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    <title>Form 11 for the first time: a checklist for Irish sole traders</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <description>What Form 11 is, who has to file it, the 31 October and ROS deadlines, and the eight things to have ready before you start.</description>
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    <title>Sole trader or limited company in Ireland? The questions that actually decide it</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <description>Forget the headline tax rates. Liability, how you pay yourself, admin cost and what your customers expect matter more for most small businesses.</description>
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    <title>The five numbers every small business owner should know by the 10th of the month</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <description>You do not need a dashboard. You need five figures, checked once a month, and the habit of reacting to them.</description>
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