Common Law

tabydub

I Have just moved back to ireland from the uk and bought a house with my partner of 5 yrs (2ys living together) and rang to ask if i could claim his tax credits as he is not working at the moment and im paying a lot of tax.

I was told i could'nt claim this as were not married and that common law partner does'nt exsist over her is this correct???

madmorphy

Yep,sure if it was that easy we'd all be at it.

WhiteWashMan

believe it or not, 'common law' is not officially law anywhere.
while a lot of people say it, it actually means nothing in the eyes of the law.

common law also does not exist in UK.

Kobie

The Dutch actually have a Samen Wonen / Living Together category that basically entitles you to the same rightsas married couples. That way gay & lesbian couples have the same status as everybody else.

tabydub

so there is now way i can claim his tax credits ??? What a joke

Kobie

Though we do have divorce now - so just get hitched for as long as is necessary!!!

laoisfan

tabydub wrote:

so there is now way i can claim his tax credits ??? What a joke

there is a way around this........................................................................................................................................get married?

WhiteWashMan

tabydub wrote:

so there is now way i can claim his tax credits ??? What a joke

why is it a joke?