What Burnout Really is

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Eric Barker has just published “Barking up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong. “In this compulsively readable, brilliant kaleidoscope BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE, Barker is your rollicking guide through the science of success. You’ll discover what pirates and inmates can teach us about honesty and generosity, how to network like the world’s greatest mathematician, and much, much more. (Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Drive and To Sell is Human) “Delightfully puckish, evidence-backed and full of insight, this book answers questions […]

Fraud Squad Warning for Limited Companies, Register of Beneficial Ownership and Potential Penalties

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Register of Beneficial Ownership

Under the European Union (Anti-Money Laundering: Beneficial Ownership of Corporate Entities) Regulations 2016 (the ‘Regulations’), all Irish companies are now required to set up and maintain a Register of Beneficial Owners. Failure to comply with the Regulations, by a relevant entity or the relevant individual is a criminal offence and can result in the imposition of a fine of €5,000 on summary conviction. There will be a three month period from 26 June 2017 to file the information with the Central Register without being in breach of the duty to file. After 26 September 2017, a […]

What Qualifiction does a Company Secretary Need?

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Company Secretary Qualifications

The secretary of a private company is not required to have any formal qualifications. However, the directors must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the secretary has the skills necessary to discharge his/her statutory and other legal duties and such other duties as may be delegated to the secretary by the directors. Directors of a public limited company must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the secretary is a person who appears to them to have the requisite knowledge and experience to carry out the functions of secretary and who: for at least three […]

The 5 Biggest Accounting Mistakes Made by SME’s

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5 SME mistakes

The following article (slightly edited by me) was recently published in the US by CPA Practice Advisor and is as relevant here as in Trumpland: “Small business owners face numerous everyday challenges, and they usually conquer them with their entrepreneurial strength. Unfortunately, keeping the books on their growing business is not a skill someone can simply persevere through and get it right. And the potential consequences of messing up on the accounting functions can have serious consequences when it comes to the success or failure of a business. The founders of the cloud accounting system Freshbooks […]

Details required to be displayed on a Limited Company’s Website

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Every limited liability company which has a website is required to display the following: The name and legal form of the company The place of registration of the company and the number with which it is registered The address of the registered office of the company In the cast of a company exempt from the obligation to use the company type (Companies Limited by Guarantee/Designated Activity Companies) as part of its name, the fact that it is such a company In the case the company is being wound up, the fact that it is being wound […]

Mandatory Electroinc Filing with the Companies Registration Office

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From 1 June 2017, it will be mandatory to file with the Companies Registration Office (CRO) the following forms electronically: B1- Annual Return (including financial statements and electronic payment) B2- Change of registered office B10- Change of Director and/or Secretary or in their particulars B73- Nomination of a new annual return date The signature page for the Form B1 must be printed, signed by the officers of the company and delivered to the CRO. Paper forms and paper financial statements filed after 1 June 2017 will be returned and if this results in the Annual Return […]

Limited Company Letterheads

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The following particulars must be shown on all business letters of a limited company: The full company name The forename and surnames of the directors and their nationality if not Irish The legal form of the company Place of registration and registered number e.g. registered in Dublin, Ireland In the cast of a company exempt from the obligation to use the company type (Companies Limited by Guarantee/Designated Activity Companies) as part of its name, the fact that it is such a company In the case of a company being wound up, the fact that it is […]

QUALIFYING DISCLOSURE REVENUE DEADLINE

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Revenue have recently begun writing to self-assessed taxpayers to make sure they are aware of how to correct any errors that have been made in, or any omissions from, any tax return they have filed. You will be aware that Revenue carries out a range of checks to ensure that returns are filed and are correct. If you are concerned that you may need to correct a tax return, it is important for you to know that there are significant advantages available, if you make any necessary corrections before Revenue contacts you. By doing this, you […]

REVENUE’S NEW JOBS AND PENSIONS ONLINE SERVICE

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Revenue’s new Jobs and Pensions online service allows employees register their new job (or private pension) with Revenue. A tax credit certificate will then issue to both the employer (P2C) and employee ensuring that the employer can deduct the correct amount of tax for that job (or pension). The Jobs and Pensions service replaces Form 12A, so employees must register their first job using this service. The service is also for employees who are: changing jobs where the previous job has been ceased on Revenue records (when the employee signs into the service they will see […]

VAT MINI ONE STOP SHOP (MOSS) SCHEME

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On 1 January 2015, new EU VAT rules came into effect with regard to the supply of “TBE” services made to private consumers located in the EU (i.e. supplies of “Telecommunications, Broadcasting and E-Services”). The term “e-services” is potentially far-reaching, but has been defined for these purposes as only including services that are supplied electronically which are essentially automated with little / no human input. Thus delivering a course via the internet, for example, is an e-service for VAT MOSS purposes if the service is automated and involves no or minimal human intervention to deliver. It […]

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