Left job, awaiting P45.

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Hi folks,

I left my job in August and have been told by payroll there that they have notified the tax office whom, afaik should now send me out a P45, but I haven't received it yet. The best way to light a fire under them would be what exactly?

Also, I am wondering about having left in the middle of a tax year, am I likely to be due tax back? I have registered with the ROS but between certificates on an old PC that doesn't exist anymore and forgotten passwords, setting that ROS up again is another task.

I'm now working in the UK so i won't have a new ROI employer in the foreseeable future - whether that impacts in any way I don't know.

Cheers in advance.

Steve.

 

[mandelbrot]

Hi folks,

I left my job in August and have been told by payroll there that they have notified the tax office whom, afaik should now send me out a P45, but I haven't received it yet. The best way to light a fire under them would be what exactly?

Also, I am wondering about having left in the middle of a tax year, am I likely to be due tax back? I have registered with the ROS but between certificates on an old PC that doesn't exist anymore and forgotten passwords, setting that ROS up again is another task.

I'm now working in the UK so i won't have a new ROI employer in the foreseeable future - whether that impacts in any way I don't know.

Cheers in advance.

Steve.

The tax office don't issue you with your P45, that's the document the employer is supposed to issue to you on cessation. They send one part to Revenue and are supposed to give you the other 3 parts (out of 4 in total).

It's generally done electronically via ROS these days, they submit the Part 1 online and print off the Part 2,3&4 all on one page and give it to you. Are you sure they didn't give you this already, as it wouldn't look anything like the old fashioned handwritten, multi-coloured version...

As for leaving in the middle of the tax year, once you have received your P45 you should complete a Form P50 (http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/it/forms/p50.pdf), and send this along with Parts 2 & 3 of your P45 to the address indicated when you type your PPSN into the contact locator here: http://www.revenue.ie/en/contact/index.html# .

It might do no harm to attach a very brief note indicating that you wish to claim split year relief, which means you will be treated as non-resident from the date you left. Income you earn abroad after that will not be taxable here, but you still receive a full year's credits etc to use against your income earned here prior to leaving - this should result in a refund for you.

 

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Many thanks mandlebrot, this helps.

As you can probably tell....I'm frightfully ignorant of how the tax system works.....for shame!

All the best.

 

[Oppenheimer]

Interesting thread. I was made redundant last year in August. I went on the Short-term enterprise allowance scheme from mid-October as I was able to drum up some consulting work. I just submitted my F11 for the 2011 (Oct-Dec) but never thought to file a P50 for 2011. Any sense in doing that now? Cheers?