Foreign Pensions and Irish Tax

[balkanhawk]

Hi all,

My mother past away a number of months ago and now that everything has settled down my father and i are looking at his finances.

He is receipt of a Widowers pension and job seekers allowance from Ireland. He also has an occupational pension from the UK. This week he received a letter from the UK telling him that he will also receive a widowers pension.

My question is how are his foreign pensions (a) Occupational and (b) UK widowers pension treated for tax in Ireland?

As i understand it there is an agreement between the UK and Ireland on tax but how would it affect this scenario. As far as i can tell he does pay UK tax on his occupational pension.

Thanks in advance.

 

[LDFerguson]

All his pension income will be taxable in Ireland, with the usual tax credits applying. If tax is already being deducted in the UK, the double taxation agreement means that he won't be paying tax twice, i.e. in the UK and Ireland on the same income.