Got married last year - tax back?

[tannytantans]

Hi everyone,

Hoping someone can help. My husband and I got married in June last year. Since then I only had a few days work in 2011 and made just under 600euro from this employment. I was receiving social welfare during the rest of this time.

I was just wondering if my husband can claim my unused tax credits for this time and if they would amount to much? He earns just over 26000 pa so is on the lower tax rate. He is currently receiving my tax credits for this year.

Really hope someone can help - I called my local Revenue office but they weren't very helpful.

 

[Ants09]

Hi everyone,

Hoping someone can help. My husband and I got married in June last year. Since then I only had a few days work in 2011 and made just under 600euro from this employment. I was receiving social welfare during the rest of this time.

I was just wondering if my husband can claim my unused tax credits for this time and if they would amount to much? He earns just over 26000 pa so is on the lower tax rate. He is currently receiving my tax credits for this year.

Really hope someone can help - I called my local Revenue office but they weren't very helpful.

Hi your husband and yourself will be assess as single people in the year of marriage.
You can do a exercise on joint assessment and see if you's are better off and then reclaim the difference on a pro-rata basis
ie tax savings between single and married 700 married in june so 6/12 x 700 =350 tax rebate at it simplist.

 

[PolkaDot]

Hi everyone,

Hoping someone can help. My husband and I got married in June last year. Since then I only had a few days work in 2011 and made just under 600euro from this employment. I was receiving social welfare during the rest of this time.

I was just wondering if my husband can claim my unused tax credits for this time and if they would amount to much? He earns just over 26000 pa so is on the lower tax rate. He is currently receiving my tax credits for this year.

Really hope someone can help - I called my local Revenue office but they weren't very helpful.

Yes your husband is entitled to use a portion of your unused tax credits from last year (the portion being 7/12 because you got married in June).

Are you both registered on the PAYE online system? I would recommend you do that. Tell the revenue the date you got married. Then request a P21 balancing statement online. It's the quickest and easiest way to get the refund. Make sure you tell the revenue you are married before you request it.

 

[Mrs Vimes]

Yes your husband is entitled to use a portion of your unused tax credits from last year (the portion being 7/12 because you got married in June).

It doesn't quite work like that - they will actually calculate your tax liabilities for the whole year as single people and your liability if you were married for the whole year and then refund 7/12 of the difference.

It can make a big difference if one of you finished work around the time you got married and hoped to give the other all credits for the rest of the year.

Ensure you include the JSB in the P21 request.