Get your tax checked, you could be owed money

juddd · 18-02-2006 4:25am #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 12:11pm

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 12:43pm

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 12:58pm

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 1:10pm

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 2:18pm

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 11:04am

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 11:13am

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 2:10pm

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 4:20pm

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 4:58pm

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 6:30pm

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

chump · 21-02-2006 1:18am

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 9:11am

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 9:50am

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 10:38am

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 2:56pm

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 3:12pm

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 3:50pm

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 4:07pm

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 4:42pm

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 8:13pm

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 9:18am

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 9:38am

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 9:39am

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 2:04pm

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 2:20pm

just emailed them there, fingers crossed

Saruman · 22-02-2006 3:00pm

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 3:10pm

just emailed now too, hopefully something comes of it

youcancallmeal · 22-02-2006 4:19pm

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 4:38pm

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!!

srdb20 · 22-02-2006 5:04pm

Lads i emailed two days ago and havent heard anything just wondering whats the turn around for a reply email?

rubadub · 22-02-2006 5:12pm

When you get the money back do they detail the errors? is it the employer or tax office or emergency tax or something? Are people well under the higher rate getting stung for bonuses on single weeks and having it spread out later? i.e. you are on 22K so taxed at the lower rate, but get a one off payment of 5k which is taxed highly, whereas if you got 27k spread evenly it is all lower tax.

What are the common reasons? is there any online calculator. I get no real bonuses or overtime etc so do not think I have anything due. I would like to check if I owe anything before trying out though.

red dave · 23-02-2006 10:24am

Here's what I got back

"I Have reviewed your income tax liability for the years 2002 2003 and 2004. PAYE Balancing Statements (Forms P21) will issue to you shortly. To enable me review 2005 please forward your Form P60 for the year ended 31/2/2005."

So have to forward P60 for last years review

petes · 23-02-2006 1:32pm

I sent an email yesterday. I'm pretty sure I won't be getting anything back or owe them anything but no harm in trying.

d-redser · 23-02-2006 2:02pm

Red Dave,

I got the exact same message:
Hello,

I have reviewed your Income Tax liability for the years 2002 2003 and 2004.
PAYE Balancing statements (Forms P21) for these years will issue to you
shortly. To enable me check 2005 please forward your Form P60 (which you
should have received from your employer) for the year ended 31/12/2005.

Who do you send them to, they never gave an address to post them or even a reference number..

petes · 23-02-2006 2:12pm

Did they not have their name at the bottom of their email? Just send it to your local tax office for their attention.

red dave · 23-02-2006 3:19pm

d-redser wrote:

Red Dave,

I got the exact same message:
Hello,

I have reviewed your Income Tax liability for the years 2002 2003 and 2004.
PAYE Balancing statements (Forms P21) for these years will issue to you
shortly. To enable me check 2005 please forward your Form P60 (which you
should have received from your employer) for the year ended 31/12/2005.

Who do you send them to, they never gave an address to post them or even a reference number..

When you enter your PPS number here https://www.revenue.ie/wiclo/details.jsp it comes up with what should be your local office. Under the email address it has seperate box with the postal address.

red dave · 23-02-2006 3:24pm

petes wrote:

Did they not have their name at the bottom of their email? Just send it to your local tax office for their attention.

No, there was no contact name it just had the email address from the regional office.
There was no
"Kind regards,
The Taxman"

youcancallmeal · 23-02-2006 5:58pm

Yep just got the same email myself. Pretty annoyed I have to go to all the effort of posting off my p60 now. Why isnt there some sort of automatic system where by if your owed any money from the previous tax year they just post you a check!?

juddd · 23-02-2006 7:35pm

red dave wrote:

Here's what I got back

"I Have reviewed your income tax liability for the years 2002 2003 and 2004. PAYE Balancing Statements (Forms P21) will issue to you shortly. To enable me review 2005 please forward your Form P60 for the year ended 31/2/2005????."

So have to forward P60 for last years review

People, you do not have to send in a p60 for last year if your job has sent in their p35, all p35's have to be sent in by your employer before feb 15th if not they get fined, how do you think they are able to check your taxes for 2002 to 2004 without a copy of your p60?????????????????

If they still demand a copy of your p60 they will accept a scanned copy of it by email, never send in your original copy!!!!!!!
because you wont get it back!!!

~Leanne~ · 24-02-2006 10:26am

Just got an email this morning to say my email i sent 2 days ago has been forwarded on the the correct person to deal with it.

timeout · 24-02-2006 11:55am

eoin_s wrote:

Hi, could someone post a draft please?

yes please could someone post a draft or pm me one. Never really good at writing letters for important things

feckidyparp · 24-02-2006 1:04pm

Ah Juddd. If this works I owe you a beer. Just sent my mail off. I'll follow up here with whatever happens.

madrab · 24-02-2006 2:47pm

anyone having trouble getting into that link yet?

feckidyparp · 24-02-2006 2:57pm

timeout wrote:

yes please could someone post a draft or pm me one. Never really good at writing letters for important things

Hello,
Can you please check my taxes back as far as 2002 up to present day and send me a balancing statement. My PPS number is XXXXXXXXX.
Thank you.

name
address

thats all i sent. Clear and to the point.

petes · 24-02-2006 3:22pm

~Leanne~ wrote:

Just got an email this morning to say my email i sent 2 days ago has been forwarded on the the correct person to deal with it.

Snap.

srdb20 · 24-02-2006 3:25pm

I sent mine two days ago and still havent heard anything:(

Litcagral · 24-02-2006 3:37pm

They tell me that I owe them €2960.

In previous years, I've usually got something back - you win some, you lose some.

Peace · 24-02-2006 3:44pm

Litcagral wrote:

They tell me that I owe them €2960. In previous years, I've usually got something back - you win some, you lose some.

Harsh...

feckidyparp · 24-02-2006 4:09pm

Litcagral wrote:

They tell me that I owe them €2960. In previous years, I've usually got something back - you win some, you lose some.

ouch!!!:eek:

Get your tax checked, you could be owed money

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