Hi. To anyone with a good working knowledge of this, an educated response would be much appreciated:
I've lived and worked in the UK for nearly 20years now but I was born & raised in Ireland and did work there for just shy of 15 years. Therein lies my problem. I'm about 12 contributions shy of a significantly better Irish state pension entitlement for when I retire. (My understanding is I can claim 2 state pensions - in Ireland and UK, neither of which will be full entitlements). I would like to know if I worked for let's say 2 weeks this year in Ireland for an Irish run and owned company (a friend's), would I be able to pay tax in Ireland using my old prsi number, and therefore would I also be able to make subsequent voluntary contributions off the back of that to get my contribution level up to the 15year "band"? Because I've been out of Ireland over 6 years and domiciled in UK for tax I don't know how this works? Thanks again!
I've lived and worked in the UK for nearly 20years now but I was born & raised in Ireland and did work there for just shy of 15 years. Therein lies my problem. I'm about 12 contributions shy of a significantly better Irish state pension entitlement for when I retire. (My understanding is I can claim 2 state pensions - in Ireland and UK, neither of which will be full entitlements). I would like to know if I worked for let's say 2 weeks this year in Ireland for an Irish run and owned company (a friend's), would I be able to pay tax in Ireland using my old prsi number, and therefore would I also be able to make subsequent voluntary contributions off the back of that to get my contribution level up to the 15year "band"? Because I've been out of Ireland over 6 years and domiciled in UK for tax I don't know how this works? Thanks again!