[marketty]

PAYE Anytime is the Revenues online service. Nobody should be paying any company commission to claim tax back when it's so easy to do yourself.

[McGaggs]

Originally Posted by Vicxas

Whats the easiest way?

You can sort it out directly with Revenue, they even have a service where you can sort your tax out by text. There's no reason to be paying commission to anyone.

[bluewolf]

paye online is extremely easy to use no need for messing around with commission

[Cereal Rapist]

Used them before only to calculate and break down what I was owed from Revenue. I then sent an e-mail to Revenue requesting my money back without having to pay the 10 or 12% fee.

Win.

[Lettergone]

Thanks for all the replies people.

I sent a letter of complaint last night, and guess what they found the letter today. Really don't trust them, but I'll take the free assement and then go via
Revenue as many have suggested.

[Lettergone]

Thanks for all the replies people.

I sent a letter of complaint last night, and guess what they found the letter today. Really don't trust them, but I'll take the free assement and then go via
Revenue as many have suggested.

[relax carry on]

Taxback or any other agency are grand for taking care of foreign tax refunds like Oz etc. There is no reason to use them for Irish PAYE reviews.
Just use PAYE Anytime for free from Revenue. It's like internet banking. There are videos to show you what to do and everything's colour coded. Green is for what you have already claimed, blue for what you may be able to claim and grey for unable to claim. There are help and info boxes all over it. Also it has a 48 hour turnaround verus up to 10 weeks using paper claim forms.

http://www.revenue.ie/en/online/paye-anytime.html

[srsly78]

They aren't a scam, but they are rubbish.

[abizmo]

I've never claimed any tax back. I've been working the last 4 years on and off, so I registered with PAYE anytime. I logged on for the first time today and looking back through the years I have about 2000 for each one, but it says underneath it "claimed" does this mean I can't claim this money? I haven't received it.

[carlowguy1983]

Hi,

I decided to use taxback.com about 2 & a half months ago.

I was given an initial estimate for both years (one for €518 & one for €320). It took almost two months for them to complete the claim. I emailed them the documents immediately after getting my estimation and I had to logon to their website on numerous occassions & chat to their advisors to prompt them to progress further with my application). Two weeks ago, I decided to call revenue and see what was happening (they processed my refund for year 1 which in the end only amounted to €158 before their deducted their €40 fee). There was no request submitted for year 2, which revenue processed over the phone within minutes. Because my profile had been changed to taxback.coms bank details they received my refund (which totalled only €58 not €320) and deducted their €40 fee.

I registered for Revenue online last week and received my pin within 3 days. I noticed that I had not requested a balancing statement or input health expenses for 2008. I did this and the next morning received an email notifying me of the refund due (which has now hit my bank account). It took me less than 20 minutes to register for revenue online & claim my credits, which I received notification of refund for within 24 hours and had the money in my bank account within a couple of days).

Taxback.com are an unnecessary hassle. You can claim your credits and balancing statements online without waiting two months & chasing them for updates, for which you then pay the privilege of at least €40 out of the money due back to you.

[charlietheminxx]

I've just applied to get set up on the Revenue website having been given an estimated refund of over 1000 euro by taxback.com (which I'm not going to use having read up on them). Is it really simple to sort this out? I've never applied for a tax refund. I think I'm owed a refund for the health insurance levy as well, as I was working part time for a couple of years - is this done separately?

Sorry for all the questions, just can't get my head around this.

[pontia]

avoid like the plague,incompetent cowboys,liars as well.told me they were doing xyz but was dragging on for eternity,rang revenue to be told taxback hadant even contacted them,forget it

[sharky86]

I for one had a great experience with Taxback.com. I would highly recommend them.
But then again people who have good experience s don't hop online to tell everyone.

[fluff_daddy]

Originally Posted by sharky86

I for one had a great experience with Taxback.com. I would highly recommend them.
But then again people who have good experience s don't hop online to tell everyone.

are you not people

[Seaney86]

just spotted this thread and thought id give my 2cents worth!!

I know you can go to the revenue yourself and claim back tax but alot of revenue offices aren't too forthcoming (letterkenny for example) with info on this and not everybody has time or may not be able to understand the website etc.

Myself and two mates used a local crowd to claim back tax and couldnt have been happier. I only recieved €476 because i only work part time but the two other fellas got between €1450 and €1980. It was a local firm (taxclinic.ie) that we used after a customer was in work all happy with her cheque that she was just out spending lol