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Filling taxes in the US after paying PAYE in Ireland

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  • 31-01-2017 2:40pm
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    gerbear1
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    Hi all, I've been working in the US for all of 2016. I've been paid through my employer to my Irish bank account, and paid PAYE/PRSI etc each month. I understand I have to file taxes with the IRS for this period. I'm Irish, I have a social security number and live here legally. If my understanding is right I could be entitled to get a refund on my Irish tax and pay the appropriate US taxes. If anybody has any experience on this or could recommend a good tax accountant that could file for me (preferably based in Ireland) that would be great.

    Edit: Mods, looks like I posted this 3 times because the page wasn't loading for me. Can you keep this thread and delete the other two?


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    jjbrien
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    gerbear1 wrote: »
    Hi all, I've been working in the US for all of 2016. I've been paid through my employer to my Irish bank account, and paid PAYE/PRSI etc each month. I understand I have to file taxes with the IRS for this period. I'm Irish, I have a social security number and live here legally. If my understanding is right I could be entitled to get a refund on my Irish tax and pay the appropriate US taxes. If anybody has any experience on this or could recommend a good tax accountant that could file for me (preferably based in Ireland) that would be great.

    Edit: Mods, looks like I posted this 3 times because the page wasn't loading for me. Can you keep this thread and delete the other two?

    Yes you can get a tax refund on your irish taxes if you were in Ireland for less than 6 months of the year. File a P50 with the Irish Revenue http://www.revenue.ie/en/personal/tax-refunds.html. Your other option would be to declare it as income tax paid to a foreign government when you do your tax return. Turbo Tax asked me this when I did my own taxes last week.


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    gerbear1
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    Thanks for this info JJ. I've been finding it hard to figure out what I'm to do! And a couple of accountants I contacted in Ireland didn't really get me anywhere. 
    I thought I would have do my IRS filing with Turbo Tax or some equivalent and once that is done, I would then try to claim back the Irish tax? I understand I'm only entitled to the difference in tax between the countries? I need to also file my wife's taxes (all income earned in the US) jointly so I think its better that I use Turbo Tax. In doing so would I not need to claim a refund from Irish revenue and would they refund me the difference?


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    él statutorio
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    I'll ask my missus, she's an accountant (trained in Ireland but practicing in the US) she has done a few of these in the past as far as I know.


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    gerbear1
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    El Statutorio I would greatly appreciate any more info I can get! I've been filling in my stuff on TurboTax and it's confusing as to what category I fall into, since I will have P60 rather than a US W2 for 2016.


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    él statutorio
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    PM sent


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    gerbear1
    Registered Users Posts: 152 ✭✭gerbear1


    For what it's worth I did this last month by going to a H&R Block to file for me. The guy there filed what looks like a form 1116 along with a 1040. If anybody else is in a similar situation, I would definitely recommend going somewhere like that as opposed to trying it yourself online like I was originally.


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