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Hi,
After reading the revenue site I'm still not 100% sure on the following:
If both partners earn >29,400 (or whatever the standard rate cutoff is) then am I correct in saying that it makes no difference to the total combined net pay whether you have separate or joint assessment?
After some years abroad, my wife and I began work in Ireland in the second half of 2006. We benefited from split year tax treatment, which means we could earn up to the full SRCOP at the standard rate, regardless of the fact that we were earning abroad for the first 6 months of the year.
It now turns out that my wife did not reach the SRCOP (while I was above it), so in theory, we should be able to do a tax return to that we reduce our combined tax payment.
Now, the Revenue guide to taxation of married couples provides a example calculation of how this works in the first year of marriage. They pro-rate the annual amount by the number of months married. Our situation is slightly different, we married in April, so all the months worked in Ireland were as a married couple (although we were assessed as singles in 2006). Can we claim back the full amount of tax, or will it be pro-rated to account for the fact that we weren't married for first 3 months of year?
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