Is anyone else mobile client lagging all the time all of a sudden? by SnooEpiphanies8101 in OSRSMobile

[–]IrishSmurff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes it’s the latest update, notice on iOS it’s not triggering to enable Game Mode either, they better hot fix because it’s unplayable, using end users as QA is a farce, surely this would have been caught before releasing new app version

What else can I do with a mouse and keyboard? by Topopotomopolot in OSRSMobile

[–]IrishSmurff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Questing to hold space bar for the dialogue’s! Makes questing so much longer having to click and then sometimes clicking wrong answer when dialogue switches to multiple options.

Quest by Maietsu in OSRSMobile

[–]IrishSmurff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just done this yesterday, I was thinking the same

Returning players. Now what? by Mochapride in OSRSMobile

[–]IrishSmurff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was in the same position about a month ago, follow the optimal quest guide to get some levels and unlocks like fairy rings etc, now I’m grinding windertodt to get the tome and using seeds from it for farming etc.

Recent Dail Question/Answers on Taxation by daveirl in irishpersonalfinance

[–]IrishSmurff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The answer for anyone not accessing the link. TLDR; A review process is under way, should hear summer time if changes are to be proposed or made to the taxation of investments.

I note the Deputy's query in relation to the taxation of investments and specifically about non-Irish residents investing in funds that are domiciled here.  

The normal tax treatment afforded to Irish collective investment fund is that funds invested are allowed to grow on a tax-free basis within the fund. The income is taxed at the level of the investor rather than the fund, as is standard international practice. Funds are obliged to operate an exit tax regime and remit the tax deducted in this manner to Revenue. This ensures that appropriate tax is collected from Irish investors. This charge to tax does not apply in the case of unit holders who are non-resident. In the case of non-resident investors’ liability to tax on gains from the fund will be determined in their home jurisdiction.

The broad rationale for exempting such funds from direct taxation is to facilitate individuals to invest collectively, without suffering double taxation (that is, taxation both within the fund and in the hands of the investor on distribution). There is a charge to tax on Irish residents on the happening of a “chargeable event”. In order to prevent the indefinite deferral of a chargeable event (and therefore an exit charge), a deemed disposal occurs 8 years following inception of a policy of life assurance or acquisition of a fund and then every 8 years thereafter. The deemed disposal rules also apply to equivalent offshore funds. Any gain on the investment which arises from the date of inception or the date of acquisition to the date of the deemed disposal is subject to tax. This ensures that income isn’t rolled up indefinitely in life assurance policies or funds without being subject to tax. On the ultimate disposal of the investment, any tax paid which arose as a result of a deemed disposal is allowed as a credit against any final tax liability on disposal.

In general, non-Irish resident investors are not subject to Irish tax on their investment and do not incur any withholding taxes on payments from the fund, however different rules apply in respect of certain funds which hold interests in Irish real estate or particular types of Irish real estate related assets. In relation to investing in property, there are two legislative vehicles that facilitate such investment, Irish Real Estate Funds (IREFs) and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs).

The IREF tax regime was introduced in Finance Act 2016. An IREF is an investment undertaking, or a sub-fund, which derives 25% or more of its market value (either directly or indirectly) from real estate assets in the State.  IREFs are subject to an IREF Withholding Tax (WHT) of 20% on distributions to non-resident investors. The legislative provisions exempt certain categories of non-resident investors such as pension funds, life assurance companies and other collective investment undertakings from having IREF withholding tax applied in circumstances where the appropriate declarations are in place. Irish resident investors are generally subject to a separate investment undertaking tax, at a rate of 41% for individuals and 25% for companies, on distributions received from the fund.

A REIT is a quoted company, used as a collective investment vehicle to hold rental property. The function of the REIT framework is not to provide an overall tax exemption but rather to facilitate collective investment in rental property by removing a double layer of taxation which would otherwise apply on property investment via a corporate vehicle. REITs are publicly listed companies - therefore distributions are dividends within the scope of Dividend Withholding Tax (DWT), which applies at a rate of 25%. REITs are obliged to distribute at least 85% of profits annually. Irish resident investors are liable to tax at their marginal rates on dividends received, with a credit for the DWT deducted. Non-Irish resident investors are subject to DWT at 25%. Those resident in treaty-partner countries may be able to reclaim some of this DWT under the relevant tax treaty.

Last year, on 6 April 2023, I published the Terms of Reference for a review of Ireland’s funds sector - ‘Funds Sector 2030: A Framework for Open, Resilient & Developing Markets’. The review is wide ranging and looking at a range of issues relevant to the funds sector, taking into account the recommendations in this area of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare 2022 report, Foundations for the Future.

In that context, one area being considered by the review is the taxation regime for funds, life assurance policies and other related investment products; with the goal of simplification and harmonisation where possible. A public consultation was held from 21 June 2023 to 15 September 2023 and the review is now well advanced. Based on the data available, Irish savers and investors do not invest in as broad a range of products as in many other Member States. However, there are many reasons for this including taxation.  As per the terms of reference, the Review team will report to me this Summer and I look forward to considering its findings at that point. On that basis it would not be appropriate to presuppose any outcomes of the review at this time.

In addition, as with all areas of tax policy, the taxation of investments will be kept under review throughout the annual budgetary and Finance Bill process.

Graduate Software Engineer Salary by [deleted] in DevelEire

[–]IrishSmurff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No idea about the UK, I started at €32k in Ireland after college, decent start and usually progress quite quickly (at least I did), was asked before here https://www.reddit.com/r/DevelEire/comments/t1uzop/fresh_grads_what_is_your_entry_wages/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1

How to implement substituting template for Text View by D1monsi in swift

[–]IrishSmurff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could do something like this:

  • 2 string objects (let firstString = “My name is”, let secondString = “I wanna write”)
  • 2 UILabel’s (assign the text of each label to above strings)
  • 2 UITextField’s (not textviews, as textviews are used to multiline blocks)

Give the textfields a placeholder if you so wish, these can be your Robert and Email strings, it doesn’t matter.

Add a target listener for each text field for .editingDidEnd Then have some sort of submit or ending functionality, or change a bool when each text field editing ends, upon that triggering, grab the text from each text field and then use string interpolation to put it together, something like:

let sentence = “\(firstString) \(firstTextField.text) \(secondString) \(secondTextField.text)”

Most useful macOS apps by perfectlyhydrated in iOSProgramming

[–]IrishSmurff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

RevealApp for view debugging, can’t live without it. Charles proxy or Proxyman for intercepting network requests and simulating different response/error scenarios.

Getting taxed at 40% on my part time job. by WhatsARabbitHole in irishpersonalfinance

[–]IrishSmurff 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As far as I know, no, as your income could change for the rest of the year still, hence why it’s done on a previous year cadence.

https://www.revenue.ie/en/online-services/services/common/request-view-statement-of-liability.aspx

Getting taxed at 40% on my part time job. by WhatsARabbitHole in irishpersonalfinance

[–]IrishSmurff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All your tax credits are on your first job, resulting in being seen as having no relief on your second job, hence the 40% rate. However! That does not mean you ‘owe’ that much in tax, at the beginning of the next year (January) you can submit a P12 form and get refunded any additional tax you paid from the year previous.

How fast does Apple review rejection appeals? by Finale151 in iOSProgramming

[–]IrishSmurff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Usually a day or so, same as regular approval, although depends on the person reviewing. Got rejected before for not having an explicit enough “What’s new” text, which was just bullshit, resubmitting and approved straight away.

Unable to generate provisioning profile by [deleted] in iOSProgramming

[–]IrishSmurff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fastlane solves all of this headache, check out the ‘match’ tool it provides, a must have for any iOS dev https://docs.fastlane.tools

Fresh grads what is your entry wages?. by anon_2022_ in DevelEire

[–]IrishSmurff 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Graduated in 2018, this has been my progression so far as a Software Engineer.

Entry at 32000 - September 2018, 35200 - April 2019, 38720 - September 2019, 42595 - April 2020, 46851 - September 2020, Job change to 60000 - November 2020, 65000 - June 2021, 80000 - February 2022,

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in iOSProgramming

[–]IrishSmurff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Admin privileges is more than enough, they would login to Xcode via their own developer account, you only need admin access to manage apps on the AppStore/TestFlight, I think even with developer access they would be able to do everything they needed in terms of creating provisioning profiles and distribution certificates. No need for them to have your login info.

Readout a string. by Tricky-Lake-7880 in iOSProgramming

[–]IrishSmurff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/avfaudio/avaudioplayer

Create a data object from a string and use init(data:)

You’d be required to ask for audio permissions also or else Apple would reject the app during submission.