Claiming back tax-credits for a period of unemployment

lbj666

Hi,
I was was made redundant at the end of August 09 (notice given in July 09) but I was rehired by the same employer on a temporary basis (and less pay) at the end of Sept 09 and i am still employed with them.

I have been looking through my pay slips for last year and for all off my pay slips a tax credit increments of (€3660/12 €305 had been deducted from my paye tax due. The thing is, I had only 10 monthly pay slips last year because my pay for August 09 was included tax free in my redundancy cheque* and i was unemployed for September.

(*I think it was tax free because because it was treated as and extra redundacy payment above the statutory amount which wasn't within taxable range)

So my tax for the year was €5,000 and Tax Credits of €3,050 (€305 x 10 ) were deducted from that. So the summary of Tax Deducted on my P60 was €1950.

My question is, am I entitled to look for a refund of €610 as only tax credits of €3050 were deducted from my tax and not the annual entitlement of €3660. How do I go about claiming it if so ??

Annasopra

ring up the revenue and ask for a P21 balancing statement - if you've overpaid it will show up