revenue

carolinej

Hi, do the revenue commioners need to know if you've got a girlfriend / boyfriend for taxation purposes even if you're not living together?

Just abit confused coz I rang them on behalf of my bf re updating some contact details.

I know they can't change without speaking to him.

I wanted to find out what to do. The lady on the phone asked me "who are you" I said his gf. She said well he's on the system as single.

Does she mean single for calculating tax only and meant it this way only?

myshirt

Of you are not married, don't worry about it. You're thinking too much.

carolinej

myshirt wrote: »

Of you are not married, don't worry about it. You're thinking too much.

I probably am. Bad trait I have ! I have visions of the revenue girl scurrying off to her manager saying the gf rang and he said he was single, call the guards!

Turnipman

carolinej wrote: »

Hi, do the revenue commioners need to know if you've got a girlfriend / boyfriend for taxation purposes even if you're not living together?

Just abit confused coz I rang them on behalf of my bf re updating some contact details. I know they can't change without speaking to him.

I wanted to find out what to do. The lady on the phone asked me "who are you" I said his gf. She said well he's on the system as single.

Does she mean single for calculating tax only and meant it this way only?

Technically speaking, that Revenue lady shouldn't have told you anything about him - not even the fact that he's single on their system.

However unless you're married or in a civil partnership, Revenue will treat both of you as singles (unlike Social Welfare!). So even if you've been his boyfriend since Bono was a lad, you're still both single in the eyes of the taxman. Hence, you've nothing to worry about here - unless Revenue had told you that he was married .... to someone else!

carolinej

Turnipman wrote: »

Technically speaking, that Revenue lady shouldn't have told you anything about him - not even the fact that he's single on their system.

However unless you're married or in a civil partnership, Revenue will treat both of you as singles (unlike Social Welfare!). So even if you've been his boyfriend since Bono was a lad, you're still both single in the eyes of the taxman. Hence, you've nothing to worry about here - unless Revenue had told you that he was married .... to someone else!

Haha I'd fall off the chair laughing! Actually I remember from a brief period in a call centre she's breached data protection by telling me he's single on the system. And she probably could have used better tact rather than saying"who are you" ! We were told to say due to data protection I can only talk to account holder.

MackMack

carolinej wrote: »

And she probably could have used better tact rather than saying"who are you" !

Tact is a word that noone in Revenue has any understanding of.

digzy

MackMack wrote: »

Tact is a word that noone in Revenue has any understanding of.

there's at least one lurking about here so you might rue that statement!!

gerrybbadd

digzy wrote: »

there's at least one lurking about here so you might rue that statement!!

More than 1.

Pretty crappy statement to make in fairness. Anyone from Revenue on here, has been more than helpful to people, in their own time too, keep in mind.

MackMack

I stand by my statement regardless of how many of them are on here. Try getting information off them on the phone or in person and you'd understand.

gerrybbadd

MackMack wrote: »

I stand by my statement regardless of how many of them are on here. Try getting information off them on the phone or in person and you'd understand.

That's your own opinion, based on your own experiences perhaps. And you are entitled to your own opinion, even if it is wrong.

I'm sure that there are some bad ones on the lines taking queries, but at the same time, the vast majority of the officers are good at what they do. And as I said, some are going the extra mile on here, in their own time, to be of assistance with queries on here.

So to say that nobody in Revenue has an understanding of tact is incorrect and insulting to those on here.

ejabrod

gerrybbadd wrote: »

That's your own opinion, based on your own experiences perhaps. And you are entitled to your own opinion, even if it is wrong.

I'm sure that there are some bad ones on the lines taking queries, but at the same time, the vast majority of the officers are good at what they do. And as I said, some are going the extra mile on here, in their own time, to be of assistance with queries on here.

So to say that nobody in Revenue has an understanding of tact is incorrect and insulting to those on here.

You can't say someone's opinion is wrong - it's their opinion.

I would mirror that posters opinion. In my experience with revenue lately, the person I spoke with was ignorant and obnoxious. Now, that may be down to the section I was dealing with but it was more than 1 person.

In the other hand, when dealing with the PAYE section the people I dealt with were friendly, helpful and generally nice.

Guess it all depends on what section you're dealing with.

MackMack

MackMack wrote: »

Try getting information off them on the phone or in person and you'd understand.

When you actually get to speak to somebody, they are helpful. However thats not easy. I have sent two queries through ROS 'my enquiries' a month ago and no reply yet, not even an acknowledgment.

I emailed them to two addresses that I was given, got an instant reply from one to say 'this isnt for me, its the other person', but nothing yet from the other person, not even an acknowledgement.

I tried phoning multiple times, three minutes of waffle in irish and english every time before you can select the service you want... then the phone rings out.... If you hold on for a human operator, there isnt one... the message just is ' since you havent selected an option we are closing this call'....

Its not easy....

digzy

gerrybbadd wrote: »

And you are entitled to your own opinion, even if it is wrong.

:D
that's classic
:rolleyes: