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Single man paying tax

  • 20-04-2016 6:42pm
    #1
    County rebel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 77 ✭✭


    Sorry if this question was asked before i am single and i earn less than my fellow married workers a week. i do the same work has anybody else.i asked the boss and he siad single people pay more tax than married.is this correct.thanks


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  • #2
    relax carry on
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,113 ✭✭✭relax carry on


    County rebel wrote: »
    Sorry if this question was asked before i am single and i earn 40euro less than my fellow married workers a week. i do the same work has anybody else.i asked the boss and he siad single people pay more tax than married.is this correct.thanks

    It depends. In some circumstances if the married couple are jointly assessed and there's some unused rate band and credits which can be transferred from one spouse to another then one spouse could pay less tax than an equivalent single person.


  • #3
    phormium
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,395 ✭✭✭phormium


    Also if the married person's partner is not working then the married person in your workplace will have all of the available tax credits of that couple so basically almost the credits of two people (non working partner will not have a PAYE allowance) so will have more take home pay even if the gross for both of you started out the same.

    So say a married couple both working in your workplace being paid the same as you will take home the same pay as you individually so even though married absolutely no difference to you, but if one of them were to give up working then the other would get a net increase in pay due to higher tax credits now just being used for one part of the couple.

    Obviously some people can have slightly or less credits for various reasons, health expenses etc that are not the same for everyone.


  • #4
    jennyhayes123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 471 ✭✭jennyhayes123


    I doubt you earn less you just pay more tax. €40 sounds about right. Not fair but right.


  • #5
    Stationmaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 950 ✭✭✭Stationmaster


    jennyhayes123 wrote: »
    I doubt you earn less you just pay more tax. €40 sounds about right. Not fair but right.

    Jenny has phrased this correctly. You are all more than likely getting the same gross pay except that some of your colleagues may be able to avail of extra credits/srcop etc from their spouse if they don't happen to be working full time.

    I wouldn't even say it's not fair - it's the tax system.


  • #6
    gerrybbadd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,301 ✭✭✭✭gerrybbadd


    County rebel wrote: »
    Sorry if this question was asked before i am single and i earn less than my fellow married workers a week. i do the same work has anybody else.i asked the boss and he siad single people pay more tax than married.is this correct.thanks

    It's never valid to compare your wages and tax deductions against anybody else. Tax Credits etc are a reflection of personal circumstances, and can differ wildly between people. So, it doesn't matter if you do the same work or get paid the same rate, tax deducted will always likely be different


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