Notice of accesment is wrong.

jimini0

Asking this for my brother.
He was getting job seekers allowance in 2015 and did some work too. He did his returns in Oct 16.
He just looked at his notice of assessment and they have taxed him on his job seekers. An accountant did the return for him so he doesnt know if the accountant made mistake orrevenue but he is on holiday in the states for two weeks so can't contact him. What are his options? Does he ring revenue and point out the mistake? Or just wait till he gets back from holidays. He reckons its worth 1200 back to him

relax carry on

jimini0 wrote: »

Asking this for my brother.
He was getting job seekers allowance in 2015 and did some work too. He did his returns in Oct 16.
He just looked at his notice of assessment and they have taxed him on his job seekers. An accountant did the return for him so he doesnt know if the accountant made mistake orrevenue but he is on holiday in the states for two weeks so can't contact him. What are his options? Does he ring revenue and point out the mistake? Or just wait till he gets back from holidays. He reckons its worth 1200 back to him

He can contact Revenue and point up that it was job seekers allowance not benefit he was on for 2015. Benefit is taxable but allowance is not. Or he can have the accountant do it as I'm sure he paid for the return to be processed.

jimini0

relax carry on wrote: »

He can contact Revenue and point up that it was job seekers allowance not benefit he was on for 2015. Benefit is taxable but allowance is not. Or he can have the accountant do it as I'm sure he paid for the return to be processed.

Ya he gets well paid from us. Does it matter if it was his or the accountants error?

relax carry on

jimini0 wrote: »

Ya he gets well paid from us. Does it matter if it was his or the accountants error?

That's a matter for your brother and the accountant. It won't have any impact on the correction that needs to take place.

CIARAN_BOYLE

jimini0 wrote: »

Ya he gets well paid from us. Does it matter if it was his or the accountants error?

Well if it was your brothers error I would understand if your accountant felt a bit peeved to have to do extra work because your brother made a mistake.

barneystinson

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

Well if it was your brothers error I would understand if your accountant felt a bit peeved to have to do extra work because your brother made a mistake.

Well the accountant should have got sight of the relevant paperwork to know whether it was a taxable DSP payment or not - that's pretty much exactly what he was being paid to do.

Mr. Incognito

jimini0 wrote: »

Asking this for my brother.
He was getting job seekers allowance in 2015 and did some work too. He did his returns in Oct 16.
He just looked at his notice of assessment and they have taxed him on his job seekers. An accountant did the return for him so he doesnt know if the accountant made mistake orrevenue but he is on holiday in the states for two weeks so can't contact him. What are his options? Does he ring revenue and point out the mistake? Or just wait till he gets back from holidays. He reckons its worth 1200 back to him

Job seekers is taxable income.

It's not a mistake.

CIARAN_BOYLE

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

jimini0 wrote: »

Asking this for my brother.
He was getting job seekers allowance in 2015 and did some work too. He did his returns in Oct 16.
He just looked at his notice of assessment and they have taxed him on his job seekers. An accountant did the return for him so he doesnt know if the accountant made mistake orrevenue but he is on holiday in the states for two weeks so can't contact him. What are his options? Does he ring revenue and point out the mistake?  Or just wait till he gets back from holidays. He reckons its worth 1200 back to him

Job seekers is taxable income.

It's not a mistake.

Benefit is, allowance isn't. It is a mistake assuming the op isn't mixed up about what payment his brother is getting.

barneystinson wrote: »

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

Well if it was your brothers error I would understand if your accountant felt a bit peeved to have to do extra work because your brother made a mistake.

Well the accountant should have got sight of the relevant paperwork to know whether it was a taxable DSP payment or not - that's pretty much exactly what he was being paid to do.

True, however its not unusual for a someone to come in to a small practice on 31 October saying that the return needs to be filed. Many accountants will drop everything to do so for a client and accept client assurances where they should not.

Kingp35

As per IT24, Jobseekers Allowance is not taxable.

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

Mr. Incognito

Jobseeker’s Benefit is a weekly payment made by the Department of Social Protection (DSP) when you are unemployed. It is a taxable source of income, however you do not pay income tax on the child dependent amount and the first €13.00 you receive per week.

Although Jobseeker’s Benefit is taxable you do not pay Universal Social Charge (USC) on it as all payments received from the DSP are exempt from USC.

If you do not qualify for Jobseeker’s Benefit you may be due to claim Jobseeker’s Allowance instead. More information on this payment is available on www.welfare.ie External link. You do not pay income tax on Jobseeker’s Allowance.

barneystinson

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

Jobseeker’s Benefit is a weekly payment made by the Department of Social Protection (DSP) when you are unemployed. It is a taxable source of income, however you do not pay income tax on the child dependent amount and the first €13.00 you receive per week.

Although Jobseeker’s Benefit is taxable you do not pay Universal Social Charge (USC) on it as all payments received from the DSP are exempt from USC.

If you do not qualify for Jobseeker’s Benefit you may be due to claim Jobseeker’s Allowance instead. More information on this payment is available on www.welfare.ie External link. You do not pay income tax on Jobseeker’s Allowance.

OP specifically said Jobseeker's Allowance in the post you quoted

jimini0

It is job seekers allowance.
Our accountant is a neighbour. Family friend. We call to his house in the evening time. With drinking tae and chatting I'm sure some information got mixed up. Its the first time its ever happened. He is old style. He only does the paper version.
The brother is goin ringing revenue tomorrow.
So all he has to say is that there was a mistake made in tax return and the DSP payment is not taxable.