerous changes to Irish pensions in 2024, and there is more to follow in 2025. These changes are all broadly aimed at improving the pension coverage of our ageing population, improving access to the state contributory pension, and paying for the pensions of the retirees of [...]
If you are starting your pension, or you have been paying into an occupational or personal pension for a number of years, you may have concerns around the types of company that your pension savings are being invested into. Pension savings or contributions are invested into a managed fund [...]
It appears that the pension auto-enrolment scheme announced with much fanfare by the Government faces further delays. Now envisaged as beginning in 2025, pension auto-enrolment faces a number of hurdles before it can be up and running for employees. Auto-enrolment is intended to be one option in a range [...]
Heather Humphries, the Minister for Social Protection, has announced the new name for Ireland’s long awaited auto enrolment pension scheme. My Future Fund has been chosen as the “easy to remember” moniker, a move intended to make clear the purpose of the pension savings scheme ie. to save and [...]
If you are planning your income in retirement, you may have a lot of questions about the State pension in Ireland. Here are some of the most commonly asked questions about the State pension in Ireland so that you will have the knowledge you need to make informed decisions [...]
It has been estimated that upwards of €500 million could be sitting in various pension schemes in Ireland that have either been forgotten or ‘lost’ by those who have moved or changed jobs. If you have worked for more than one employer, worked in another country, or left a [...]
The government has passed a landmark law which will create a new automatic enrolment pension scheme to address a deficit of pension savings in the country. The Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024 has been sent the President to be signed into law after being passed by both [...]
There are many problems that exist within the Irish pension ecosystem. When compared to the pension systems of, say, the U.S and the UK, Ireland’s pension system appears to be archaic at the best of times. If it were a case of “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” [...]
Benjamin Franklin once said that “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes”. Indeed, Irish tax residents are all too familiar with the Exchequer taking a sizable share from their hard-earned income and gains. The most common form of taxation that the average [...]
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