Expat tax advice

[seabreeze]

Hi I emigrated to the Middle East in April 2012. Recently I received a letter from Revenue requesting I fill in form 12 for 2012. I queried why should I as I was no longer domiciled in Ireland and gave details of my previous Irish employer in 2012 and salary details.
The reply from Revenue was fill in form with details of earnings of both in Ireland and Middle East for 2012 and they will decide if I am required to pay extra.

I thought as a PAYE employee in 2012, revenue would have all the required information and what I earned outside of Ireland is for my information only.

I would welcome advice on the above pls

Thks

 

[mandelbrot]

It depends on whether you were tax resident in Ireland for the year or not, and whether you are entitled to claim (under section 822 maybe?) to be treated as non-resident from the date you left. This is a claim you have to make, it's not the default position.

 

[Janet]

Would it not be more for the fact that you might be entitled to get some tax back? If you were a PAYE worker, your credits for the year are spread out so if you only actually worked for four months, your credits for the remaining eight months went unused but you're still entitled to them. At least, that was my understanding when I moved to Germany mid-year and I certainly got a refund. Not sure how differently it's handled for those outside the EU.