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Flat Rate expenses

  • 05-10-2015 12:37pm
    #1
    chopperp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166 ✭✭


    Can you claim Flat Rate Expenses if you are a 9-5 office worker in the private sector ?


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  • #2
    nompere
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,678 ✭✭✭nompere


    Check the list: http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/it/employee-expenses.html

    Some of the jobs are office based.

    If you're not on the list then there's no claim.


  • #3
    Tubberadora
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 179 ✭✭Tubberadora


    After reading this post I noticed that I was entitled to €93 in flat rate expenses. I logged in to PAYE anytime and filled it in for the past 4 years. Anyway I got my P21 statements this morning but it said I had underpayed by €9.40 each year. How is this possible? I was balanced prior to that so I am not sure how I could have underpayed.
    Anybody any idea?


  • #4
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,186 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Tubberadora wrote: »
    After reading this post I noticed that I was entitled to €93 in flat rate expenses. I logged in to PAYE anytime and filled it in for the past 4 years. Anyway I got my P21 statements this morning but it said I had underpayed by €9.40 each year. How is this possible? I was balanced prior to that so I am not sure how I could have underpayed.
    Anybody any idea?

    You previously had a higher rate of flat rate expenses applied?


  • #5
    Tubberadora
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 179 ✭✭Tubberadora


    L1011 wrote: »
    You previously had a higher rate of flat rate expenses applied?
    Not that I was aware. I don't think I had claimed any.


  • #6
    Tubberadora
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 179 ✭✭Tubberadora


    I just checked back over previous p21s and see I was down for €138 in flat rate expenses. Ah well, thought I was looking at a €372 refund, not to be...


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  • #7
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,186 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Tubberadora wrote: »
    I just checked back over previous p21s and see I was down for €138 in flat rate expenses. Ah well, thought I was looking at a €372 refund, not to be...

    You don't get expenses x years back - it doesn't work that way. If it did, you'd have owed them 45 per year, not 9.40


  • #8
    gerrybbadd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,301 ✭✭✭✭gerrybbadd


    Flat Rate Expenses are a deduction from taxable income, and are not equal to cash in hand of the amounts stated on the spreadsheet.

    So, 93 means a deduction of 93 from your total taxable income for the year. If you're taxed at 20%, then the credit is 93 @ 20% = 18.60

    You were getting relief previously of 138 so 138 @ 20% = 27.60

    27.60 LESS 18.60 = €9 difference


  • #9
    allthedoyles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,893 ✭✭✭allthedoyles


    There is only one way to find out if you entitled to flat rate expenses .

    You write a note to tax office outlining your working circumstances , cost of clothing footwear tools etc , and give an estimated amount of expenses .

    The tax office will then decide your entitlement .

    Not all jobs are listed on revenue spreadsheet


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