Be your own boss: Your tax affairs

From registering with the Revenue to paying Vat on a van, there are several important steps that the new businessperson must take towards becoming tax compliant, writes Dermot Byrne.

Registration

You have to log onto revenue.ie and register online. Paper-based applications will be returned, as applications must - apart from a few exceptions - be completed online.

This is a serious disadvantage for people who are not used to computers or who have no access to one due to the absence of broadband in the area where they live. In Britain, the Vat Tribunal has ruled in September 2013 in the cases ...