Thanks Haroun. I will go into more detail in a future video on the conscious decision to leave and how I went about looking and preparing for a job abroad, and will share some links to useful websites to assist if looking specifically at Ireland.
Thanks for the comparisons David, it really pulls some perspectives together. Would love some videos from your wife with some budgeting of daily living , kids meal plans and activities, what a family of 3-4 food budget looks like. In comparison to SA, what daily expenses look like on average for rentals, electricity and municipal type account equalvalant between Ireland and Dublin.
Irish here , pretty good analysis there David , the only thing I would say is that most of your comparisons are based on Dublin . Once you get outside Dublin prices drop significantly. Further more there are a number of major manufacturing hubs around the country, especially in pharmaceutical and food production. Cork , Limerick, Waterford, city’s but cheaper , then the likes of Clonmel and many other , beautiful rural towns with loads of manufacturing and cheaper again 👍👍
Thanks for the positive comments. Yes, same can be said for South Africa, once you get out of Cape Town price bubble, things get a lot cheaper too. Property in some other provinces is less than half the cost as example. We love the rural aspects of Ireland 🇮🇪 would love to move to the country side one day.
Although the cost of living is more expensive in Ireland, how does that impact on your disposable income compared to cost of living v earnings in South Africa on a day-to-day basis?
Thanks for the engagement I will go into more detail on this in a future video, but for me as a middle income earner, who was getting a good salary in South Africa, I still find I have more disposable income here in Ireland, due to the lower tax rates and far more tax credits, but it is still early days for us. After a few more months we will know how our typical spend patterns are. Especially if you are a family I think the benefits are great.
Thanks for raising this, I see there are some ceiling limits to which the 12.5% jumps to 15%, but majority of businesses fall within the 12.5% when I did research, but I am no expert in that field.
@discussionswithdavid22 or me but it's pretty crazy actually because multinationals make a fortune in Ireland not sure where they borders are either Ireland don't seem to mind even a small slice means billions
As a irishman I wish you and your family well god bless
Thank you.
Really useful and practical information. Would be interesting to hear about your experience in finding a job abroad and what that process was like.
Thanks Haroun.
I will go into more detail in a future video on the conscious decision to leave and how I went about looking and preparing for a job abroad, and will share some links to useful websites to assist if looking specifically at Ireland.
Thanks for the comparisons David, it really pulls some perspectives together.
Would love some videos from your wife with some budgeting of daily living , kids meal plans and activities, what a family of 3-4 food budget looks like.
In comparison to SA, what daily expenses look like on average for rentals, electricity and municipal type account equalvalant between Ireland and Dublin.
Thanks Louise - Sheree and I will look into putting together a video following our typical trip to the stores in the near future.
Irish here , pretty good analysis there David , the only thing I would say is that most of your comparisons are based on Dublin . Once you get outside Dublin prices drop significantly.
Further more there are a number of major manufacturing hubs around the country, especially in pharmaceutical and food production. Cork , Limerick, Waterford, city’s but cheaper , then the likes of Clonmel and many other , beautiful rural towns with loads of manufacturing and cheaper again 👍👍
Thanks for the positive comments.
Yes, same can be said for South Africa, once you get out of Cape Town price bubble, things get a lot cheaper too. Property in some other provinces is less than half the cost as example.
We love the rural aspects of Ireland 🇮🇪 would love to move to the country side one day.
Although the cost of living is more expensive in Ireland, how does that impact on your disposable income compared to cost of living v earnings in South Africa on a day-to-day basis?
Thanks for the engagement
I will go into more detail on this in a future video, but for me as a middle income earner, who was getting a good salary in South Africa, I still find I have more disposable income here in Ireland, due to the lower tax rates and far more tax credits, but it is still early days for us. After a few more months we will know how our typical spend patterns are. Especially if you are a family I think the benefits are great.
Id move back Ireland gone down hill.
Irelands operation tax is now 15%
Thanks for raising this, I see there are some ceiling limits to which the 12.5% jumps to 15%, but majority of businesses fall within the 12.5% when I did research, but I am no expert in that field.
@discussionswithdavid22 or me but it's pretty crazy actually because multinationals make a fortune in Ireland not sure where they borders are either Ireland don't seem to mind even a small slice means billions