Advice re joint assesment

[furball18]

Got married last September. I'm currently earning about 25k a year and my wife is touching on 65k a year. I called revenue and the lady there( who didn't really fill me with confidence) told me she would put me on the lowest standard rate cut off with the result that my wife would be taxed at the lower rate ie 28% to 41800.

Is this our best option?
Can it be back dated to september of last year?
If it can be is it worth it?

Thanks for any help with this.

 

[huskerdu]

In general, with the difference in your incomes, you should pay less tax as a couple with joint assessment.

You can use the following tax calculator to see the difference.
www.taxcalc.eu

Read this document from the revenue which should explain all the issues

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/money_and_tax/tax/income_tax/taxation_of_married_people.html