Get your tax checked, you could be owed money

juddd · 18-02-2006 03:25AM #1

For those of you out there that don't know this, you can e-mail your local paye/tax office and ask them to check your taxes back as far as 2002(P21 balancing statement) then they will send you out a balancing statement and if they owe you money a check will come before the statement.

Use this link to fine the e-mail address of your loacal tax office, scroll to the bottom of the page where it says "Open Contact Locator:
Click here to use our Contact Locator." and just type in your pps number.
http://www.revenue.ie/locator2.htm#

And e-mail them giving your pps number saying you want your taxes checked from 2002 till the present day, they will not go past 2002 as they are "statue barred" whatever the hell that means, but if you want you can invoke the "data protection act" to get records previous to 2002 if they have them.I am currently trying to get these records for myself so i will let you know what happens.

I did this and I got 4,000 euro back:eek: (new car for me..woohoo) 1,400 of that was for 2005 alone, the robbing so and so's.

So do it, you could be owed some cash.

zAbbo · 19-02-2006 11:11AM

Enter your PPS here - https://www.revenue.ie/wiclo/details.jsp

So you just emailed them, how long did it take to reply?

aaf · 19-02-2006 11:43AM

zabbo wrote:

Enter your PPS here - https://www.revenue.ie/wiclo/details.jsp

So you just emailed them, how long did it take to reply?

That didn't really work for me. I got my orinal PPS number when I lived in Meath and that's the office the locator pulled up for me but I now live and work in Dublin. Any ideas?

zAbbo · 19-02-2006 11:58AM

You'll need to apply to the location registered with your PPS which is still your old address. Give it a go.

aaf · 19-02-2006 12:10PM

zabbo wrote:

You'll need to apply to the location registered with your PPS which is still your old address. Give it a go.

But any tax queries I've had in the last few years, I've had to contact Mount Street (I think it was) in Dublin City Centre. Very confusing. I don't reckon I'm owed anything back but I could be pleasantly surprised.

Kappar · 19-02-2006 01:18PM

People should also note that you could also owe them money. I had to apply for one of these and ended up they wanted money.

dellas1979 · 20-02-2006 10:04AM

Just did it there. Hopefully wont be owing any money. Have been living off stamps for about 10 months there and just started back to work about a month ago so dont know how that would work out. Cant believe that they owed you 1400 for 1 year though!
How handy.

paulocon · 20-02-2006 10:13AM

4K!! How the hell did that happen?

Is it a mistake on your employer's part.
Did you sibmit any additional claims (refuse allowance etc...)

Did they give you a breakdown on how they arrived at that figure?

Kingmaker · 20-02-2006 01:10PM

Could you post a draft of the e-mail you sent to them?

Just worried I may not get the wording right- you obviously did!!!:)

dudara · 20-02-2006 03:20PM

It's worth having a quick glance over P60's and the like, especially if you work on a part-time or erratic basis.

srdb20 · 20-02-2006 03:58PM

Alright lads i just sent mine off heres hoping i get something back...

Anybody have an idea of the time frame involved?

Sleepy · 20-02-2006 05:30PM

Just sent mine off as well. Fingers crossed I don't owe any money at least!

chump · 21-02-2006 12:18AM

me too,

just wondering if you got a reply from the email to say they were processing. I didn't, should I expect 1?
I'm tempted to ring up just to be sure!

srdb20 · 21-02-2006 08:11AM

Ye i still havent heard anything confirming if its been accepted or not...

Think ill give it till the end of the week then ring up and ask if the application has been recieved!

Hoping i dont owe any money!!!

seamus · 21-02-2006 08:50AM

I know for a fact that if I get one of these checks, I'll owe them €200, so I'm not going to

A previous employer of mine failed to deduct the correct amount of tax during the 6 weeks I worked for them.

srdb20 · 21-02-2006 09:38AM

seamus wrote:

I know for a fact that if I get one of these checks, I'll owe them €200, so I'm not going to
A previous employer of mine failed to deduct the correct amount of tax during the 6 weeks I worked for them.

But since the check goes all the way back to 2002 you might get more than you'll lose maybe your owed 500 so you'll get 300 in total!!!

Though on the other hand 200 is a big enough risk on pure chance alone

juddd · 21-02-2006 01:56PM

Okay, first of all, if you have just started a job,dont bother until you have been there for a year at least, wait until after feb 15th so you dont have to give in your p60. but if you have started a new job i suppose it wont hurt to have the previous years checked.
I am a single man on 41% tax per week and I claim no benefits from the tax man, and for some reason i was being overcharged 30-40 euro per week???

You should get a reply by email within the week and after that it will take 3 or 4 days to receive anything owed,depending on the county you live in, so just be patient.

yop · 21-02-2006 02:12PM

Just got me an email from them and I am owed a massive 328 euro, better than kick in the whole!! Cheers lad

Eoin · 21-02-2006 02:50PM

Kingmaker wrote:

Could you post a draft of the e-mail you sent to them?

Just worried I may not get the wording right- you obviously did!!!:)

Hi, could someone post a draft please?

srdb20 · 21-02-2006 03:07PM

yop wrote:

Just got me an email from them and I am owed a massive 328 euro, better than kick in the whole!! Cheers lad

Hi YOP,

When did you send the email in?

And did you use any specific format?

delly · 21-02-2006 03:42PM

seamus wrote:

I know for a fact that if I get one of these checks, I'll owe them €200, so I'm not going to
A previous employer of mine failed to deduct the correct amount of tax during the 6 weeks I worked for them.

Now what was that tipster number that the revenue have?

rick_fantastic · 21-02-2006 07:13PM

been doing this for years.

full time student working 20 hrs a week and i get between 1200 and 1700euro back every year since i started college

always a nice little chunk of change

srdb20 · 22-02-2006 08:18AM

rick_fantastic wrote:

been doing this for years.

full time student working 20 hrs a week and i get between 1200 and 1700euro back every year since i started college

always a nice little chunk of change

You lucky B$$tard!!! I wish i had known this years ago!

Hal1 · 22-02-2006 08:38AM

Just done it there myself, and I have to claim tax back in anyways, I done a course in november - december and I am told that I am entitled to claim back on this.

daymobrew · 22-02-2006 08:39AM

aaf wrote:

But any tax queries I've had in the last few years, I've had to contact Mount Street (I think it was) in Dublin City Centre. Very confusing.

I believe the Revenue offices have changed from being employer-centric to employee-centric. No longer will one office deal with everyone from one company but rather it's based on where you live.

Maybe they figure that most people change jobs more frequently than employers.

zAbbo · 22-02-2006 01:04PM

Sent my email monaghan, and no reply yet, tried to follow it up with the local office, but they fobbed me off with the PAYE helpline 1890 777425 which only opens in the morning.

My email just enquired about any outstanding tax to be paid or owed.

kdouglas · 22-02-2006 01:20PM

just emailed them there, fingers crossed

Saruman · 22-02-2006 02:00PM

I faxed my P60 off a few years ago and got about a grand back

Im sure im owed a fair bit now.. though i cant be sure.. years ago someone did an Excel calculator to tell you if you are owed or owe money.. worked years ago (maybe 2002) I still have it but not sure if it is still valid.. it says im owed a fair bit though.

Will have to try.. this online procedure seems easier

red dave · 22-02-2006 02:10PM

just emailed now too, hopefully something comes of it

youcancallmeal · 22-02-2006 03:19PM

Sent an email aswell. I know I am definitely owed a few hundred euro from last year, I just havent had time to send in my p60 so if this works it'll be very handy indeed. Cheers for advice

~Leanne~ · 22-02-2006 03:38PM

Email sent! Fingers crossed i dont owe anything as i work 2 jobs and pay emergency tax on the other past 4 months as i didnt sort my tax credits!!

Get your tax checked, you could be owed money

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