I dunno what to title this

Lee Snowflake

Myself, my fiancee and our daughter left Ireland for Toronto at the start of May 2014. Before we left, I got my P45 from my previous employer and sorted out the forms so I could claim back some of the tax I had paid for the year. About 10 days later (we were in Canada by this time) it was transferred to my bank account. AWESOME!!!

My fiancee got her P45 a couple of weeks ago. She filled out the same forms as I did and sent them off. About 2 weeks later she gets a letter saying that she has to submit her "claim after 31/12/2014 with your world wide income from Canada. Unable to process your P50 until we receive your income from May-Dec 2014 from Canada."

Can anybody tell me what sort of ****e this is?

Mr. Incognito

Write back and say you are leaving with the intention of being non resident from the date of departure and wish to apply section 822 split year relief, otherwise your canadian income is subject to irish tax till december as you are still resident.

Claiming 822 will trigger a refund of unallocated credits

tenifan

A dishonest person might get a refund of Irish tax, but then not declare their Irish income under the Canadian system, as a result not paying tax in either district.

If you're going to do something like that, you're best waiting until after 31st December and then requesting a balancing statement. You'll still get your money back, just with fewer questions.

as for a title: emigrated to canada, tax refund question

Lee Snowflake

Thanks for the replies, guys.

So my fiancee's Canadian income could be subject to Irish tax, or her Irish income could be subject to Canadian tax? What sort of BS is that? I paid my taxes when I was working in Ireland (as did my fiancee) and when I left I was eligible to get most (if not all) of my paid tax in the current tax year. I got it sorted, no questions asked. She's gets this BS letter about having to wait til the year end before making her claim because they need to know her income.

I don't understand how previous income from living in a different country can be subject to the current country's tax.

tenifan

Lee Snowflake wrote: »

I don't understand how previous income from living in a different country can be subject to the current country's tax.

Have a read:
http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/money_and_tax/tax/moving_country_and_taxation/tax_residence_and_domicile_in_ireland.html

http://www.revenue.ie/en/practitioner/law/double/canada.html

Lee Snowflake

Thanks tenifan.

But we don't have property or anything else like that. Yet that ****e heap of a government still try to screw us, even though we don't live there anymore. They can go **** themselves.

Mr. Incognito

Once again. Claim split year relief. Means you are non resident from date of departure and all income earned after this date is not subject to. Irish income tax. No point ranting. The mechanism to relieve it exists.

There is a whole sticky devoted to it in the forum