Am I Unemployed or Self-employed?


You can appeal all you like, but the legislation is very clear and you'll be told pretty much what I told you previously.

If your earnings from deposit income are more than 3,174 then you are a chargeable person. If you had a PAYE source of income (and therefore were already having social insurance contributions made for you by an employer) then you would not have been charged PRSI on the unearned income. If you don't have a PAYE source of income, and therefore had no social insurance contributions on your behalf, you are required to pay a contribution.
 
Mandelbrot,

Fair point but remember the self-employed (as opposed to chargeable persons) must pay a minimum of €500 PRSI from 2013 onwards, along with any other bullets this government fires at the self employed in the future. Such liabilities I don't believe I should have to bear.

Bri Cualann
 
Given you keep referring to the minimum PRSI is it far to assume that your deposit interest of around 10k per annum. Surely you should be more concerned with the 33% DIRT that you are paying? The average punter would pay €350 on that amount.

Perhaps you should consider a tax free investment.