Key Post Tax Bands and PRSI for 2008

Tax Credits
Employee Tax Credit €1,830 ( €1,760)

Personal Credits
Single person: €1,830 (€1,760)
Married person: €3,660 (€3,520)
Additional one-parent family credit: €1,830 (€1,760)



New Standard Rate Bands

Single € 35,400 (€34,000)

Married One Income €44,400 (€43,000)

Married Two Incomes €70,800 (€68,000)

Lone Parent/Widowed Parent € 38,000 (€38,000 ) - must have dependent children

PRSI tresholds
(See this thread for a full explanation of how PRSI works)
Health Levy threshold: €500 per week(€480)
or €26,000 per year(24,960)

PRSI threshold: €352 per week (339 per week)

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The one parent family tax credit has been increased.

I think the PRSI threshold figures in your summary are incomplete and confusing. The Revenue summary covers this better.

Changes in PRSI are now available.

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