Tax

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I visited an accountant recently about another matter but he informed me in passing that I should do something about the amount of tax I pay. I would pay circa 25K tax a year. Don't get me wrong

I have a great pension already, i.e. the max that I can draw down. I am PAYE worker.

What other legal tax avoidance options are open to me.

I know the real advice is to go back and pay him a fee for proper advice, but would like to get other people's thoughts on it.
 
First thing to do would be to make sure that you are claiming the correct [broken link removed] and that you are not over/underpaying tax/PRSI (check your P60, payslips and statement of tax credits regularly). [broken link removed] is useful for sanity checking your deductions.