Tax credits when seperated

Xcellor

Hi.

I am separated from my wife have been sometime. She has not been working the last year so I have transferred the married tax credits to my earnings.

She is looking at a job in the UK and will probably move there. What is the situation with tax credits when one spouse is living away from home?

I know if she got a job in Ireland we'd just split the credit again as done previously.. but in a different country I'm not sure.

Cheers.
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2ndcoming

If you are legally separated you can only keep the full married credits if you are wholly maintaining your ex-wife, if they leave the country or get a job you would return to the same tax credits as a single person.

If you are paying maintenance for any children you may have you can claim a credit against that amount.

Xcellor

2ndcoming wrote: »

If you are legally separated you can only keep the full married credits if you are wholly maintaining your ex-wife, if they leave the country or get a job you would return to the same tax credits as a single person.

If you are paying maintenance for any children you may have you can claim a credit against that amount.

Not legally separated yet. Didn't see the need.

I'm not supporting her as such but the expense of running a house hold has fairly much fallen on my shoulders for the most part.

Is there some website I can read up more about this?

Cheers.
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2ndcoming

www.revenue.ie?

Regardless of whether the separation is legal or not by Revenue's terms if you're not "living together as man and wife" you should be assessed as separated for tax purposes.

You should contact them and update your record as they could go back on the last few years married credits if you had them and they weren't due. That could end up as a nasty bill.

You'll be fine if your ex-wife has not been working but if the situation changes as you've suggested it might is where the problem could arise.

mrs vimes

2ndcoming wrote: »

If you are legally separated you can only keep the full married credits if you are wholly maintaining your ex-wife, if they leave the country or get a job you would return to the same tax credits as a single person.

If you are paying maintenance for any children you may have you can claim a credit against that amount.

If you are paying maintenance for the former spouse under a legally enforceable maintenance agreement then it is tax deductible for the payer and taxable for the payee.

Maintenance in respect of children is not tax deductible.

2ndcoming

Very true, my mistake.