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Jobseekers benefit Taxable

  • 05-01-2016 7:06pm
    #1
    onceyourhappy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭


    Hi friend of mine needs advice. She works 9 months of the year (part time teacher)and is off for the other 3 months with no pay. She claims jobseekers benefit for the 3 months, but has now been informed that this payment is taxable.
    Is this correct as I've seen some site say jobseekers benefit is not taxed for systematic short term workers !
    Or does this boil down to what systemitic short term work involves ??

    Any advice anyone (without phoning revenue again !!! )

    Thanks.


Comments

  • #2
    mp22
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 6,854 Mod ✭✭✭✭mp22


    In general her JSB will be added to her 9 months of income and that is what makes it taxable,ie it must be declared to revenue.


  • #3
    myshirt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,245 ✭✭✭myshirt


    Absolutely taxable.

    Typically the way it works is through a reduction in tax credits for the time she is working (i.e pay a bigger tax bill monthly than 'normally'). Alternatively, pay in a lump sum to Revenue, plus any interest and penalties or whatever.


  • #4
    BowWow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,791 ✭✭✭BowWow


    http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/it/leaflets/it24.html


  • #5
    myshirt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,245 ✭✭✭myshirt


    BowWow wrote: »
    http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/it/leaflets/it24.html

    While that is good information, it is a lazy response to be fair. The op no doubt has googling skills. The critical part here on this issue is the completeness and sufficiency of the information. There is a lot more to this issue than is on Revenues website, as you'll be aware that Revenue have no obligation to set out that stuff in that manner.

    I think let's help out the op - so have you anything to add (bar a lazy google) and we will try help her? I dunno.... what do others think? (just a suggestion from me)


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