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Cal04

Apologies for being so clueless
I'm a sahm, husband has my tax credits or whatever they are c walked.
A friend recently offered me some piece work which may last for a few weeks or a few months. He said it is going through the books obviously so I have given my pps number and bank details. But I am unsure what do i need to do in relation to tax. Will I be taxed highly as husband has the tax credits. Possibly will be earning around 150 e per week. any advice is much appreciated

Spook_ie

Cal04 wrote: »

Apologies for being so clueless
I'm a sahm, husband has my tax credits or whatever they are c walked.
A friend recently offered me some piece work which may last for a few weeks or a few months. He said it is going through the books obviously so I have given my pps number and bank details. But I am unsure what do i need to do in relation to tax. Will I be taxed highly as husband has the tax credits. Possibly will be earning around 150 e per week. any advice is much appreciated

Start with
https://www.revenue.ie/en/online-services/services/paye-services/add-a-job-or-a-pension.aspx

Most of the rest should be straightforward if the husband is using all the transferable tax credits afaik you will only get the Employee tax credit of €1650 per year, but if you don't get a tax credit certificate sorted you will probably pay too much tax

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/money_and_tax/tax/ is light enough reading

Cal04

Appreciate that advice, thank you.
Even if this is only short term work and I'm not an employee will the above still apply?

Calahonda52

Cal04 wrote: »

Appreciate that advice, thank you.
Even if this is only short term work and I'm not an employee will the above still apply?

if not an employee then you wont get the ETC

Cal04

Okay, does that mean I will just be taxed alot?

vandriver

Self employed people get €1,100 tax credit ,so you could earn 5,500 tax free.

Cal04

But would I have to register or something to be self employed, considering it's only for a few months at most?

Spook_ie

vandriver wrote: »

Self employed people get €1,100 tax credit ,so you could earn 5,500 tax free.

But only if you register as self employed and fill in returns each year.

Going on the assumption you wish to be completely above board with the tax man you need to find out if you are going to be an employee (PAYE) or some kind of contractor (self employed )


http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/money_and_tax/tax/income_tax/taxation_of_self_employed_people.html

Mrs OBumble

Cal04 wrote: »

Appreciate that advice, thank you.
Even if this is only short term work and I'm not an employee will the above still apply?

It souns like you are an employee though.

If you weren't then they would not have needed your PPS number, and to get paid you would have had to issue them an invoice.

You can be short term, part time, temporary, casual, etc and still be an employee.

namenotavailablE

This Revenue site also provides good step-by-step information (assuming that you're an employee)

https://www.revenue.ie/en/jobs-and-pensions/starting-your-first-job/index.aspx

Cal04

Thanks to all for the replies