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July 2013

Neil Sharp considers the Next Best Action?

by ProtectionReview 03/07/13

Next Best Protection? I have been working in Ireland for the past few weeks. I have not worked there since the late 90’s and a lot has happened since I was last there. The net result of those “happenings” will take time to sort out. However a couple of points struck me this week: • Some economies are in a far worse state than ours; • The Irish are a very resilient bunch; • Guinness is definitely still nicer when served within spitting distance of the Liffey (I don’t care what anyone says, it is). As we have seen in…
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Karen Gamble of Health Claims Bureau is looking for some tax relief…..

by ProtectionReview 02/07/13

Well, here we go again, beat up the sick for getting sick, hit on the disabled – how dare they.  But, and here is an interesting thing, if an employer puts his hand in his pocket to pay privately for treatment for his employee then that employee will pay tax on the whole amount. Isn’t this crazy! So as an employer I can be paying a salary to an employee whilst they are waiting to be treated by the NHS.  The only ways around this are for an employer to put in a full medical insurance scheme or for the…
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