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Sorting Emergency Tax

  • 05-03-2015 2:47pm
    #1
    killanena
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,122 ✭✭✭


    Hey, I started my first paid job about 2 months ago and emergency tax is starting to take at least a 3rd of my wages. I was wondering sense its my first job, what steps do I take to resolve this? I can't go to the tax office as they are closed when im not working and the closes one is a bit of a journey away. I have downloaded and filled out a 12a forum from the revenue site. Is it just a matter of sending that the tax office that covers my area?


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  • #2
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,288 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    Yes, fill in that 12a and post it to your local Revenue office. No stamp required.

    In a few weeks, Revenue will issue a tax-credits certificate for you, and sometime after that you will get a big pay when your employer refunds all your emergency tax.

    In future, every time you start a job, ask the employer for their registration number and phone Revenue with it and your start-date. (In theory all you should have to do is give the new employer the P45 from your last job - but in practise sometimes things get confused so it's worth telling them yourself, IMHO). Emergency tax only starts to hurt after you've been there for about 4-6 weeks: if you do tell Revenue quickly in future, then you may never pay it again.


  • #3
    magicmushroom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 824 ✭✭✭magicmushroom


    When this happened to me I didn't need to fill anything out - just gave Revenue a call, all sorted in minutes and was reimbursed in my next wage.


  • #4
    P_1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,681 ✭✭✭✭P_1


    Get 1) your own PPS number and 2) your employers tax number, call revenue, explain you've started a new job and need a Certificate of Tax Credits, wait till your next payday and enjoy a few extra quid in your pocket.

    :)


  • #5
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,288 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    For your first job in Ireland, it's worth doing the 12a: it makes sure your tax records get set up correctly from that start. After that, a phone call is fine.


  • #6
    FloatingVoter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,133 ✭✭✭FloatingVoter


    Mrs OBumble wrote: »
    For your first job in Ireland, it's worth doing the 12a: it makes sure your tax records get set up correctly from that start. After that, a phone call is fine.

    I used to deal with this all the time in Revenue when I was on the 1890 line. While it's perfectly doable over the phone, I would second taking the long way round (12A) for your first employment. It ensures your date of birth, current address etc. is correct on the system.


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