PAYING TAXES BUT NEVER GOT TAX REFUND???

rhaiz

Hello everyone!!

I really hope to find an answer to this question that has been bugging ME, and 20-25 more staff that has been working for this restaurant for many years (5-15 years)

I am an Asian woman who just recently got an Irish citizenship
Been living and Working in the same company for the past 8 years since 2004...
Never knew anything about the tax back coz we used to be paid in "cash" for about 2-3 years since i came here. on 2007, the company moved to a new, bigger location, and then they started giving us payslips. (we do get payslips before but only if we request it for documentations etc.)

between 2007 till present, more and more staff applied for a tax refund and we all get the same statement. if there's "overpayment" written on the p21, it's only less than a Euro.I applied around 2009 and had "underpayment". I also applied just this month but i still got NOTHING AT ALL. one person said that "probably the employer is paying just that exact tax for me" .... Is it possible?? But how about the other staff who actually pays more tax than me? they stay on a staff accommodation while our employer deducts their rent on the same payslip, including the tax for the rent. how come they get nothing at all?

what do you guys think about this....:
I work 4 days, 20 hours a week and earn 122euro per day...(5 hours/day) same start and end time... The wage that i get every week is 462.97euro. sometime it goes down to 449.97euro.
If i am allowed to post my payslip here for further assistance, i would do so. I am just really desperate to get answers right now. not just for me but also for the rest of my workmates who actually pays more tax than me and never get a tax back.

I am also planning to join my Irish boyfriend in Australia and migrate there for good. none of my friends and colleagues knows how to do this.....

Johnmb

You'd only be getting tax back if you over paid it. If your employer is stopping the correct amount of tax there would never be any reason for the revenue to pay back any tax. Do you think your employer is stopping more than they should, or that the revenue haven't given you the correct credits?

namenotavailablE

There are various calculators out there that might help you to run basic checks on the accuracy of your wage calculations. See the link in my signature for an Excel spreadsheet and leave a message here if you need a hand with it.

rhaiz

Johnmb wrote: »

Do you think your employer is stopping more than they should, or that the revenue haven't given you the correct credits?

sorry i don't get this part that i quoted.

rhaiz

namenotavailabl wrote: »

There are various calculators out there that might help you to run basic checks on the accuracy of your wage calculations. See the link in my signature for an Excel spreadsheet and leave a message here if you need a hand with it.

thank you. i will try that speadsheet out and see where it gets me.

rhaiz

namenotavailabl wrote: »

There are various calculators out there that might help you to run basic checks on the accuracy of your wage calculations. See the link in my signature for an Excel spreadsheet and leave a message here if you need a hand with it.

hi. by the way, i just opened up and tried to download the spreadsheet but it wouldn't work on my mac os x laptop.

i am not really good at computers and i don't even know where to find my yearly income. do i base on the p60 that the company gives me? or base on my hourly rate....
i'm totally walking in darkness on this field.

for a person like me who knows nothing about taxes and whatever, is there some kind of company who can check this stuff for me to make sure that me and the other staff are not being fooled by our employer when it comes to paying our taxes? i don't mean to sound bad by thinking that way but it's what's been on our minds for the past few years... i just wonder.... "Are there any other people who works from a different company for a long time and have the same problem as us?

phormium

There is no automatic entitlement to tax back, if an employer is paying the correct tax for you and you are getting the correct tax credits then there is no reason to believe there is anything wrong. This is the usual for almost everyone working, it is only if you have extra items to claim which Revenue do not know about until you tell them, for example medical expenses that will cause you to get tax back.

If you have asked Revenue for balancing statements for the relevant years and there is no rebate due then that is probably correct, it can often happen that there is an underpayment too and you owe Revenue money. At least if your employer has been doing it right then you won't owe extra.

allthedoyles

they stay on a staff accommodation while our employer deducts their rent on the same payslip, including the tax for the rent

Could you explain this part of your post in more detail :?

barneystinson

rhaiz wrote: »

for a person like me who knows nothing about taxes and whatever, is there some kind of company who can check this stuff for me to make sure that me and the other staff are not being fooled by our employer when it comes to paying our taxes? i don't mean to sound bad by thinking that way but it's what's been on our minds for the past few years... i just wonder.... "Are there any other people who works from a different company for a long time and have the same problem as us?

That's a strange way of looking at things (being "fooled" by your employer!) - your employer gains nothing by taking too much taxes from your wages - they have to pass it on to Revenue.

If your payslip says your gross pay is 500 and they've taken 200 in taxes, and pay you 300, they must give the 200 of taxes to the Government. It still costs them 500 quid either way.