ABN number ?

tonydude

Hi , looking for some advice, my girlfriend got a job in a salon and was told she will need a ABN number, am I right in saying that this means she will have to pay her own tax? and what does it mean to an irish person who is on a whv who will return in a year or two?

danotroy

Yes she will have to pay her own super and tax. As for the second part of your question i do not understand the context of what does it mean to an irish person on a WHV?

tonydude

danotroy wrote: »

Yes she will have to pay her own super and tax. As for the second part of your question i do not understand the context of what does it mean to an irish person on a WHV?

Can she leave without paying it, also is it possible to sponser herself to stay longer

danotroy

Of course she can leave without paying it. But its illegal.

hussey

tonydude wrote: »

Can she leave without paying it, also is it possible to sponser herself to stay longer

simple answer is no.
Unless she was to set up her own business and apply for a business visa (she'd need a lot of money to do this - 100,000 off the top of my head)

danotroy

hussey wrote: »

simple answer is no.
Unless she was to set up her own business and apply for a business visa (she'd need a lot of money to do this - 100,000 off the top of my head)

I havn't heard one directly myself but I have heard through the mysterious secong even third hand grapevine you can sponsor yourself? is this an illegal loophole some people have exploited?

hussey

danotroy wrote: »

I havn't heard one directly myself but I have heard through the mysterious secong even third hand grapevine you can sponsor yourself? is this an illegal loophole some people have exploited?

Yes we've had people claiming that, but in reality it is an established company who sponsors them, whom the employee knows the director etc ... then the rumour mill starts. (if true at all).
Joe blogs cannot create Joe Blogs company, then sponsor himself (457 here) there is a lot of regulation for 457 one of them is the company is not a new company.
How ever Joe Bloggs can be sponsored as a CEO or director of an already existing company.

Mellor

tonydude wrote: »

Hi , looking for some advice, my girlfriend got a job in a salon and was told she will need a ABN number, am I right in saying that this means she will have to pay her own tax?

Working on an ABN means she'll essentially be a self employed contractor.
It's up to her to sort out her tax and items.

and what does it mean to an irish person who is on a whv who will return in a year or two?

It has no impact on a WHV.

danotroy wrote: »

I havn't heard one directly myself but I have heard through the mysterious secong even third hand grapevine you can sponsor yourself? is this an illegal loophole some people have exploited?

Not a loophole in any shape or form. You can't sponsor yourself.
What people are referring to, and often getting very confused about it. Is as Hussey said. Setting up a new company, funding the process involved, registering somebody else as the principal and being sponsored as an employee of that company.

tonydude

Thanks for the info guys, the next step is applying for one, how does one do that?