Wishing your tax bill is lower is effectively wishing that you made less money

Chartered tax adviser Kieran Coughlan, Belgooly, Co Cork.

The past week was best described as painful, both from an accountant’s and a tax-payer’s perspective, the latter suffering from financial extraction. and the former from the whims of an unstable Revenue online portal, adding to the pressure to get returns filed on time.

Therefore, many of us would rather put our respective tax returns and accompanying financial contributions to the back of our minds.