Purple,
I wonder if you have considered many of the people who received these notices to whom they should not have been sent.
1. Many received this notice and they are not liable to any additional tax.
2. People who have turned 66 yrs and are in recepit of State Pension for the first
time. They would be expected to make tax returns now, not last year.
3. Couples who have been in receipt of a State Pension for one party and this
year become elegible for the second party to get their pension. Again they
would be making a tax return shortly.
4. People who do not understand the tax system and think they are paying their
tax.
I understand that we pay large salaries to PR staff, now above the government agreed sealing because many of these PR people are overqualified.
I would seriously question the expertise of the PR people who sent out these notices, in the form in which they did, which caused worry and upset to many people who should not have received them.
I hope when you reach the age of many of these Older People, some over 90 yrs, you will be able to take on board the many changes that occur in the 24 yrs since you reached retirement age and make adequate returns.
Recent research shows that at about 40 years of age we start to lose some memory capacity. Most older people will agree with these findings.
I think you are not very understanding of the Older People in society. This generation have improved the world into which you were born. Look at the standard of eduction that exist today. When many Younger Irish People emigrate today they do not have to work in unskilled jobs, but can compete with the best in any country. Look at the position of women in society today. I could go on.
My parents worked very hard, much harder than my generation and made the foundation of our country more sound.
Many of The generation of the celtic tiger cannot lay claim to the same. If you have special expertise I hope you might make some time to volunteer your services to one of the many agencies seeking volunteers today to make our country a better place in which to grow Old.
The services to which Older People have contributed all their lives are being eroded. It is like double taxation.
Currently we are all entitled to a public bed in a public hospital for which we pay in our tax. If this service was available in a timely manner, many would not have to pay for Private health ins.
Now this year the subsidy which we would have received for our payments have been removed and we must pay the full economic cost of our Private Beds and still pay the health contribution. For what?
Surely if we pay for private Health care and get no state benefit, we should not have to pay the Health subsidy.
Browtal