Not being paid by new employer after two months

sashafierce · 30-10-2015 05:20PM

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meeeeh · 30-10-2015 05:32PM

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I don't know if revenue will calculate it for you but if they give you information on tax credits, cut off, usc and if you have your salary, you should be able to find an online calculator that will give you an estimate.

Mrs OBumble · 30-10-2015 05:50PM

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Easily right.

Are they married and joint assessed with a partner earning next-to-nothing?
Do they get a TaxSaver ticket and you don't?
Are they over 55 (older people get more tax credits)?
Have they been renting in Ireland since 2010? (yes, there's a tax credit for that)
Are they a sole-parent?

These and various other fun reasons mean that your colleague could be taking home quite a lot more than you, despite being on the same salary.

sashafierce · 30-10-2015 06:11PM

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kazamo · 30-10-2015 06:15PM

OP, use one of the tax calculators updated for the recent budget and it will give you an indication of net pay.
It has been updated to reflect 2016 but it includes 2015 for comparative purposes.

http://www.pwc.ie/campaigns/budget/irish-budget-2015-2016/2016-calculator.html

The payment made to you today (hopefully) and the calculation that made it up is probably a stopgap to tie you over until end of November.
The key aspect now is the payment but you should over the next few weeks be ready for next payday and know what you should get.

Simple things like making sure Revenue know of your existence and your new employment.
If you have your PPS number, get your employer's number and contact Revenue.
It will get the ball rolling at least.

sparkling sea · 30-10-2015 08:15PM

Odus fell down wrote: »

The OP works for a large multi-national which, if posts on boards are anything to go by, may not be the cuddliest of employers in the world. Allegedly. I doubt they're going bankrupt, have unions or are committing fraud. She's caught up in the giant slow-moving wheels of bureaucracy.

The OP should contact NERA. The Payment of Wages Act has been massively breached by this company, a quick nudge is need and thats what they can do.

newacc2015 · 30-10-2015 08:21PM

OP do you work for an Irish company or a multinational? If its an Irish company. I would be looking at other jobs incase they are going under. The sign of a company with money issue, is "issues with payroll". There is countless stories on boards of employers who "forgot" to pay wages this month or there was an issue with the bank etc. The employee didnt get paid and the company folded.

sashafierce · 01-11-2015 11:34AM

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Gongoozler · 01-11-2015 11:36AM

sashafierce wrote: »

Its an american company.

However my worry has turned from not been paid to been paid less than I was thinking I would be. So a new job certainly may be on the cards

Were you not told what your salary was before you started?

sashafierce · 01-11-2015 11:37AM

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markpb · 01-11-2015 11:43AM

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Maybe she's better at the job than you are. Maybe she had more relevant experience before taking up the job. Maybe she has more relevant educational qualifications or professional qualifications. Or maybe she just negotiated better than you.

Ultimately it doesn't matter to you. There is no law that means people serving the same length of time or doing the same job should be paid the same.

sashafierce · 01-11-2015 11:44AM

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Gongoozler · 01-11-2015 11:45AM

sashafierce wrote: »

I guess I just expected to get more. My mistake for not using the calculator before hand

Well, yeah, you can't really blame your employer for that.

Stheno · 01-11-2015 11:46AM

sashafierce wrote: »

Thanks for that. I'm getting calculated the amount on that calculator that I was getting in my calculations. However that doesn't explain why my colleague is getting more. She's only with the company 7 months and gets an extra 100 a month.
I know that's not massive but living in Dublin it is.

We're you both working all year in other jobs before this job?

sashafierce · 01-11-2015 12:01PM

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sashafierce · 01-11-2015 12:02PM

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Stheno · 01-11-2015 12:04PM

sashafierce wrote: »

I've been working since 2006 straight through with a 2 month gap when I returned from abroad. She's working about 3 years.

Would me having lived abroad result in me paying more tax at home?

Don't know, tbh wouldn't think so.

If your pay is correct using tax calculators, then either your colleague is being paid more or has different tax credits

TheChizler · 01-11-2015 01:48PM

Get your payslip and compare your gross pay for the same period if you must, tax when starting a job is never indicative of it going forward unless you started on January 1st, and as mentioned your tax credits may be different.

Mrs OBumble · 02-11-2015 12:03PM

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Maybe.

If it puts your total world-wide income for the year into a new tax-bracket, eg over €33,800, then yes. The issue is not that it was earned overseas, it's that it was earned somewhere. (I know people who refuse to earn over 18,000-ish because they will have to pay tax, or over 33,800 because they will have to pay "too much" tax on the excess.)

What Revenue do in cases like this, when they don't know what you earned overseas, is to say "From today, we will tax you on week-1 (or month-1 if paid monthly) basis." That means they forget about any tax-credits you would be have from earlier in the year, and just tax you for each week or month as though it was in January and you had no prior tax credits.

Not being paid by new employer after two months

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