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Working in Northern Ireland

  • 30-05-2014 12:31am
    #1
    Belleville_82
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 ✭


    I live in the south of Ireland and have been recently been offered a job in the north, I'm just wondering what do I have to consider in terms of tax ( do I pay tax on both sides of the border) do I need a PPS number in the north and how does it work with converting the wages - do I have to open a bank account in the north?
    Thanks in advance


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  • #2
    CatFromHue
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,278 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatFromHue


    Yeah when I worked up there I'd to open a bank account. You don't get a PPS No. but you get a National Insurance No. and you don't pay tax on both sides of the border, just in NI.

    For the National Insurance No you've to go into the local office and do a mini interview, nothing out of the ordinary to it. Ask your employer about the National Insurance No. and they'll be able to help.


  • #3
    Richard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,439 ✭✭✭Richard


    CatFromHue wrote: »
    Yeah when I worked up there I'd to open a bank account. You don't get a PPS No. but you get a National Insurance No. and you don't pay tax on both sides of the border, just in NI.

    For the National Insurance No you've to go into the local office and do a mini interview, nothing out of the ordinary to it. Ask your employer about the National Insurance No. and they'll be able to help.

    You may well be on "Emergency Tax" until this is sorted out which means you'll pay tax at the top rate, but will get the extra tax back.

    You might want to speak to a bank near where you live with branches in NI to help get a bank account set up.


  • #4
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,436 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    CatFromHue wrote: »
    you don't pay tax on both sides of the border, just in NI.

    It's not necessarily quite that simple:

    Individuals tax liability is reduced to a "specified amount"
    The "Specified Amount" is calculated as follows:

    Total Irish Tax Liability x (Income other than Foreign Employment Income / Total Income)


    http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/it/reliefs/trans-border-workers-relief.html


    So if ALL your income if from foreign work, and if you meet the other conditions (eg one night at home every single week) THEN you don't pay any Irish tax.


    OP, at very least it's some extra tax paperwork for you this year. Contact Revenue if you need help, this sort of question comes up all the time.


  • #5
    CatFromHue
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,278 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatFromHue


    Ah right, I didn't do any of that, I just got the Nat In No. and went with it!


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