Marriage tax north or south

keithk81 · 13-10-2019 11:27am #1

Hi I am married man living in Donegal , my wife works in north , we have two children which we get child benefits for .i pay a lot of tax per month in south n my wife pays a lot in the north , we were advised by friends to claim married persons tax on north so this will result in paying less tax
Anybody any good advice or direction regarding this thanks

Calahonda52 · 13-10-2019 11:32am

Where are you both tax resident/domiciled?
https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/money_and_tax/tax/moving_country_and_taxation/tax_residence_and_domicile_in_ireland.html

keithk81 · 13-10-2019 11:42am

Calahonda52 wrote: »

Where are you both tax resident/domiciled?
https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/money_and_tax/tax/moving_country_and_taxation/tax_residence_and_domicile_in_ireland.html

Both living in south past 14 years , I’m working an paying tax in south past 8 years , claiming child benefits in south , my wife works in north 17 years an resides in south also

Calahonda52 · 14-10-2019 11:56am

keithk81 wrote: »

Both living in south past 14 years , I’m working an paying tax in south past 8 years , claiming child benefits in south , my wife works in north 17 years an resides in south also

Pretty clear from here what your spouse needs to do.
http://borderpeople.info/a-z/income-tax-in-ireland.html
and
https://www.revenue.ie/en/personal-tax-credits-reliefs-and-exemptions/income-and-employment/trans-border-workers-relief/index.aspx
You are tax resident here so no wriggle room for you

keithk81 · 14-10-2019 8:44pm

Calahonda52 wrote: »

Pretty clear from here what your spouse needs to do.
http://borderpeople.info/a-z/income-tax-in-ireland.html
and
https://www.revenue.ie/en/personal-tax-credits-reliefs-and-exemptions/income-and-employment/trans-border-workers-relief/index.aspx
You are tax resident here so no wriggle room for you

Thanks for your help , a lot of information there , if we apply for this can we end up being out of pocket

Calahonda52 · 14-10-2019 11:30pm

keithk81 wrote: »

Thanks for your help , a lot of information there , if we apply for this can we end up being out of pocket

I don't know but it seems that your spouse is tax resident/domiciled in the Republic, so she is taxable on her worldwide income and as its self assessment so that situation needs to be regularised.
We can only go back 4 years, the Revenue can go back to Adam....

Marriage tax north or south

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