Emergency Tax question

didntgotoplan

So I asked about this before but just need an update.

So I started a new job at the beginning of October, I've been emergency taxed every week since.

I rang the revenue about 3 weeks ago with my new employers tax registration number so that I could hopefully get this all sorted before my tax goes through the roof. I received an updated tax credit letter about a week later and I was told my new employer received one as well.

I'm still waiting on my P45, which my previous employer has told me that they are waiting to hear from the tax office about it (this is my second job, so I don't know how long it usually takes)

So I've been paid for my 5th weeks work and I'm still on emergency tax and its starting to get bigger.

Is there anything else I can do to stop being emergency taxed? Do I need to contact the tax office again to ask whats the hold up?

angelfire9

Your previous employer should have issued you with a P45 when you were leaving the employment
this is NOTHING to do with the tax office it is up to your employer to provide it
If they haven't done so so far I would suggest that you bring your last payslip from your previous employer and go and talk to the revenue about issuing a tax credit cert to your new employer which takes into account your earnings for the year to date
There is a name for it but sorry i just can't remember it

didntgotoplan

Thanks angelfire9 for letting me know.

However in my previous employment they didn't give me any payslips, it was payment in hand and then at the end of the year I got my P60 and income levy cert.

Mrs OBumble

didntgotoplan wrote: »

I received an updated tax credit letter about a week later and I was told my new employer received one as well.

This is the key bit.

What does the updated tax-credit cert say about your new job: have some of your tax-credits and cut-off-point been allocated to it?

If so, then the hold-up is either with your employer getting the cert, or with them applying it to their payroll. Your previous employer's P45 is totally irrelevant, once revenue notify your current employer what to tax you at. (Revenue will have made some assumptions about what you've earned from the previous job, and how many of your tax credits etc would have been "used up" for it).

OTOH, if they haven't given you any credits and cut-off point for the current job, then you need to chase for the P45, and contact Revenue again. Payslips from the last job are irrelevant: what they need to do is produce the P45. If they can do the P60, they can do the 45.

angelfire9

JustMary wrote: »

This is the key bit.

What does the updated tax-credit cert say about your new job: have some of your tax-credits and cut-off-point been allocated to it?

If so, then the hold-up is either with your employer getting the cert, or with them applying it to their payroll. Your previous employer's P45 is totally irrelevant, once revenue notify your current employer what to tax you at. (Revenue will have made some assumptions about what you've earned from the previous job, and how many of your tax credits etc would have been "used up" for it).

OTOH, if they haven't given you any credits and cut-off point for the current job, then you need to chase for the P45, and contact Revenue again. Payslips from the last job are irrelevant: what they need to do is produce the P45. If they can do the P60, they can do the 45.

Don't agree sorry
The P45 for the period Jan-Sept 2010 will show earnings YTD, SCROP and tax Credits YTD and revenue will not be able to produce an ACCURATE tax credit cert for the remainder of the tax year without it

On the other hand if the OP is happy to face the possibility of overpaying or underpaying tax from Oct-Dec then fair enough

tatli_lokma

didntgotoplan wrote: »

Thanks angelfire9 for letting me know.

However in my previous employment they didn't give me any payslips, it was payment in hand and then at the end of the year I got my P60 and income levy cert.

Lads I think this is the most important point to take into account - if you were being paid cash in hand and no payslips then you were not paying tax, so your past employer will not be issuing you with a P45 because technically you didn't officially work there.

If you were not paying tax in your last employment then it will not affect your current employment - I think you would go on a wk 1 basis. Your new tax credit cert will advise you of this.

andyc05

I'm enquiring is there any way that you can check to see if I got enough emergency tax back

CIARAN_BOYLE

andyc05 wrote: »

I'm enquiring is there any way that you can check to see if I got enough emergency tax back

Yes, you can calculate what your tax bill should be.

andyc05

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

Yes, you can calculate what your tax bill should be.

How do you do that please

CIARAN_BOYLE

andyc05 wrote: »

How do you do that please

I could actually spend a month trying to explain how to calculate income tax to you.

If you give a copy of your p45 from previous employer if any and your latest payslip I will do it for you.

You can black out personal details like name and pps number.

Im not going to teach basic income tax. I'm sorry.

tina1040

http://services.deloitte.ie/tc/

Something like this should help.