Correct tax paid

Edit: ignore, I assumed this was year end figures.

PAYE seems high, 20% of €17k is €3,400, and you should have €3,300 in tax credits (unless you had them reduced to pay off previous underpayments or something?)
USC seems low (quick calculation suggest €160), and PRSI should be zero (assuming you are in class A0, you would have to earn €18k to pay PRSI)

So I would think this would be closer to what you should have paid:
PAYE: 120
USC: 160
PRSI: 0*
Total: 280

*PRSI is paid weekly, so if you were getting paid more than €352 in any given week you would have paid 4% of that (not even sure how you go about claiming that back, or if that's possible)

iFreeley wrote: »

Hi, I've attached an image of the tax I've paid this year, i was wondering could anyone tell me if i have paid the correct tax or if i am due any tax returns?

If that's all your taxable income for the year it looks about right based on a 12 month period. We'd need your annual rate band and credits to be sure. Do you understand how the the PAYE system works?

Generally a PAYE worker not moving multiple jobs each year with stand credits and rate band would pay the correct amount of tax so long as their employer was operating the PAYE system correctly.

Refunds of PAYE come from 3 things mainly:
1. Claiming an additional tax credit/relief you may be entitled to based on your circumstances
2. A repayment may occur due to the operation of emergency tax during the year for some reason
3. Often having multiple employments at the same time could mean not spreading out your credits/rate band efficiently through the tax year through your multiple jobs.