living in the North working in South

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edelgriffeen

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Hi, wondering if anyone can help me. I lived in Dublin for 10 years, but moved back North, and am still working in South. I work from home a few days a week and come to Dublin a few days. I have continued to pay tax in South and havent paid anything in the North. Question is.... do I need to, not sure what I need to do to be honest. When I rang the revenue office they said I dont need to do anything, just continue paying tax in the south....

Thanks, EG.
 
edelgriffeen said:
Hi, wondering if anyone can help me. I lived in Dublin for 10 years, but moved back North, and am still working in South. I work from home a few days a week and come to Dublin a few days. I have continued to pay tax in South and havent paid anything in the North. Question is.... do I need to, not sure what I need to do to be honest. When I rang the revenue office they said I dont need to do anything, just continue paying tax in the south....

Thanks, EG.
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If you do a search for 'cross border workers' and check www.citizensinformation.ie you should find some information relevant to you. You may also qualify for a medical card on the grounds that you are a CBW.
 
There are few sites like this around:
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Basically the Revenue are right insofar as you are employed and taxed in the South on an employment exercised in the South.

But since you are resident in the UK, you are liable to income tax there also. You should complete a tax return each year, with your Irish income on it, and you get a credit for any Irish tax paid. I think (not certain!) that at most levels of income at present, Ireland is a higher tax regime, so you wouldn't be likely to owe anything to HMRC.
 
The HMRC will ask you to complete a tax return and depending on your earnings you may have extra tax to pay. There is no tax credits in the north to offset tax as there is in the south. You will just have your personal allowance once you exceed this you will be taxed at 20%. After £35000 this will increase to 40%. National insurance contributions are also very high in the north and you may be liable to these as well. It will depend on who you work for in the south as to the tax you may have to pay in the North and the credits you are presently recieving in the south. In some cases you have no liability to UK tax and no need to complete a tax return. It can be very confusing and is hard to get the right advice.
 
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