galleryman
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Does your spouse already qualify for the Homemakers Scheme?If I decided to voluntarily give up work to spend time raising my family with my homemaker spouse
PRSI Voluntary Contributions may be an option but only contribute towards long term benefits (pensions) and not others such as treatment benefit.it is possible for me to opt to pay PRSI at some level to ensure that I continue to benefit from the system i.e.
Old Age Pension
Child benefit payments (would these stop if both spouses voluntarily gave up working?)
Dental contributions
As far as I know that is sufficient for her to qualify automatically for the Homemakers Scheme. However no harm in checking to be sure.She doesn't get any payments from any source other than child benefit and the other new €1000 child payment.
CB is not a PRSI linked benefit - everybody gets it. Voluntary Contributions don't cover short term benefits at all anyway. You'd need to read the documentation to see how the payments would be calculated if you do opt for this.If I paid voluntary PRSI benefits, how owuld that be calculated and woudl it still cover child benefit?
My accountant knows this so I presume he has applied for whatever needs to be applied for in that regard.
What forms do you have to sign for the Homemakers Scheme? My wife never signed anything other than claiming CB so does she have to do anything to make sure that she qualifies?Never presume! And your accountant cannot apply for a SW scheme (including Homemaker's Scheme) on your behalf....you have to sign all forms personally
Ah - thanks. So HM1 would seem to be irrelevant to my wife and the original poster's wife since they are both claiming CB?
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