We help maximise
your Irish PAYE
tax refund

You can apply for your tax refund after the end of the tax year (31 December) or when you leave the country permanently. You can also claim an unemployment repayment if your employment ceased during the tax year. The Irish tax year runs from 1 January-31 December and you have up to four years to claim.

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Once we get your signed documents it takes 7-10 working days to get your tax return ready for the tax office.

This includes:

• Receiving and checking documents
• Estimating your tax refund
• Sending tax return to the tax office

The tax office will take about 1-2 weeks to process your return online.

These timeframes are a guide only and your claim may take longer if more information is required, or the application cannot be submitted through the online facility.

Once we get your tax refund, we’ll contact you to confirm the quickest way to get it to you!

Our fee covers:

• 24/7 customer support
• Multi-lingual online tracking service
• Free phone/fax
• Local team of staff
• Tax technicians
• Researchers
• Quality Assurance team

Once we have access to your online records, we will download the missing information.

If you’ve paid qualifying health and dental expenses during the tax year, such as doctor’s visits not completely covered by your insurance provider, we may be able to claim tax relief on these expenses for you.

Examples of qualifying medical expenses:

• Doctor and consultant fees
• Treatments prescribed by a doctor/consultant, e.g. drugs and medicine, hearing aids, physiotherapy, wheelchairs, diagnostic procedures, orthopaedic treatments
• Hospital treatment
• Laser-eye surgery
• Speech and language therapy
• Ambulance fees
• Maternity care

Examples of qualifying dental treatments

• Bridgework
• Crowns
• Veneers
• Root canal treatment
• Surgical extraction of wisdom teeth

Important: Keep your receipts for expenses so you can claim what you’re entitled to!

If you’re paying tuition fees in respect of certain third level undergraduate or postgraduate courses or certain language or IT courses you may qualify for tax relief. It will depend on the course of study and institution.

Revenue disregards a certain amount of the qualifying fees in respect to each claim. For example, for a full-time course in 2015 the first €3,000 is disregarded from the qualifying tuition fees.

Fees for private colleges can be well above the level disregarded, which could mean a valuable tax credit.

Taxback can claim your tuition tax relief for you.

No. Tax relief in respect of service charges was abolished for the tax years 2012 onwards.

The One Parent Family Tax Credit was abolished with effect from 31st December 2013 and replaced by the Single Person Child Carer Credit.

The Single Person Child Carer Credit (SPCCC) is a tax credit for people who care for children on their own and came into effect from 1 January 2014.

It’s generally awarded to the person with whom the qualifying child lives with most of the year. This person is called the Primary Claimant.

The Primary Claimant can choose to surrender their entitlement to the credit and name a qualifying Secondary Claimant if that person lives with the child for more than 100 days in a year.

A qualifying child is:

• Born in the tax year
• Or aged 18 at the start of the tax year
• Or over 18 at the start of the tax year but attending full-time university, college, school, or other educational institution,
• Or over 18 and permanently incapacitated – either before age 21 (or after age 21 while they were receiving full-time instruction)

The Universal Social Charge (USC) was introduced in Ireland in 2011 to replace the Health & Income levies. Your income will be exempt from USC if it is less than:

• €13,000 in 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016
• €12,012 in 2015.

We can assist you with claiming any USC refunds you’re owed and we will check to see if you’re owed anything when you apply for a PAYE tax refund.

Your P60 is the tax certificate you receive from your employer in January after the tax year ends. It shows your earnings, tax paid in that tax year.

If you’ve misplaced your P60 or never received it, our document retrieval team can obtain one for you.

From 1 Jan 2019, employers have no obligation to issue a P60 to employee leaving the company.

The average tax refund we get for our Irish tax clients is €1,880* for PAYE. Our tax advisors will ensure you get back any overpaid Irish tax, expenses, and credits.

The amount will depend on:

• Your earnings
• Your expenses
• How long you worked

Get your online tax refund.

For Irish PAYE tax refunds we charge 10% + handling fee of the refund, subject to a minimum processing fee of €40 + handling fee.

*Complicated cases are charged with an additional flat fee of €30. These include (but not limited to)- claim for pension contributions- claim for work at home expenses- claim for income continuance contributions- claim for year of separation- claim for year of bereavement- if you are randomly selected by Revenue to complete a Form 12- if you are in receipt of other non-PAYE income but you are not regarded as a chargeable person yet- other

For tax refunds under €96, our fee is 50% of the final Revenue approved refund amount.

Discover how to claim tax back with our easy process:

• Register online and sign our Authorization form
• Sign the forms and send to us
• We’ll estimate your tax refund and give you access to a secure online account
• We’ll track down any missing documents if required
• We prepare and file your return
• We send you your tax refund

If you earn income in Ireland outside of your income as a PAYE employee, you may need to declare it by filing a self-assessed tax return by 31 October.

Extra income includes:

• Rental income
• Self-employed income
• Capital gains
• Foreign income
• Dividends
• Other

In Budget 2023, the Government announced a new tax relief which aims to support the 40,000 property renters in Ireland. The Rent tax credit is worth €500 per year to each tenant. For example, single individuals can claim €500 while married couples and civil partners can benefit by €1,000.The credit is available for the 2022 – 2025 tax years (inclusive).

If your employer pays part or all of your medical insurance you may be entitled to tax relief as it’s not granted at source.

If you pay for medical insurance either directly or pay through your employer, tax relief is granted at source and you’re not entitled to additional relief.

The incapacitated child tax credit can be claimed by a parent or guardian if they have a child who is permanently incapacitated either physically or mentally from maintaining himself or herself.

To qualify, the child must have become incapacitated before turning 21 or, if older than 21, have been in full-time education or training for a trade or profession for a minimum of two years when they became permanently incapacitated.

To apply for this tax credit, we’ll need:

• Child’s name
• Date of Birth
• Information on the nature of the incapacity
• ICC2 form signed by a practitioner

You can follow the progress of your tax return with your online account.

We also have our team available 24/7 to answer your questions through our Live Chat instant messaging system.

Your P45 is the official tax form you get from your employer when you finish working for them. It outlines your earnings and amount of taxes you paid for that employer. If you leave your job to start another one in Ireland, you’ll need to give your P45 to your next employer.

If you’ve misplaced your P45 or never received it, our document retrieval team can obtain one for you.

From 1 Jan 2019, employers have no obligation to issue a P45 to employee leaving the company.

No, but we guarantee that we’ll get as much back as we legally can. Our estimate is based on your documents and our experience in filing thousands of tax returns each week. The Irish tax authority has the final decision.

We’ll check for any allowances or benefits you can get and ensure we apply for the maximum tax back possible.