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tax, maternity benefit etc

  • 03-10-2011 10:19am
    #1
    billlumbergh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 50 ✭✭


    not sure if this is the right area for this but hey...

    I'm due to start my maternity leave in 3 weeks. my hubby and i got married last december but we never registered with the tax office for joint assesment or anything like that..

    is it worth doing now??

    will he get taxed less as my income will essentially be halved now?


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  • #2
    mp22
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 6,854 Mod ✭✭✭✭mp22


    Moved from state benefits.


  • #3
    allthedoyles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,893 ✭✭✭allthedoyles


    If you multiply your weekly tax credit by 10 , it will tell you how much tax you will save from now until year end on your current status .

    However your current status must be wrong if you are still been taxed as single .

    Inform tax office of your marriage in time , but is it is not going to be any advantage at this stage of tax year , as they will only put you both on week 1 basis from now until year end .

    Option 1 :
    Ask your payroll office to process you through wages from now until year end . This would give you a weekly wage to the value of your tax credit .

    Option 2 .
    Payroll ignore you from now until year end , and you will accumulate your weekly tax credit , which you can claim as part of your reconciliation for 2011 .

    In 2012 , you are going to have the first 16 weeks free tax credits . This will build up a cumulative amount of tax credits to use up when you do return to work in May 2012 .


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