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Tax on social welfare

  • 24-04-2012 8:29am
    #1
    Whiplashy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭


    I am on a three day week and receiving jobseekers allowance. I read somewhere that when you are working, income from social welfare is taxable? Is this correct? What do I need to do to sort it out?


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  • #2
    Citizenpain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭Citizenpain


    Jobseeker's Allowance is not taxable

    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/irish_social_welfare_system/claiming_a_social_welfare_payment/taxation_of_social_welfare_payments.html


  • #3
    plys
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 221 ✭✭plys


    Citizenpain wrote: »
    Jobseeker's Allowance is not taxable

    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/irish_social_welfare_system/claiming_a_social_welfare_payment/taxation_of_social_welfare_payments.html

    How do you work that out..? from your link...
    Your social welfare payment may or may not be deemed taxable but even if your social welfare payment is taxable, you may not actually have to pay tax on it.

    Actually, just saw further down the page that it is not taxable... I was pretty sure I paid tax on Jobseekers Allowance when I was receiving it - fortunately i got back into a position where I was liable to pay tax :-)


  • #4
    Citizenpain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭Citizenpain


    Jobseekers benefit is taxable.... maybe that is what you were getting


  • #5
    plys
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    maybe so - never really looked into the difference between the two to be honest. I can't imagine that I'm the only one to consider that the terms are interchangeable..?


  • #6
    Whiplashy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭Whiplashy


    That doesn't seem very fair. Why should benefit be taxable and not allowance? Not that I'm going to complain about not having to pay tax!


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  • #7
    Citizenpain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭Citizenpain


    plys wrote: »
    maybe so - never really looked into the difference between the two to be honest. I can't imagine that I'm the only one to consider that the terms are interchangeable..?

    Jobseeker's Benefit is paid to people who have paid adequate social insurance contributions and who are out of work.

    Jobseeker's Allowance is means tested and paid to those that do not qualify for JB


  • #8
    Citizenpain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭Citizenpain


    Whiplashy wrote: »
    That doesn't seem very fair. Why should benefit be taxable and not allowance? Not that I'm going to complain about not having to pay tax!

    I think it is because you can claim paye tax credit with JB - which should cover the tax more or less......


  • #9
    Whiplashy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭Whiplashy


    Citizenpain wrote: »
    I think it is because you can claim paye tax credit with JB - which should cover the tax more or less......

    I'm claiming PAYE tax credit. I wasn't claiming JA when I applied for my tax credits. Should I not have that tax credit now that I am claiming JA? I really don't understand the tax system, or the welfare one:confused:


  • #10
    howamidifferent
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    If your working you are not on JA you are on JB. This is taxable income.


  • #11
    Whiplashy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭Whiplashy


    howamidifferent wrote: »
    If your working you are not on JA you are on JB. This is taxable income.

    No I didn't have enough contributions from 2010 so I didn't qualify for JB. I'm on means tested JA


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  • #12
    Citizenpain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭Citizenpain


    Whiplashy wrote: »
    I'm claiming PAYE tax credit. I wasn't claiming JA when I applied for my tax credits. Should I not have that tax credit now that I am claiming JA? I really don't understand the tax system, or the welfare one:confused:

    dont worry about it -- you are not using it against JA anyway

    our tax system is actually one of the more straight forward ones

    social welfare ---- don't get me started :)


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