Tax Question

Slippin Jimmy

Hey all. Heres my situation, I am 16 and working Saturdays and Sundays. I get paid every Thursday and pay my tax. I am on emergency tax with the little e on the pay slip. Can I claim back my tax as I am still in school?

connundrum

You should be able to get that tax back at any stage. Check www.revenue.ie for your local office, ring them, give them your pps number and tell them you want your emergency tax back. They should sort it and you should get it back in your next pay packet.

Failing that, get on to your employer and threaten to break his arm unless he sorts it

Wishbone Ash

connundrum wrote:

Failing that, get on to your employer and threaten to break his arm unless he sorts it

AFAIK the employer is obliged to deduct emergency tax until the employee submits a Certificate of Tax Credits, a RSI No. or a P45.

testicle

Wishbone Ash wrote:

AFAIK the employer is obliged to deduct emergency tax until the employee submits a Certificate of Tax Credits, a RSI No. or a P45.

Correct.

You need to get your PPSN, your employers PPSN, and ring that tax office, tell them you have started work for the first time, and they will issue a Cert of Tax credits to your employer.

Sonnenblumen

You need to :
(a) apply for PPS Nr
(b) then complete Form 13A (Tax Credits)
(c) Your employer will be advised of your tax credit in time and any
emergency tax will be refunded by your Employer.

Whilst you are waiting for the Tax Credits to come through, speak to your Employer about deducting Tax on a "Week 1" basis (deductions not as high as as Emergency).

Given the limited hours you work, I would doubt if you will pay any PAYE, you will also be liable for PRSI.

Wishbone Ash

Sonnenblumen wrote:

(b) then complete Form 13A (Tax Credits)

Form 12A ???
http://www.revenue.ie/forms/form12a.pdf

Slippin Jimmy

Ok so heres the deal. I got the letter back from the tax crowd. It has a list of two employers, Mc Donalds at the top, The Hotel at the bottom. I had gotten a job in Mc Donalds before and had to leave after a day, I had applyed for my tax credits and that. Anyway, where it has wrote "Mc Donalds", when I go accross it has the info with the tax creds. Where the "Hotel" is, it has the information, but no figures accross from it just a load of 0.00. IS there a problem here? I got the leeter from them on Tuesday. I payed Emergency Tax on my wages this week, and I still didn't get a rebate.

Slippin Jimmy

Can anyone help me please?

Blinder

The tax office thinks that you have 2 jobs. The main one at McDonalds and then the second one where you are working now

Phone them up and tell them you no longer work at McDonalds and you want your tax credits moved to your current employer

Ogie16

Yes thats correct, the tax office would think that your still working with McDonalds and all your credits are going to that job.

So just tell them that you have only one job, in the hotel and that you want all your credits to be used for this job. You will then stop paying emergency tax and a refund will also be given to you

Slippin Jimmy

Ok just one more thing, I've decided to take the other job. When I said it o the person that answered my call from the tax office, she said that she would send the form to my employer(the hotel) and one to me. So who is going to pay me my tax back when I have taken this other job? How do I apply then to get it back? Do I have to tell the tax office again that I hve changed jobs?

subway

tax back will come as part of your wages
on the payslip youll see -200 or whatever tax youve overpaid and your wages will be up

if you havent got it back by the end of the year you can request a balancing statement in janaury for 2006 which will mean a cheque is posted to you