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SuperDub
Davey Langan Joined: 11 Aug 2008 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 993 |
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Get yourself a leap card cheapest fare with it is €1.40. I'm amazed at the amount of people who use Dublin Bus and still pay by cash and by doing so pay 20-30c extra per fare. You can also use the leap card on the Luas and with Irish Rail. |
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Sono
Robbie Keane Inspector Gadget Joined: 09 Mar 2009 Status: Offline Points: 23292 |
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Explain this Baldy, gonna be getting dart from Portmarnock to Sydney Parade and thought it would cost me 30-35 a week? |
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Baldrick
Robbie Keane Peyton-tly Pedantic Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 32517 |
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http://www.taxsaver.ie/
You need to buy your annual ticket and have your job deduct it directly from your wages and its deducted out of your gross so depending on which tax band you are in it will determine the savings you are on. It may be too late to get it as it depends on your job. Ours has to be in by November. Edited by Baldrick - 11 Jan 2013 at 9:06pm |
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Sono
Robbie Keane Inspector Gadget Joined: 09 Mar 2009 Status: Offline Points: 23292 |
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Am aware of tax saved just heard the savings were poor so never looked into it.
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Andkend
Liam Brady Joined: 03 Jun 2012 Location: Poznan Status: Offline Points: 2859 |
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The tram here in Poznan went up to 2.70pln from 2.50pln for 15 minutes -
Considering the wages - I.e the average into your hand is about 380euro a month the transport is not that cheap. People are really complaining. |
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Baldrick
Robbie Keane Peyton-tly Pedantic Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 32517 |
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well if you are on the higher rate of tax the tax saving is about 53 per cent when you take into account the USC and other charges such as pension levies etc. If you are on the lower rate of tax its still in and around 28 per cent saving. anyway the site shows you exactly what you would save. Its a no brainer to do, and whoever told you that the savings were minimal is a gobsh*te. |
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Sono
Robbie Keane Inspector Gadget Joined: 09 Mar 2009 Status: Offline Points: 23292 |
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Steady on Baldy, when you factor in each person's case then maybe your figures are skewed, I would only commute 5 days a week and wouldn't commute for 4 weeks of the year with annual leave so when you factor in these things maybe it isn't as clear cut as you say. Your figures are based on someone getting the maximum use of ticket, would have thought better of you than to have a biased argument to back up your case. |
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Baldrick
Robbie Keane Peyton-tly Pedantic Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 32517 |
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So your weekly dart will be 11.25 if you are on the higher rate of tax and it will be 16.17 if you are on the lower rate.
If you go for bus and dart which includes nightlink and the airlink it will cost 13.09 on the higher rate and 18.82 on the lower rate. Nobody can say that those prices are expensive or not good value. |
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Baldrick
Robbie Keane Peyton-tly Pedantic Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 32517 |
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you just said you were expecting it to be 35 euro a week I am saying it can be as low as 11 euro 11 euro a week. Its a no brainer for feck sake. Even taking into account your 4 weeks annual leave, it is still a massive saving. Whether you are travelling 5 days or not if you said you were thinking it was going to be 35 a week, an average saving of 24 euro a week is not bad. |
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IrishPride
Jack Charlton Joined: 21 Nov 2009 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 6380 |
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Ya was in there this weekend still 3 euro. On another note. Bought 3 double vodka red bulls in the skeff last weekend. Dunno why I was ion there. €42. Worst Pub in Galway
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Baldrick
Robbie Keane Peyton-tly Pedantic Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 32517 |
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by the way my figures are not based on usage at all. I am saying what the flat charge is. How are they based on usage. |
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ShayGivensBum
Jack Charlton The lighter coloured grass is painted Joined: 24 Aug 2010 Status: Offline Points: 8316 |
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How much would I have to pay on the train from Balbriggan to Sydney Parade Baldy ? only been on the thing once or twice in my life havent a clue about it, thanks.
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Baldrick
Robbie Keane Peyton-tly Pedantic Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 32517 |
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www.irishrail.ie for the one of charges etc.
but if you bought the travel pass with taxsaver.ie and Balbriggan is covered in the annual train pass so your weekly would be as said above depending on what tax rate you are on Edited by Baldrick - 11 Jan 2013 at 9:42pm |
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brianie
Roy Keane Joined: 13 Oct 2007 Location: Bray Status: Offline Points: 11508 |
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Baldy, The Eddie Hobbs of YBIG
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YBIG You Can Please some of the People Some of the Time But Not All of The People All of The Time |
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ShayGivensBum
Jack Charlton The lighter coloured grass is painted Joined: 24 Aug 2010 Status: Offline Points: 8316 |
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How did you work out all those savings though is it on that site too ?
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Baldrick
Robbie Keane Peyton-tly Pedantic Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 32517 |
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yeah the site does it for you. The site is fool proof
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deisedevil
Ray Houghton Joined: 07 Sep 2009 Status: Offline Points: 3773 |
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All fares on public transport tickets should be at least doubled, free travel for elderly should be discarded, a proper license and tax system should be introduced for the winged rats (cyclists).
The revenue earned should be used to repair the rural roads which have fallen into a sorry state over the last few years |
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colemanY2K
Roy Keane Fresh minty breath Joined: 01 Mar 2010 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 14959 |
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jeez that's dirt cheap.
I spend €25 a week on the london underground and €65 on the overground so that's a total of €90/week. My commute is approx a 50 mile round trip which works out at €18/day or €360/month. Someone on a previous page was giving out about there being no competition but over here there is plenty of competition the only problem is te routes are carved up between the operators therefore there is no competition on many of the routes. Overall I've found prices to have come down significantly in Ireland. What stands out though to the contrary is meals in bars and the price of alcohol. jeez I felt disgusted when I saw what I paid for a round in that snotty Bruxelles last year. |
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