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cycle to work scheme/farmers

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  • 11-03-2014 1:55am
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    red bull
    Registered Users Posts: 1,372 ✭✭✭


    Can farmers qualify for this scheme, I would hope so !


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    kay 9
    Registered Users Posts: 2,668 ✭✭✭kay 9


    Wouldn't like peddling to the mart with an 8*4 behind ya on a frosty morn. Jk, on a serious note I don't see why not.


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    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    red bull wrote: »
    Can farmers qualify for this scheme, I would hope so !

    I dont know , but I dont see why not . To be fair they are usually the most ones biking around to change a fence or count the cattle so are pretty deserving I reckon


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    yessam
    Registered Users Posts: 404 ✭✭yessam


    AFAIK. I think it's only available to PAYE workers. Not the self employed.


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    Gillespy
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    Neighbour who works as a home help nurse got a claas bike out of it. Cost €700 I think. I use a bike quite a bit, save a load of time and as fast a quad or jeep around farm roadways.


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    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    You definitely have to be a paye worker to get the BTW scheme.

    I got mine nearly 4 years ago now. A 1000 euro bike for under 500 euro. Looking forward to next year when I will be eligable for to claim it again so I'll probably trade up!


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    onyerbikepat
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    Make sure it's a bicycle you buy and not a lawnmower. I know of a few poor devils it happened to. :D


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    Muckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    onyerbikepat wrote: »
    Make sure it's a bicycle you buy and not a lawnmower. I know of a few poor devils it happened to. :D

    Some go on chainsaws I'd say at the mo with all these trees felled in the storm


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    oooge1
    Registered Users Posts: 79 ✭✭oooge1


    onyerbikepat wrote: »
    Make sure it's a bicycle you buy and not a lawnmower. I know of a few poor devils it happened to. :D

    A ride on lawnmower at that !!


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    lakill Farm
    Registered Users Posts: 4,735 ✭✭✭lakill Farm


    oooge1 wrote: »
    A ride on lawnmower at that !!

    i told that story on boards last year.


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    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    lakill Farm wrote: »
    i told that story on boards last year.

    Can a self employed person get a bike or is it paye only lakill ?


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    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    lakill Farm wrote: »
    i told that story on boards last year.

    Shop near us was caught selling lawnmowers on the scheme. Sunday world ran the story.


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    maxxuumman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 592 ✭✭✭maxxuumman


    Gillespy wrote: »
    Neighbour who works as a home help nurse got a claas bike out of it. Cost €700 I think. s.

    Are they doing bikes aswell.!!!
    Next thing you'll see Massey tracksuits.


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    Genghis Cant
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 4,980 Mod ✭✭✭✭Genghis Cant


    It's a great scheme. A €1000 bike for €520. I've done the 5 years now and am thinking of goin again.


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    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users Posts: 11,204 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    You don't need to be a PAYE worker.









    But you do need to be married to one! :)


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    Genghis Cant
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 4,980 Mod ✭✭✭✭Genghis Cant


    Nekarsulm wrote: »
    You don't need to be a PAYE worker.









    But you do need to be married to one! :)

    Excellent advice. Even a civil union would do:)


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    #17
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users Posts: 11,204 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    Until the Rev Commissioners wonder why so many delicate, petite civil servants are risking life and limb (etc) on a 60cm framed man's bike.....................


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    yessam
    Registered Users Posts: 404 ✭✭yessam


    Genghis Cant wrote: »
    It's a great scheme. A €1000 bike for €520. I've done the 5 years now and am thinking of goin again.

    I think the tax bracket your in determines how much you get back.
    People on higher incomes get more back.


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