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taxation on extra income

  • 01-07-2014 9:08pm
    #1
    Yeboah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 188 ✭✭


    Hi everyone, I am a public servant and i earn a modest 30,500 approx. My wife works but is currently out sick with a broken leg (not sure when she will return to work) and her employer does not pay for sick leave.

    Struggling to pay mortgage and bills and have been offered a weekend job which potentially could end my financial difficulties. Im worried if i take this job on that i will fall into the higher tax bracket. Could someone tell me roughly how many hours per week i could work without getting stung for a lot of tax. Prob looking in the region of 10 to 15 euros per hour. Still to be finalised

    any help appreciated

    on a side note would i be entitled to my wife's tax credits whilst she is out of work. Were only married a year so this is all new to me. Excuse my ignorance


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  • #2
    Alan Shore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 735 ✭✭✭Alan Shore


    A married person can earn €41,800 before going onto the higher rate where the other spouse earns less than €23,800. So you will probably stay at 20%. Earnings under €356 do not attract an employee PRSI contribution. USC at 7% will apply.

    Is your wife entitled to any Social Welfare payment?


  • #3
    Yeboah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 188 ✭✭Yeboah


    Alan Shore wrote: »
    A married person can earn €41,800 before going onto the higher rate where the other spouse earns less than €23,800. So you will probably stay at 20%. Earnings under €356 do not attract an employee PRSI contribution. USC at 7% will apply.

    Is your wife entitled to any Social Welfare payment?

    my wife is entitled to 188 illness benefit (haven't received anything yet). She is considering leaving her employment anyway as its a 3 hour round commute so we are looking at other jobs in the locality.

    the only reason i posted is ive heard stories where people took on extra work and turned out they were working for 3/4 euro an hour when the tax man got involved. I bet their core salary was more than mine though


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