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Liam Croke - Making Cents

Make €14,000 tax-free by taking in a lodger

There aren’t many legal ways you can avoid paying tax, but there is one where you can earn up to €14,000 every year without having to pay a cent in income tax, USC or PRSI to the Government. I am referring, of course, to the rent a room scheme. You ...

01 Dec 2017 at 11:28

Liam Croke - Making Cents

Do your spending habits reflect your values?

If I asked you how much you spend on food, clothes or utilities every month, would you know? And if you did, would you know what percentage of your monthly income goes towards each? More importantly would you know if that was typical or normal for ...

11 Dec 2017 at 13:27

Liam Croke - Making Cents

Making Cents: Ideas to beat the cost of living crisis (part 3)

This is the last article in my trilogy of trying to combat the rising cost of living we’re all experiencing. In the previous two articles I looked at ways of how we can reduce our existing monthly expenses. But that’s not all we can do, which is ...

14 Apr 2022 at 14:00

Liam Croke - Making Cents

I'm buying a house, will Covid-19 mean I pay more for insurance? Liam Croke lets you know

Liam, I’m currently buying a property and about to arrange life cover. Is the COVID-19 pandemic going to impact my ability to get cover? Will I end up paying more? Any advice would be much appreciated. I’ve received many questions in recent ...

24 Mar 2020 at 11:45

Liam Croke - Making Cents

Making Cents: Four ways to protect your savings from inflation

I’m not sure whether you knew this or not, but since, April 2000 the purchasing power of €1 in Ireland has fallen by 32%. I am pretty sure, that you know high inflation coupled with low interest rates are the perfect storm for savers, ...

27 May 2021 at 14:00

Liam Croke - Making Cents

Making Cents with Liam Croke: Flight delays and your rights

Did you know, in 2018 about 32% of all flights from Shannon Airport were delayed. And in Dublin the figure was 30%. That’s according to data complied, by UK based aviation analytics firm, OAG. The most punctual airport last year was ...

28 Jul 2019 at 13:00

Liam Croke - Making Cents

Making Cents with Liam Croke: Where is the value with bank current accounts?

I received an email from a reader a couple of weeks ago, advising that the monthly fees charged by his current account provider, Ulster Bank, had increased by 350% and he was naturally taken aback. I briefly answered his question ...

15 Jul 2019 at 15:00

Liam Croke - Making Cents

Don't leave your money in Revenue's coffers

The number of people who neglect to claim tax reliefs they are entitled to still surprises me. The two excuses I hear all the time are (a) they don’t know what they are entitled to and (b) those that do, believe the refund or ...

31 Jan 2017 at 18:48

Liam Croke - Making Cents

Do you have too much cash?

THE personal savings rate in Ireland is about 31%, which means on average, nearly a third of our gross disposable income is going unspent. Because of Covid there was a slowdown in consumer spending, so much so that deposits ...

23 Sept 2021 at 14:00

Liam Croke - Making Cents

Liam Croke: Don’t let financial stress ruin your health

A client of mine told me last week how his GP described what he was doing to himself as akin to being a functioning alcoholic – you know what you are doing is bad for you, but you do it anyway. Going to work at the moment ...

02 Aug 2018 at 12:07

Liam Croke - Making Cents

Be sure you don't fall victim to 'lifestyle creep'

Did you ever get a pay rise? Or seen your take home pay increased because of some action implemented in the budget? You may have though, great, those extra funds will relieve a bit of pressure each month. But, three or ...

21 Mar 2017 at 14:29

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Making Cents: Have you heard of the 2 X Rule?

I RECEIVED an email from a young man recently who asked, how can he stop spending everything he earns? He said that after he accounted for his fixed expenses of rent, food, transport etc. he never got to the end of ...

23 Jun 2022 at 14:00

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