My first job, questions about the tax.

Peter8

Hello, I recently got my first job sometime in November, I am 17 years old and the week before and after christmas I got a lot more hours. I filled out my 12A and sent it in recently. On my most recent paycheck, I only got paid 63.0013339% of what I 'should' have gotten. I am a bit confused and was wondering if anyone could enlighten me.

Tow

Sounds like you are on emergency tax and the job has no Tax Cert (P2C) for you. If the employer gets one before the end of the tax year (excluding Week 53 etc) you should get most of the tax refunded. Chances are they are now in 2012, so you will need to apply to Revenue yourself for the refund or if you wait Revenue should refund you automatically via cheque at some point during the year. The good news is that if you are still on emergency tax the counter which ramps up the tax over a 9 week period should be reset for the start of the taxyear.

BTW: When I say tax I am talking about PAYE Income Tax, USC and PRSI as this is what most people call tax.
When you are talking to Revenue 'Tax' is just 'PAYE Income Tax', a point which the interviewer on RTE1 this morning did not realise when talking to the man from Revenue. USC and PRSI are totally separate issues which they reluctantly 'collect' on behalf Finance and Welfare.

Peter8

Ok so I will get in contact with revenue and talk to them about it. Thanks for the help.