Salary of 19k,will i be paying tax?

fire_man

I had an offer of a job today,will i be paying much tax with this salary?

seamus

Just over a €80 a month. So, no. You'll be paying practically no tax.

www.taxcalc.eu

fire_man

Its only over a 100 more than dole p/w.No wonder people dont want to work.

Lux23

You can do alot with a 100 quid more in your pocket, if you are desperate to work then take it but keep looking for something more interesting.

fire_man

Ya ur rite Lux.

Eoin

As Lux23 said, €400 per month should make a big difference. Even if it was less of a difference, I can't imagine choosing being on the dole over having a job.

jimmycrackcorm

eoin wrote: »

As Lux23 said, €400 per month should make a big difference. Even if it was less of a difference, I can't imagine choosing being on the dole over having a job.

Rent Allowance, Medical card, Back to school payments if you have kids.

Eoin

Fair point - what I meant is that even if you only came out a little ahead after all the benefits, I would take a job over taking the dole.

After the Budget in December, its likely you will be paying more income tax. Is there any chance of career progression with the job?

How on earth is somebody supposed to raise a family, provide for them, etc on that salary?? Granted you may not be at that stage yet, but may be someday.

For someone with a family, as has already been said, they would probably be better off on benefits

Magenta

Since nobody else has said it- Congratulations!

Mister men

fire_man wrote: »

I had an offer of a job today,will i be paying much tax with this salary?

Is'nt that below minimum wage? I'd have to think long and hard before working for that sort of wage.

Welease

fire_man wrote: »

Its only over a 100 more than dole p/w.No wonder people dont want to work.

Dole is only ever likely to do down..
Work will go up over time, assuming you do the job, and gain more experience (i.e. become more valuable to a company)

Which would you prefer to be on 20 years from now?

wmpdd3

Am no minimum wage is €17, 457 per year.

tHE vAGGABOND

yea, well done..

Even if this job does not pay much, over time you will get paid more and gaining work experience is even more valuable.

Stick with it, work hard and do your best, in a year to 18 months maybe you move to another company for more money and better perks [etc]? Thats how the real world works...

fire_man

I just got redundancy from my old job,i got a nice pay off,i would only take this job on a short term basis to plan my next move or go abroad.

doolox

Think of it as a learning experience.
Work at getting experience on verifiable, transferable and generic skills and try to avoid specialised skills which tie you to only one company.

Try and get courses if you have time as the company may pay out for them if they see a benefit. A lot of vocational courses are only available to people already in relevant jobs.

Talk to the experienced, higher paid people you get to work with and find out if you can how they got to their position. Bear in mind that people may overstate the difficulty of their courses and qualifications out of pride or wanting to keep newcomers out of their "patch". If you show a genuine interest in a particular field of work most people will tell you how to progress into it.

If you get a chance, talk to your immediate superiors up the chain of command, show interest and positivity and they may let you know how to enter a higher rung in the job. This will take time but may be a way forward. Showing negativity and jealousy about peoples pay, conditions etc is a highway to nowhere and will lead to a dead end position.

AARRRRGH

fire_man wrote: »

Its only over a 100 more than dole p/w.No wonder people dont want to work.

Dont worry. It will be a lot more than the dole once Lenihan lays into social welfare.

Stark

salonfire wrote: »

After the Budget in December, its likely you will be paying more income tax. Is there any chance of career progression with the job?

How on earth is somebody supposed to raise a family, provide for them, etc on that salary?? Granted you may not be at that stage yet, but may be someday.

For someone with a family, as has already been said, they would probably be better off on benefits

Someone with a family on that wage would likely get Family Income Supplement on top of child benefit. And as has been said already, gaining experience in a job now rather than sitting on the dole will open up more options for better paying jobs in the future.