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Tax doesn't have to be complicated. Practical thinking on the reliefs, strategies, and decisions that matter — plus the Cash Lads podcast, where Paul and Marcus use financial history to make sense of what's happening now.

12th February 2026

Do You Feel Like You’re Paying Too Much Tax? You’re Not Alone

You don't need to know the specifics to sense that something could be better. A single conversation is usually enough to find out.

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05th February 2026

Cash Lads Ep. 9 — Scams in History

From Ponzi schemes to someone buying the Eiffel Tower — why financial scams keep working and human nature never really changes.

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22nd January 2026

Cash Lads Ep. 8 — Tax Screw Ups

From medieval poll taxes to window taxes that reshaped buildings — history's biggest tax blunders and what they teach us.

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15th January 2026

Tax Tips — Entrepreneurial Relief

Revised Entrepreneurial Relief allows qualifying business owners to pay 10% CGT instead of 33% on the sale of business assets. Here's what you need to know before you sell.

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08th January 2026

Cash Lads Ep. 7 — Silicon Valley Bank and Bust

How Silicon Valley Bank's business model — built for a low-inflation world — unravelled when prices and interest rates surged.

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11th December 2025

Cash Lads Ep. 6 — Liz Truss and the Lettuce

You might think you can fool the financial markets — this episode shows that you usually can't. The Liz Truss era, unpacked.

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04th December 2025

Tax Tips — Pensions: The Tax and The Truth

Pensions are one of the most tax-efficient tools in Ireland. But contribution limits, funding rules and drawdown tax aren't always straightforward.

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27th November 2025

Cash Lads Ep. 5 — Are You Big in Japan?

Japan's dramatic economic boom and bust — from soaring property prices to the bubble that burst spectacularly in the early 1990s.

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13th November 2025

Cash Lads Ep. 4 — How Financial Crises Happen: The Latin American Debt Crisis of 1982

The anatomy of a financial crisis — how a lending boom in Latin America turned into economic chaos and reshaped global finance.

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