Wages tax is an extra €20 more than usual

Antax

So y basic pay is:
€390
After tax usually:
€342
Last two weeks:
€316

This only started 2 weeks ago so basically since I started back at work again in 2014. I was off work for holidays over Christmas.
My circumstances have not changed. I am technically married but we are separated. No changes there and she does not work.

Any idea what I should do?

relax carry on

Antax wrote: »

So y basic pay is:
€390
After tax usually:
€342
Last two weeks:
€316

This only started 2 weeks ago so basically since I started back at work again in 2014. I was off work for holidays over Christmas.
My circumstances have not changed. I am technically married but we are separated. No changes there and she does not work.

Any idea what I should do?

Log into your PAYE Anytime account and check your tax credit cert for 2014 to see what has changed from last year.

Antax

relax carry on wrote: »

Log into your PAYE Anytime account and check your tax credit cert for 2014 to see what has changed from last year.

Gah I have to wait a few days for an update, damn.

debabyjesus

Thats around €1350 p.a your down, Did you lose a tax credit or something? Were you taking her credits as she wasn't working?

Antax

debabyjesus wrote: »

Thats around €1350 p.a your down, Did you lose a tax credit or something? Were you taking her credits as she wasn't working?

I don't think so, I mean I was never asked or anything? Would I have to actually say so?

Ocean Blue

Antax wrote: »

So y basic pay is:
€390
After tax usually:
€342
Last two weeks:
€316

This only started 2 weeks ago so basically since I started back at work again in 2014. I was off work for holidays over Christmas.
My circumstances have not changed. I am technically married but we are separated. No changes there and she does not work.

Any idea what I should do?

Change to single parent tax credits........I think only the main carer gets it now rather than both parents? So maybe this has been taken from you.

Antax

I have been trying to read info on the revenue site like this:
http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/it/leaflets/it1.html#section6

I really feel embarrassed but I don't understand any of it, it is like I am meant to know something and then I will get what that all means. Anyway have a link to something that could help me understand it all

Ocean Blue

Antax wrote: »

I have been trying to read info on the revenue site like this:
http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/it/leaflets/it1.html#section6

I really feel embarrassed but I don't understand any of it, it is like I am meant to know something and then I will get what that all means. Anyway have a link to something that could help me understand it all

http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/it/credits/one-parent-family.html

I suspect this is what you need to read

TitianGerm

Antax wrote: »

I have been trying to read info on the revenue site like this:
http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/it/leaflets/it1.html#section6

I really feel embarrassed but I don't understand any of it, it is like I am meant to know something and then I will get what that all means. Anyway have a link to something that could help me understand it all

Do you have kids ? And if you do, do they live with your wife ?

Antax

Ocean Blue wrote: »

http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/it/credits/one-parent-family.html

I suspect this is what you need to read

Why do you keep thinking I have a child??????

sonyvision

You may possibly owe then tax from your 2013 make sure your standard credits should read 3300 you pay 4% PRSI and your usc is at 2% for the first 200. 4% from 200-300 and 7% on 300+

Ocean Blue

Antax wrote: »

Why do you keep thinking I have a child??????

Jeez, just a suggestion. You could have said it wasn't relevant and that you don't have kids. Sorry for the suggestion.

Tigger99

OP ocean blue was only trying to help. I'm guessing that might be a sensitive subject for you.

Anyways I am down €45 a week on my salary as there was some glitch and I was given the wrong tax credits for 2014. I wouldn't be embarrassed about not making much sense of that link, I'd be very familiar with tax credits and it wasn't apparent to me from that link what the problem might be.

zarquon

Antax wrote: »

Why do you keep thinking I have a child??????

Because it could affect your available tax credits. You need to confirm your complete circumstances if you want help identifying the tax shortfall as it most likely is credit related.

dearg lady

Did you work for the full year in 2013?
As others have said,it could be a credit, I was missing the PAYE credit off my tax cert this year.
Log in to PAYE online and compare your tax cert from 2013 to 2014.
On you payslip PAYE, USC, and PRSI are all separate lines, which of them has changed from2013?