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Income Levy and self -assessed

  • 01-02-2011 4:20pm
    #1
    sipstrassi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 131 ✭✭


    Hi, have a question (rant?!) about the income levy for self-assessed.

    Was working 2 jobs in 2009 and so had to fill in the 11E. Got my assessment back this morning. Turns out I owe money for income levy.
    This is because they are applying an average rate for 2009 of 1.67% (which is fine if you earned the same every month).

    But, I earned more per month Jan to Apr than I did the rest of the year.

    The rate Jan to Apr was 1% (which was calculated corectly, deducted and returned).
    The rate May to Dec was 2% (also done correctly).

    I am effectively being hit by a retrospective charge. If I had earned the other way around then I would be getting a rebate I suppose. So swings and roundabouts for the revenue.

    I called them up and asked about this and was told sorry that's the way it is.
    I can't see how it can be correct (legal?) to apply a tax retrospectively to some but not others.

    The amount of money is very small in the grand scheme of things (less than 50 euro) but I can see no reason why I should pay it (well, apart from the penalties! :)).

    Am going to lodge an official complaint and an appeal of my assessment.

    But is there any point?:(


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