What's your job & salary

JimmyVik

JimmyVik wrote: »

Close enough.
At least a hell of a lot closer than anyone else will get it for.

Meh.... It's to incentivise EVs.
Bad idea IMO but such is life.

Nothing to stop you going contracting a few years back and doing the same if the free Tesla appeals so much

ted1

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

What extent do you think it goes on to?



Here's a real life example from a neighbour - a weekend junket to a European city and pick up an F1 race day or two, all charged to the business because they had a meeting while over there too.

I’ve had meetings in places too , I’m a PAYE worker.

MikeSoys

antimatterx wrote: »

50K as Software Engineer in Dublin with 3 years experience.

Not great, but not the worst.

what languages do you use,specialise in?

JimmyVik

Augeo wrote: »

I'd class USC & PRSI as taxes too TBH.

Me too.
Income tax is income tax now matter what you call it.
That calculation is including those.

JimmyVik

JimmyVik wrote: »

If you earn €35k you pay €3700 in taxes.
If you earn €45k you pay €7640 in taxes.



So even though you are only earning €10k more you are paying over double the tax. You are getting to keep about half the extra you are earning over the person on €35k.

Augeo wrote: »

If you're on €35k/annum you come out with €2419/month if you don't throw anything into a pension. Just shy of €6k in total deductions.

You need to gross significantly more than that to take home a decent wedge once the 40% kicks in.

JimmyVik wrote: »

Me too.
Income tax is income tax now matter what you call it.
That calculation is including those.

On 35k you pay close to 6k in paye, prsi & usc

On 45k you pay more than what you've detailed also I would think.

purplefields

For me, I'm a graphic designer on €35,300

AndrewJRenko

purplefields wrote: »

Anyone can do this stuff. You don't have to be a director to claim 'expenses'.
You just have to make sure it stands up to scrutiny with the Revenue Commissioners, and that's the catch.

The other catch is than asking your employer to set up an F1 junket weekend isn't generally successful.

AndrewJRenko

ted1 wrote: »

I’ve had meetings in places too , I’m a PAYE worker.

Have you had many F1 junket weekends scheduled around your meetings?

purplefields

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

The other catch is than asking your employer to set up an F1 junket weekend isn't generally successful.

You seem to have it in your head that Directors are privy to all these tax breaks that are denied to the lowly PAYE worker.
However, I have yet to see an example of such a tax break.

In fact the opposite is true. Directors pay more tax because they do not get PAYE tax credits.

In your example, it will be the employer getting audited by Revenue, not the employees that availed of the junket.


However, no matter what I say, you just won't believe it.

purplefields

purplefields wrote: »

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In your example, it will be the employer getting audited by Revenue, not the employees that availed of the junket.

...

He's referring to folk running limited companies.

ted1

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Have you had many F1 junket weekends scheduled around your meetings?

As it happens, yes I fitted in the Bahrain Race and the KL race.
Both happened to be on while I was over for meetings.
I travel a lot. So much do I qualify for FED most years...

AndrewJRenko

purplefields wrote: »

You seem to have it in your head that Directors are privy to all these tax breaks that are denied to the lowly PAYE worker.
However, I have yet to see an example of such a tax break.

In fact the opposite is true. Directors pay more tax because they do not get PAYE tax credits.

In your example, it will be the employer getting audited by Revenue, not the employees that availed of the junket.


However, no matter what I say, you just won't believe it.

The directors ARE the employees that availed of the junket. They arranged it, they availed of it. They had a nice city break / event weekend and the company paid for it as a business expense.

If they are audited, they show a meeting note.

AndrewJRenko

ted1 wrote: »

As it happens, yes I fitted in the Bahrain Race and the KL race.
Both happened to be on while I was over for meetings.
I travel a lot. So much do I qualify for FED most years...

That's not the question I asked.

If only we had a tax forum.

Zzżzzz

AndrewJRenko

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

The directors ARE the employees that availed of the junket. They arranged it, they availed of it. They had a nice city break / event weekend and the company paid for it as a business expense.

If they are audited, they show a meeting note.

What’s that to you though?

In general if there is a reason for the meeting to be held there they can expense some but not all of the trip. Not the entry to the F1, unless that was for a client.

MarinaM

I'm in a specialist area of IT in a Staff role, 70k (plus excellent flexibility, medical cover etc). I've been in the company over a decade and probably should be on a fair bit more - but years of child rearing just meant that work wasn't always my first priority. I thoroughly enjoy my job now as I moved into a new, up and coming area of IT/Design - no people management or major stress, and have a lot of autonomy in what I do. It's also very interesting to me and there is a lot of scope for growth as I get more experience.

In the next couple of years, I'd love to be on 80-90k and have been looking around - but it'll tough to risk the excellent flexibility and wlb I get in my current company. Not sure it would be worth it. I also hate change

It's hard not to feel demoted by some of the massive salaries here!

krissovo

MarinaM wrote: »

I'm in a specialist area of IT in a Staff role, 70k (plus excellent flexibility, medical cover etc). I've been in the company over a decade and probably should be on a fair bit more - but years of child rearing just meant that work wasn't always my first priority. I thoroughly enjoy my job now as I moved into a new, up and coming area of IT/Design - no people management or major stress, and have a lot of autonomy in what I do. It's also very interesting to me and there is a lot of scope for growth as I get more experience.

In the next couple of years, I'd love to be on 80-90k and have been looking around - but it'll tough to risk the excellent flexibility and wlb I get in my current company. Not sure it would be worth it. I also hate change

It's hard not to feel demoted by some of the massive salaries here!

If you are in an area of design/architecture for containers/K8’s, Infrastructure as code,devop’s or multi cloud you are 20k under paid at a staff level

Creamy Goodness

MarinaM wrote: »

It's hard not to feel demoted by some of the massive salaries here!

Whilst I understand this; I do feel demoted too, but got to look on the positives, you've got a great job, great flexibility and have had the space to make a family. More importantly you've came back, many don't come back to IT after having kids.

The above is worth more than the extra 10-20k you could be on now especially if the above would have suffered.

MarinaM

krissovo wrote: »

If you are in an area of design/architecture for containers/K8’s, Infrastructure as code,devop’s or multi cloud you are 20k under paid at a staff level

Fortunately not in that area
It's much more standards focused, and usability/UX/Design related. Not giving away anymore as it's too small an area in Ireland!

carrollsno1

Apprentice fitter just finishing first year grossed just under €25k last year, done the math and for my 2nd year im looking at taking home €520 for a 48hr week excluding Saturdays and whatever Country Money i get throughout the year.

Deeper Blue

MarinaM wrote: »

It's hard not to feel demoted by some of the massive salaries here!

Most of them aren't real so I wouldn't worry

Geuze

Deeper Blue wrote: »

Most of them aren't real so I wouldn't worry

I have not read the whole thread, but they all seem genuine to me.

I know plenty of people, most of my friends, on 60-85k.

They are aged 40-55.

One friend is on 85k + wife 95k = 180k.

Deeper Blue

Geuze wrote: »

I have not read the whole thread, but they all seem genuine to me.

I know plenty of people, most of my friends, on 60-85k.

They are aged 40-55.

One friend is on 85k + wife 95k = 180k.

I'm sure some are genuine, but I'd wager that far more are pure fantasy.

Low Energy Eng

Deeper Blue wrote: »

Most of them aren't real so I wouldn't worry

There may be a couple but the majority would be true.

OEP

Deeper Blue wrote: »

I'm sure some are genuine, but I'd wager that far more are pure fantasy.

Well anyone working in some kind of tech job in Dublin can earn 90k + easily enough with 7+ years experience

Ruggabugga101

Low Energy Eng wrote: »

There may be a couple but the majority would be true.

You know the saying its on the Internet so must be true....

Boards must have a heavy squew towards IT workers then.

Creamy Goodness

Ruggabugga101 wrote: »

You know the saying its on the Internet so must be true....

Boards must have a heavy squew towards IT workers then.

Tbh it does skew heavily towards them. I’ve been here since 2001 and it was a different place back then. Majority of the forums were IT related (via pc games or computer & tech forums) and the internet was nowhere near as popular as it is now. Anyone on the internet back then had a keen interest in computers.

TheAnalyst_

Data 220k

TheAnalyst_

TheAnalyst_ wrote: »

Data 220k

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TheAnalyst_

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I'm an Analist. Cash job, make a fortune. Also make shît up

Why would I lie ?