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For some of Ireland’s self-employed workers, a scare before bedtime is the norm in the run-up to the annual tax season. Usually the dread sets in around late August, with September a combination of panic and digging through boxes of receipts to get affairs in order for Revenue’s pay-and-file deadline later this month, or mid-November if filing online.
It’s not that people are shirking their responsibilities, rather it is the gut-wrenching fear of filing a clerical error and being landed with an unexpected bill that makes the lead into the annual tax season full of dread and gloom.
So, what you do to make the self-assessment tax process less of a chore?
Forosophobia and filing
Firstly, for some the struggle is real and there’s even a name for it among Americans: forosophobia.
Yes, really.
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