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peno

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I've just been on the revenue online trying to correct my tax credits for 2007.

I have some medical expense which I entered under health expenses. Ok so far.

But where does the VHI paid for by my emplyer go? Is it under health expenses as well as is it under another category that I can't find?

Anyone done this lately?
 
peno said:
But where does the VHI paid for by my emplyer go? Is it under health expenses as well as is it under another category that I can't find?
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No - there should be a separate category but I don't have access to my account at the moment to check. I presume you already know about this (e.g. grossing up the net premium on your payslip and claiming the tax credit)?

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ClubMan said:
No - there should be a separate category but I don't have access to my account at the moment to check. I presume you already know about this (e.g. grossing up the net premium on your payslip and claiming the tax credit)?

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TBH, I am slightly confused, my employer pays all but something like €12.00 over the course of the year of my VHI payment - am I entitled to receive any tax credit / relief ?

Slightly confused on the wording(s)
 
GA001 said:
TBH, I am slightly confused, my employer pays all but something like €12.00 over the course of the year of my VHI payment - am I entitled to receive any tax credit / relief ?
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Yes:

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I was on ROS last night also to claim VHI paid by my employer but I couldn't see the option for Medical Insurance credit. I could swear I claimed this online last year.

All VHI paid by your employer and yourself is claimable at lower tax rate.
 
leex said:
All VHI paid by your employer and yourself is claimable at lower tax rate.
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Just to be clear - the gross premium equivalent for the net premium actually paid by the employer is what you claim relief on. For example if the employer pays €80 p.m. (and charges BIK on this as required to do) then the annual net premium is 12 x €80 = €960 but the gross premium is €1,200 and this is the figure on which you calculate your 20% relief.
 

How does this work in respect of back-dating ?

My employer has been paying my VHI for the past 3 years (I was previously and obviously unaware of this)

What effect(s) will this have on my levels of income, tax- relief back-dated ?

*VHI has been approx €700 for the past 3 years (annually) my employer pays €688 and I pay the remainder.

Apologies for the ignorance on the subject.

*Of course I am not sure of the exact discounted amount that my employer may be paying me for.
 
GA001 said:
My employer has been paying my VHI for the past 3 years (I was previously and obviously unaware of this)
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How come? The BIK and concomitant tax and PRSI/health contribution deductions should have been on your payslip if the employer was processing this correctly.
What effect(s) will this have on my levels of income, tax- relief back-dated ?
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You can backdate claims for the 20% tax relief on the relevant gross premium paid for the relevant years.
*Of course I am not sure of the exact discounted amount that my employer may be paying me for.
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You should be - if your employer was paying the full premium as a BIK then the full net annual premium (ignoring intra year premium hikes) should be 12 times whatever is listed on your monthly payslip under medical insurance premium BIK. The gross premium is then 10/8ths of this. Where the employer does not pay 100% of the premium then you adjust the figures appropriately.


You should be - it's 10/8ths of whatever appears on your payslip as medical insurance premium BIK if they are paying the full amount.
 
 
Hi clubman you have me confused. Why do you gross up the VHI payment (BIK) made by the employer. It's already gross.
 
It shouldn't be gross on your payslip! See the Revenue FAQ links that I posted already.

I'm in the same position myself except that the employer pays the full premium. The payslip has the monthly premium net of the 20% relief that the employer gets and I am charged BIK tax/PRSI on that. I then get the gross annual premium from my VHI invoice or by calculating as above and then get a credit based on 20% of that. This is the way that the VHI told us to do it and it tallies with the information in the Revenue links above. If your employer is not putting the net premium through payroll as a BIK as you seem to suggest (at least for previous years) above then they are doing things wrong!
 
ClubMan said:
It shouldn't be gross on your payslip! See the Revenue FAQ links that I posted already.
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You are wrong on this one Clubman. You pay tax and PRSI on the full value of the benefit. It should be gross on your payslip.

Where the employer pays the full premium for employees and the employee does not make good any amount to the employer, PAYE and PRSI must be applied to the gross (pre Tax Relief at Source) premium. To ensure that the employee is granted the relief afforded by TRS, the employee will be given a tax credit (at the standard rate) for the gross premium in his or her certificate of tax credits
 
Agree with Clarkey.

The full gross amount is shown on my payslip.

On a form from VHI I see the gross amount which agress with payslip and also the net amount taking into account the 20%.
 
To claim your VHI relief you have to write to Revenue with the information. i'm just in the process of doing this at the moment and phoned Revenue as I couldn't figure out either where the VHI BIK went. It used to be on the web site but Revenue took it off as everyone was claiming it!!!!
 
As I understand it the tax relief is available to employee on the gross which should appear on the payslip. It's the employee who receives the tax relief. Tax relief on VHI paid on behalf of employees is not available to employers.

I read somewhere (if only I could find it) that as and from 2007 tax relief on VHI as BIK would automatically be given.
 
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