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In this week's episode Paul is joined by Dave O’Brien (Head of Tax at Xeinadin) and Kevin Canning (CEO of Quintas Capital) for a straight-talking conversation on tax-incentivised investing in Ireland.

Some highlights:

- Why Angel Investor relief and SURE sound great but are barely used

- The new State Savings Scheme: who might benefit, and what we still don’t know

- Pensions vs EIIS: why the order matters

- How business owners can use EIIS to extract cash from trading or holding companies

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This week Paul is joined by Alan Merriman, founder of Elkstone, for an educational conversation on private equity and venture capital, an asset class that’s becoming more accessible to Irish investors but is still widely misunderstood.

Some highlights:

- How venture capital fits within private equity

- Why 87% of global market value sits in private companies, not public ones

- Alan’s view on what percentage of a portfolio makes sense for private equity

- Why a portfolio of 25 to 30 venture companies behaves very differently to a single bet

- The reality of liquidity, time horizons, and risk

A straightforward, educational conversation for anyone looking to understand private equity before considering whether it has a place in their own portfolio.

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In this special Budget 2027 episode, Paul cuts through the noise and focuses on what the budget means for building and protecting wealth.

Highlights include:

• The new government savings scheme vs deemed disposal and CGT (one scheme per taxpayer, so plan for the whole household)
• EIIS, SURE and angel investor relief extensions
• Minimum wage rises and the smarter, tax-efficient ways to pay staff
• R&D tax credits jumping from €87,500 to €105,000
• CAT threshold changes and why your will may already be out of date
• Why electric vehicles remain one of the best tax plays for company owners, even with reduced reliefs

Budget 2027 isn't a giveaway. It's a promise to take less. For anyone with surplus income, the real opportunity is turning that into an investment plan, not lifestyle creep.

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With tax season approaching, the Ask About Wealth podcast revisits Ireland’s Employment Investment Incentive Scheme (EIIS) with Kevin Canning, CEO of Quintas Capital to unpack how the Scheme works and how you might benefit from it.

Highlights include:

- How to get up to 50% tax relief on your investment

- Investment limits and the typical investor profile

- Fund vs direct investment and why due diligence matters

- How company directors can use EIIS to extract cash tax-efficiently

- What Quintas invests in and how they protect investors on exit

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In this episode, Paul is joined by Emmet Savage, co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of MyWallSt, for a conversation about how ordinary people can build real wealth through the stock market.

Emmet shares the framework he's refined over decades: what a stock looks like before hypergrowth, why you should never keep clipping your winners, why losses are simply part of the game, and why you need less than 1% of your waking hours to get started.

To Get In Contact With Emmet: [email protected]

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In this episode, Paul walks through a real consult where an "8% rental yield" turned out to be a real return of just 1.33% once tax, costs and inflation were stripped out. The numbers don't lie, and the headline yield the seller quotes is rarely the return you actually get.

In this episode, he covers how to turn property from a poor investment into a powerful one, including HMOs, buying inside your pension fund, interest-only loans, the capital allowances 95% of landlords never claim, and the corporate and local authority tenants most investors completely overlook.

If you own a rental property, or you're thinking of buying one, this is the episode to watch before you do anything else.

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In this episode, Paul walks through a real-world example of how financial planning can lead to a massive reduction in the tax you pay.

Paul explains the difference between a salesperson and a true planner, and how dovetailing reliefs can drop your effective tax rate to as low as 0%. He also covers why surplus cash on your company balance sheet is a hidden risk, how it can disqualify you from Entrepreneur and Retirement Relief.

If you're a business owner, high earner or anyone with surplus income, this is the kind of planning the high-street market won't show you.

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This week, Paul hosts Ger Conalty, Head of Health Insurance Services at SYS, to explain that reviewing health insurance is about more than saving money, it’s about getting the right cover for your needs and life stage.

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In this episode Paul looks back at 10 years of returns across the four main asset classes and reveals why two of them actually lost money in real terms once inflation is stripped out.

But the real question isn't "what's the best investment?". It's "what's the best investment for me?" Your age, timeframe, existing assets and tax position change the answer completely. And as always, tax is the silent killer of returns.

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If you would like to get in touch with Steph you can do so here:

Contact: https://expattaxes.ie/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-wickham-b4aba13b/

In this weeks episode Paul talks to Steph Wickham, Expat Taxes Founder & Award-Winning International Expat Tax Specialist, about Irish tax for anyone moving to or from Ireland. We cover how residency, ordinary residency and domicile shape your tax exposure, the reach of ordinary residency after you leave, common myths around double tax agreements and much more.

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