UK tax refund question

gary the great

Just a quick question. I've worked in the UK for the last 6months but am now moving back to ireland, taxbacl.com say im entitled to £700 tax back. Happy days.

Taxback.com says once i send them my P45/60 they'll sort it all out for me, but will charge 15%, which is a substantial price.

Im going travelling for a yar and could do with all the money I can get, is it easy to do this myself or am I better of letting them do it and paying them 15%?

I also worked in Ireland from january - mid April, can i claim tax back on that to?

acc grinds

With regards to the tax in Ireland , yes you can claim it back.

Send your last P45 that you received from your job in Ireland along with a letter stating that you will not be working in Ireland in this tax year.
Log on to www.revenue.ie.
There is a section where it will tell you what tax office you should send it to. Simply type in your PPS number and it will you give your tax district office.

I dont know how the UK tax system works but 15% sounds very high , I saw another website that said 9.8% but im sure you could probably do it yourself.

UK tax website is www.hmrc.gov.uk , should give you details on how to claim back tax.

hope this helps

gary the great

Thats excellent acc grinds, thanks for that. Didnt know i could claim my irish tax as well, that should be another couple of hundred quid.

gary the great

Just another quick question, is the irish tax year Jan -dec? And the English Apr - march?

Cheers

acc grinds

1st Jan to 31st Dec Ireland

6th April 2007 to 5th April 2008 UK

gary the great

Thanks for that Acc, shouldnt of been so lazy and looked on Google myself!

Have been lookign into this in a bit of detail and Ireland & Uk have a double taxation agreement, which seems to say that i have to pay Irish tax on all my UK income? CAn anyone clear this up?

What if i claim it back from the Uk then feck of to Australia for the year, are the revenue likely to come looking for "their" money? I hear there shi.t hot so i think i know the answer? How ouwld they ever know?

acc grinds

gary the great wrote:

Thanks for that Acc, shouldnt of been so lazy and looked on Google myself!

Have been lookign into this in a bit of detail and Ireland & Uk have a double taxation agreement, which seems to say that i have to pay Irish tax on all my UK income? CAn anyone clear this up?

What if i claim it back from the Uk then feck of to Australia for the year, are the revenue likely to come looking for "their" money? I hear there shi.t hot so i think i know the answer? How ouwld they ever know?

Im by no means a tax expert , the reason for the double taxation agreement is so that you dont pay double the tax i.e tax in the UK and Ireland on the same earnings.

If you are in the PAYE system ( your emplyer deducts tax before you get paid) then you will have paid tax in ireland and the UK.

IF you are required to pay irish tax on your UK earnings you will recive a credit for the tax already paid in the UK. So there shouldnt be a huge difference in the calc.

As i said im not a tax expert but hope this helps a little

daniel3982

I'm moving to Ireland from the UK in a few weeks time, can I claim back all of the UK tax I've earnt this year (though i will be working in Ireland) or will the HMRC be able to see I am working in Ireland and somehow factor that into the amount of tax I should/shouldve paid to the UK exchequor?

eclair21

I have recently made the move from the UK to Ireland and have managed to claim my UK tax back. The process is relatively straight forward, you need to fill in a form P85 and send to your UK tax office with your P45, the forms are available online here:

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/Taxes/LeavingOrComingIntoTheUK/DG_10026234

It took a few months for it to be processed but its worth claiming.

I am not certain what I need to do in the Irish tax system in terms of declaring this tax back, any ideas anyone?