VerdeTax's Top 5 Black Friday 2014 tips - how to save money during the shopping season

As you all know, Black Friday is the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the USA - the fourth Thursday of November. And while you are waiting for your tax refund from VerdeTax, why not check our top 5 tips on how to actually save even more money during the start of the shopping madness.

1. Compare prices and make some research.
This is one of the oldest tricks in the industry, to make a sale of an item which original price is much, much higher than usual. Checking the prices of the same product on at least one or two other retailers is always a good idea. You can always find a better deal that way, just do your work.


2. Are you sure you need it, right?
Ask yourself the question “Do I need this stuff actually?” before buying that all-great tech gadget when you usually have something like that already. Getting a big pile of video games just to gather the dust on your hard drive - because you won’t have the time to play them all.


3. Don’t miss the best deals = get up early.
In order to motivate the buyers, a lot of shops are advertising limited quantities on certain on sale products. In most cases such items are very popular and generate huge interest. If you don’t want to miss those, you need to be active, get up early and hunt down those deals.


4. Plan your budget.
Always knowing your budget can be a decisive when it comes to what you will buy and what not. In terms of saving money, this can be regarded as very important so it can keep you from overspending.


5. Go for the quality and keep your receipts.
Cheap products (with questionable quality) are available all year long. Getting them one sale is kind of not the best move if you want to save, at the other hand discounts like -50% or more on big the brands means something. Also, don’t forget to keep your receipt in case you need to send items back.

Happy shopping and good luck!

WYSTC 2014 or the power of youth travel

VerdeTax attended the 23rd World Youth and Student Travel Conference (WYSTC 2014) held at the Convention Centre Dublin. The four day course gathered together more than 450 organizations representing the youth, student and travel industry from 120 countries around the globe and over 650 delegates.

In the spirit of the conference, the participation in the wide range of seminars and more than 30 stimulation workshops played important part of the event. All of this provided valuable information in terms of affecting the world of youth and student travel – on regional and global level. You can find more information about those events in the WYSTC 2014 program.


And with the arrival of 2015, the Work Experience Travel Market and IAPA Annual Conference (WETM-IAC 2015) will be held in Lisbon, Portugal from 15 – 17 March. The registration is open and the early bird registration deadline is set to 17 December 2014 and the regular registration - until March 2015.

See you there!

What is tax refund?

Do you understand all the taxes you pay on your income?

Have you ever looked at your pay stub wondering where half of your wage is going before even getting into your pocket?

You are not alone. Many people are not familiar with the majority of the taxes they pay and the method of deduction or even the fact that they might have overpaid taxes. There is a big chance you are due a refund and don’t even know it.

Tax refund is the amount of overpaid taxes that you may be entitled to receive back by the government if too much tax was withheld by your employer.

There are number of reasons that can lead to this overpayment of tax. If you worked abroad temporarily it is very possible that you paid too much tax, or weren't even supposed to pay tax at all. If you left your job at some point during the year and became unemployed you may also be entitled to a refund. Its possible tax was deducted incorrectly form your pay if you worked only part of the year, had any change in your personal circumstances or the local tax legislation was changed. In these cases you might have the right to get a refund.

The good news is you can claim your taxes back from the government by filing a tax declaration. The authorities would calculate the right tax amount, adjust their records and send you the amount overpaid. You can claim your taxes several years back depending on the tax laws of the particular country.

VerdeTax is here to help you prepare and submit your tax return and get the overpaid taxes back in your wallet.

New and recent study about the most important skills you might need if you plan to work in Canada

Are you planning to work in Canada? If the answer is yes, then this new study from Adzuna.ca (online jobs search engine) might be just the one you were looking for in terms of increasing your chances of getting hired.

The following is the list of the 10 most popular (with the Canadian employers) buzzwords with the number of available jobs, average yearly salary and percent of total jobs. As it comes out, the top three winning competences are effectiveness, communication skills and degree. 

But here is the whole list:

Buzzwords	Number of jobs	Average Salary (per annum)	% of total jobs
Effective	22,542	CA$ 59,044.00	25.62
Communication skills	22,464	CA$ 56,068.00	25.53
Degree	21,752	CA$ 69,783.00	24.72
Flexible	14,103	CA$ 48,308.00	16.03
Results	13,543	CA$ 62,023.00	15.39
Motivated	13,063	CA$ 56,061.00	14.84
Problem solving	12,225	CA$ 51,802.00	13.89
Innovative	11,603	CA$ 62,672.00	13.19
Challenging	11,246	CA$ 66,113.00	12.78
Qualified	10,576	CA$ 67,415.00	12.02

Infographic: We are online

VerdeTax.com is happy to announce the official launch today, 29th of April 2014 of its revised website.

VerdeTax offers full and biggest possible tax refund services for taxes paid abroad. Customer satisfaction is our main responsibility. Our key advantage is that we have unique, specially developed software to fill your declarations accurate and precisely.

In order to celebrate this, here is a small and fun infographic about the developing process. Thanks for reading!