Tax

Tax Implications of Financial Gifts to your Children

By Colin Hudson / March 24, 2025

The housing crisis has significantly driven up property prices, making it increasingly difficult for young people to save for a deposit on their first home, especially with rising rental costs and the general cost of living crisis. As a result, many parents want to support their adult children financially now, when they need it most,…

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How to Turn Profit into Wealth for Company Directors?

By Colin Hudson / February 19, 2025
the smart director

Most Tax Efficient Ways to Pay Yourself as a Director & Extract Company Profits Setting up a business is far from straightforward.  As well as all the hard work and time it takes to build up and manage a profitable company, there is also a lot of risks for business owners.  Once the business starts…

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Using a Section 72 Policy for Estate and Inheritance Planning

By Colin Hudson / September 9, 2024
Using section 72 policy

Learn how a Section 72 policy can help cover inheritance tax, protect your estate, and ensure a smooth transfer of assets to your beneficiaries.

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Have You Claimed all the Tax Relief You are Entitled?

By Colin Hudson / April 15, 2024
Calculator

During the discovery phase of the financial advice process,  we carry out a fact finding exercise in order to get a better understanding of a client’s current financial situation. This includes looking at income, saving, expenditure and everything in between. We generally find clients, either may not be aware or simply do not take full…

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What should I do with my ISA now that I live in Ireland?

By Colin Hudson / June 30, 2023

  An ISA stands for Individual Savings Account and it is a type of tax-efficient savings and investment account available to residents in the United Kingdom. Ireland does not currently offer an equivalent savings structure with pensions currently the only real way for Irish residents to benefit from tax relief and tax-free growth. Now that…

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Can I hold UK or Offshore Investments while being an Irish Tax Resident?

By Colin Hudson / May 24, 2023

you are entitled to hold UK or other offshore investments while an Irish Tax Resident but the structure of the investments as well as your tax status will determine how gains and income will be treated from an Irish tax Perspective.

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What is Entrepreneur Relief and How Does it Work?

By Colin Hudson / October 20, 2022

Entrepreneur relief will reduce the amount of Capital Gains Tax you have to pay in relation to selling your business.

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The Benefits of Employing a Spouse

By Colin Hudson / May 20, 2022

Many spouses work in small businesses in some capacity whether on a full-time or part-time basis. Some may even be doing bits of work for the business without actually officially drawing a salary. There are some very appealing benefits and advantages of making the working arrangements of a spouse in a business official. Tax Advantages…

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Colin Hudson passes exams

By Colin Hudson / September 3, 2018

We are pleased to announce that Colin recently achieved his ‘Qualified Financial Advisor’ (QFA) status passing his exams in order to enable him to give financial advice. Colin will continue to shadow both Nick & Rachel in their advisory roles and will furthermore become more involved in the overall financial planning advice process in time.

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5 ways to be tax effective

By Colin Hudson / November 15, 2017

Tax is a necessary evil. If we want to live in a country with access to public services, taxation is the system used to pay for these services. We can (and do!) argue and moan about the different levels of tax payable and whether they are levied fairly. But at the end of the day,…

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CONTACT INFO

Opes Financial Planning Ltd
12, Parklands Office Park
Southern Cross Road
Bray, County Wicklow
Ireland

Tel: +353 (0)1 272 4130
Email: info@opesfp.ie

We are conveniently located on the Southern Cross Road between Bray and Greystones which can be accessed via junction 7 of the N11.

This is ideal for servicing clients from the surrounding South Dublin, Wicklow and greater Leinster areas.

 

Directions:

Our office is situated 20kms south of Dublin, just beyond Bray in Co. Wicklow. Take the M50 southbound onto the N11 then take Exit 7, the Bray/Greystones exit and follow signs to Greystones. We are on the right near the end of the Southern Cross road leading from the N11 to the Greystones Rd.

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