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Many people seem to treat retirement planning like a game of “Pin the Tail on the Donkey” – you know the one where you’re blindfolded and must stick a tail on the right part of a donkey’s anatomy?
Great fun when you’re twelve years’ old, but not much of a financial strategy for ensuring you have adequate income in retirement....

This is the time of year when tax returns are due, and I get a lot of queries about pensions and retirement planning in general. So, I thought I’d put together a brief note for both the self-employed and employed about the main considerations when thinking...

What are the tax benefits?
It is true to say that a pension contract is one of the most tax efficient saving structures in Ireland today. The tax benefits vary slightly depending on your circumstances, age, employment status and income level but every pension contributor gets...

For those of us fortunate enough to be able to leave assets to our children when we die, we may not be happy to do so knowing that up to 33% of their value will be given to the State for the privilege. Having spent years building up a portfolio of properties...