USC Earning Under €4,000 a year

katerina621

I work only 6 hours a week or less sometimes. Should I be paying USC? Is it the company i work for taking this tax from me? I earn less than 4000 a year. USC have been taken every week from me in 2011 and 2012. i believe I am untitled to a refund? Do I ask my employer or revenue to refund it?

namenotavailablE

A few possibilities:

1. Have you multiple employers? If so, maybe the current employer has no USC thresholds for you.

2. Have you given your employer your PPS number/ certificate of tax credits? It's possible that you are being charged on the 'emergency basis' if not.

If the above possibilities don't apply, then for the 2011 year bring your P60 and USC certificate (you would have got these from your employer) to your local tax office and ask them to do a review of that year.

For the current year (and assuming that you are working 6 hours a week for pretty much the entire year on a minimum wage type of pay) then you shouldn't be paying the USC (annual income under 10036 pa means that you don't pay the USC). You should confirm that the employer has all required tax details for you for 2012 (certificate of tax credits and cut-off point). If he doesn't, contact your tax office [you'll need your PPS number] and ask them to send a cert to your employer & you. Your employer can then use the details on the cert to rectify the over-deducted USC since January.

katerina621

thanks.
No, that is my only job. I work there 4.5 years.They have my PPS. USc was taken of me in full year of 2011 and 2012. Only have p60 from my employer. Should I ask them now for USC certificate? It might take ages(usually it is hard to get anything from them)

This is my last week of employment with this company. Should i do it before or I can do it after my last shift also?

namenotavailablE

For 2011 you might try the tax office without the USC cert- Inot sure but I suspect that there are procedures in place to deal with that type of scenario.

For 2012, you'll receive a P45 when you finish (it's important that you get this especially for certain welfare payments and also for any new employment you might start)

allthedoyles

katerina621 wrote: »

thanks.
Only have p60 from my employer. Should I ask them now for USC certificate? It might take ages(usually it is hard to get anything from them)

Take a closer look at your P60 , especially column D - as there are many 2011 , P60's out there which have the USC figures included on them .

katerina621

thanks.will try

katerina621

great. will have a look.

katerina621

Should I be given p45 when i leave the job? Straight after my last shift or few weeks later. Should I receive p60 also?

Shane732

katerina621 wrote: »

Should I be given p45 when i leave the job? Straight after my last shift or few weeks later. Should I receive p60 also?

Yes you should receive a P45 when you leave the job. Some companies post it out others will give it to you when you're leaving. It really depends on who's doing the payroll etc... and whether commencements and cessations are separately or at the time the normal payroll is run.

If you leave a job then you'll receive a P45 from them as opposed to a P60.

katerina621

Shane732 wrote: »

Yes you should receive a P45 when you leave the job. Some companies post it out others will give it to you when you're leaving. It really depends on who's doing the payroll etc... and whether commencements and cessations are separately or at the time the normal payroll is run.

If you leave a job then you'll receive a P45 from them as opposed to a P60.

6 weeks since I gave them 2 weeks notice, 4 weeks since I left, no sign of p45 at all.
went to work few times, they keep saying they didn't get it from head office....