by Allan Cuthbert | Apr 22, 2024 | FINANCIAL WELLBEING, SPECIAL NEEDS ARTICLES
What is the role of the Trustee? A Trustee has financial responsibilities to distribute the funds in a trust for the benefit of a child with additional needs. They can make financial decisions about a child’s money, yearly budget, key purchases, paid support,...
by Allan Cuthbert | Apr 18, 2024 | FINANCIAL WELLBEING, SPECIAL NEEDS ENTITLEMENTS
What is Incapacitated Child Tax Credit? Incapacitated Child Tax Credit is a tax credit for parents of children with special needs who are paying tax as an employee or self-employed. The Revenue wants to acknowledge the additional cost borne by parents of children with...
by Allan Cuthbert | Jan 15, 2024 | FINANCIAL WELLBEING, SPECIAL NEEDS ARTICLES
As one of your goals for 2024, why not take the time to update your child’s Special Needs Trust Plan? It is not as hard as you may think; all that is required is blowing the dust off your original plan, a pen and some thinking time. Why do this? Life changes and so...
by Allan Cuthbert | Feb 6, 2023 | FINANCIAL WELLBEING, SPECIAL NEEDS ARTICLES
Marriage, Tax Entitlements and Special Needs Trust At this time of the year, LOVE is all around us, and Valentine’s Day is nearly upon us. It is the time of the year when I hear of many people getting engaged, but what are the issues surrounding your marital status,...
by Dolores Crowley | Jan 31, 2022 | SPECIAL NEEDS ENTITLEMENTS
Domiciliary Care Allowance Should I bother? More form filling, another application form with loads of hard to understand questions, do I have to fill it in, how much more, will this ever stop !! I didn’t want to apply either and in my day, I had to go for an...
