Am I due tax back?

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laura30

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Hi, I have been on maternity leave since Aug 07. Somebody told me that because I only worked part of 07 I should be entitled to get the tax I paid for the rest of that year back. I paid over 4k and it would REALLY come in handy, but to be honest it sounds a bit too good to be true.

Hope someone can help.

Thanks.

ps My employer did not pay me while off. I have only been getting the ( measly) government pay.

Laura
 
Yes, provided your husband didn't utilise your unused standard rate band and tax credits, you will be due an income tax refund and you might be due some PRSI back too (if your annual income didn't meet the threshold amount). The amount of the refund due will depend on how much you earned before going on maternity leave.

Send your P60 into your tax office and they will refund you the income tax overpaid.

For a PRSI refund, complete and submit this form https://www.welfare.ie/forms/prsiref1.pdf to the Department of Social Welfare.
 
Yes Clubman you are absolutly correct. The revenue request that you send copies of P60 rather than original as it saves them the responsibility of returning it to you
 
Thanks for your help and advice. If I paid 4k in tax till aug 07 , do you think I will get all of it back? My partner and I are not married so its all mine ( hee hee) I looked up re getting prsi refund and its only if you were being paid by your employer while off. Thanks again. Laura
 
Laura, you'd have to tell us what you earned during 2007 before we could say how much of a tax refund you are due.
 
Sorry, baby brain.. I earned 28, 130 till august. paid 4073 in tax.
 
If you are on joint/aggregated married taxation then you would also need to post your husband's gross taxable income. On the other hand you should be able to get an idea of how much tax you might have overpaid by just plugging the relevant figures into www.taxcalc.eu and choosing 2007. This calculator suggests that if you were single and earned €28,130 then your tax liability would be c. €2.1K and your PRSI/health contribution liabilities would be c. €1.4K. The results will be different for a married couple on joint/aggregated taxation. However I'd posit that you are due about €2K back unless I'm completely mistaken.
 
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