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claiming tax back when on maternity leave?

  • 10-03-2010 4:30pm
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22


    HI,

    I am due to go on maternity leave this summer and I was wondering what sort of 'tax-back' entitlements I might be able to claim. Up until I go on maternity leave I will have been paying full 41% + levies on my full time employment. Obviously I will not be paying tax on my state maternity leave and I will not be recieving any top ups from my employer. So my question is- will I be able ot claim back tax paid in th first half of the year and how do I go about doing this?

    Thanks!!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,396 ✭✭✭✭Sleepy


    You can request a balancing statement for the previous year's tax but I'm not sure if it can be done in the same year.

    Might be worth discussing this with your payroll department? They may be able to ensure you get the tax back in your first paycheque after maternity leave (if that's before the end of the tax year).


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 237 ✭✭MazG


    Hi Doolin

    Congratulations on your pregnancy and I hope it is all going well for you :)

    While you are on Maternity Leave, you will still be entitled to payment for public holidays so if you are on maternity leave from, say, the end of June then you should pop up on your employer's payroll again on the August Bank Holiday and the October Bank Holiday (as well as at Christmas, although depending on your company's payroll calendar, payment for this period may apply to 2011 and so will not be included in 2010 tax year calculations). At the August and October Bank Holiday, your company's payroll should pay you a gross day's pay and the payroll should recalculate your cumulative earnings up to that point and refund you any tax refund due at that point in time.

    If the Christmas public holidays fall into your company's 2011 payroll calendar, then you may have to apply in the New Year to the Revenue for a refund of tax credits that would have been applied to your earnings for November and December if you had had any.

    I hope this makes sense, www.revenue.ie may have further info for you.


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