Taxing exam superintendants

liamolaighin

Quick question. School exam secretaries are told to administer tax, PRSI and USC on superintendants the employ for state exams. However they are given little or no guidance on the amount/rates to deduct. Its very unclear. PRSI to be at 0.5%. PRD I think is 10%. USC is 7%. PAYE is at rate they are earning (41% in all cases). But its not clearly set out for the exam secretaries at all.

Example. Someone supervises an exam for 3 hours 20 minutes. The gross pay is 56.02. After all deductions that person is left with 27.20. (Tax of 19.06, PRSI of 0.23, PRD 5.60, USC 3.92). That doesn't seem to make any sense to me at all.

If the person was a special needs assistant they would get 42.75 gross and take home just 20.76. Less than 7 euro an hour net

I know people will want to have a pop at teachers and say they should do it for free but its more of an inconvenience than anything for them. Am I overcharging people here??

Any guidance would be appreciated.

Crazyteacher

That rate of 56.02 seems to be the same of reader /scribe payment.

Superintendents get 112.04 per day from the sec. Where are you getting these rates from?

Crazyteacher

Are they reading or scribing or superintending(supervising)?

thefasteriwalk

I'm pretty sure it's readers/scribes you're talking about, not superintendents. I've been a reader the last two years and I received about 300 euro for 11 JC exams, so I'd say your calculations are correct.

liamolaighin

Sorry yes that's what I meant. The people working in special centres as supervisors, scribes etc are the people I refer to above. The old system of paying per day is now gone. They are paid per session and a session incluses the aural where applicable. It's 56 euro per session

Is there any special rules regarding the paye deductions for these employees? Those conditions seem incredible to me.

liamolaighin

Crazyteacher wrote: »

Are they reading or scribing or superintending(supervising)?

Any of the above including reading, scribing, or supervising and in some cases all three. Some also facilitate use of laptop for exams.

Crazyteacher

That's true I did scribe and reader last year.

joebloggs32

If you do the maths, it is the same rate as the supervisor in the exam centre. Nothing wrong with 112 gross for 5/6 hours work.
The sting is in the tax. As I would have no credits on the payment, and would pay at top rate I would clear about 40 quid for a full day as a reader. Now factor in childcare and petrol, I would be working for free.
It was a handy few bob when I was only on part time hours and childless, but it is literally not worth my while doing it anymore. Instead I got to enjoy the summer weather last week with my child.

teacherhead

The rate of 56.02 is per session, if you do morning and afternoon you will get paid for both sessions.

The money isn't great really unless you're stuck for a few quid. In this case an extra few euros is always welcome. The difference with the superintendent of a main center is that they can claim travel and subsistence on top of their rate.

I find that with any extra work I do I just halve the rate to get a ball park figure - you won't be far off