Archive for the 'freelancing' Category

Leap Year

Friday, February 29th, 2008

This day only comes around every 4 years so maybe the novelty factor has me a bit giddy today, or perhaps it’s just an extra dose of that crunchie Friday feeling.
The Luas smart card machines are feeling a bit peculiar too. It seems that they don’t know about leap years, so they overcharged some people [...]

Tax Injustice: Sole Traders in Ireland

Saturday, November 24th, 2007

The Irish government spends lots of money trying to support people who want to start their own business. For example, there are enterprise boards that run subsidised courses, organise networking events and offer financial and mentoring assistance etc. Even before I started freelancing, I was used to seeing adverts for “start your own business” talks [...]