Emergency Tax

andrew.donohoe

Hi I was just wondering if there is any possible way of avoiding paying emergency tax on your first paycheck. I have been unemployed for awhile and just finished a year back in college.

Trish2007

Apply for your certificate of tax credits as soon as you have been offered a job. You need the employers tax registration number. I applied last monday and had my cert on friday.

thesimpsons

ask your new employer to ring revenue too. I'll always do this for new employees and Revenue always gives me their credits over the phone for immediate payroll processing.

Mrs OBumble

Trish2007 wrote: »

Apply for your certificate of tax credits as soon as you have been offered a job. You need the employers tax registration number. I applied last monday and had my cert on friday.

Sound advice. Also make certain that Revenue know if you have not been working earlier this year - you should have some spare tax credits to use up.

You cannot guarantee it, because it all depends on the company's payroll system.

ABajaninCork

I just called into the tax office, got the information I needed to give my employer, called the employer and then called over the info to Revenue.

Went very smoothly, and the correct credits were applied from day one.

Having said that, I'm not being taxed for the first four months. Still have to pay the USC though...

vikingdub

In my experience Revenue is the most efficient and user friendly of all government departments. The people you speak to are competent, efficient, informed and extremely helpful and polite. Would that all public sector employees operated at the same levels.

andrew.donohoe

Thanks for the information