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Social Welfare Clearance in Estates
An important part of the clearance steps in an estate is ensuring that one obtains on file a letter from ...
Read More Income Tax Clearance – Update
We would have previously blogged on this site about the income tax clearance procedure and the steps to take to ...
Read More Power of Attorney Grants – Tips and Thoughts
All probate solicitors would be aware of Order 79 Rule 23 of the Rules of the Superior Courts. In case ...
Read More Abatement Rules for Solvent Estates
One often comes across situations where where the residue is not sufficient to pay all of the estate expenses but ...
Read More Maps attached to Wills and the Surviving Spouse
Practitioners may be aware that where there is a map attached to a will, there is a particular procedure to ...
Read More Points on Dwellinghouse Relief
With rising income and wealth in Ireland and the fact that families tend to be smaller than historically, the parent-to-child ...
Read More Deducting Title and Pre-59 Deaths
Many practitioners find administering pre 59 deaths a challenge and rightly so, because locating the rules can be cumbersome , ...
Read More Severing Joint Tenancies
It can often be the case that a residue clause whether on purpose or inadvertently will have the consequence that ...
Read More Income Tax Clearance in Estates – Part 3
In previous emails, we looked at the steps to follow as part of income tax clearance. We had got to ...
Read More Estate Income Tax Clearance – Part 2
This is a short note to help those solicitors who may be running the income tax clearance procedure themselves inhouse ...
Read More Managing Income Tax Clearance – Part 1
In the view of the author of this blog series certainly the most significant change to probate practice over the ...
Read More Dwellinghouse Relief and Owning Other Property
You may be familiar with dwellinghouse relief. Here a donee will be exempt from CAT where they inherit a dwellinghouse ...
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