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styley1
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Hi Folks, I was hoping someone could enlighten me to the workings of this. Trying to get in touch with my local tax office seems impossible and not sure explaining this to an answering machine would be of much benefit......
Currently I am working offshore for a multinational company being paid from Geneva into an Irish Bank account. I am in Ireland for between 130 -160 days each year for the last 5 years. I am based in Asia spending a maximum of 60-90 days in any one country in a year.
I own or rent no property in Ireland and the only employment I have ever had in Ireland has been part time Summer jobs. The only thing I own in Ireland is a car. I use my parents address in Ireland for correspondence etc.
From my understanding I am non-resident but Ordinarily resident in Ireland.
However it gets a little more complicated:
2005-2006 Spent a year (Sep 05-Sep 06) in the UK studying.
2007-2009 Originally the company I joined paid me from the Jersey Islands into a UK bank account. I paid tax on this salary in the UK, which I then claimed back and was issued with a NT code for the UK. (One phone call and one form to fill in and everything was sorted)
2009-Present. There was a merger with another company and we where moved to Swiss contracts and paid from Geneva. I have paid no tax on this salary and have been paid into an Irish account.
My questions are:
(1) Should I be declaring myself to Revenue in this situation and if so should I use Form 11?
(2) How much detail will I have to produce that I have been out of the country? Passport stamps? Boarding cards? I am not entirely sure I have cleared the 280 day 2 year rule each year. There would only be a few days in it, but how detailed will revenue look into it?
(3) Should I just say nothing and keep myself to myself?
Any responses will be greatly appreciated. And if anyone knows a tax advisor / accountant to advise on all this I would be eternally grateful.
Currently I am working offshore for a multinational company being paid from Geneva into an Irish Bank account. I am in Ireland for between 130 -160 days each year for the last 5 years. I am based in Asia spending a maximum of 60-90 days in any one country in a year.
I own or rent no property in Ireland and the only employment I have ever had in Ireland has been part time Summer jobs. The only thing I own in Ireland is a car. I use my parents address in Ireland for correspondence etc.
From my understanding I am non-resident but Ordinarily resident in Ireland.
However it gets a little more complicated:
2005-2006 Spent a year (Sep 05-Sep 06) in the UK studying.
2007-2009 Originally the company I joined paid me from the Jersey Islands into a UK bank account. I paid tax on this salary in the UK, which I then claimed back and was issued with a NT code for the UK. (One phone call and one form to fill in and everything was sorted)
2009-Present. There was a merger with another company and we where moved to Swiss contracts and paid from Geneva. I have paid no tax on this salary and have been paid into an Irish account.
My questions are:
(1) Should I be declaring myself to Revenue in this situation and if so should I use Form 11?
(2) How much detail will I have to produce that I have been out of the country? Passport stamps? Boarding cards? I am not entirely sure I have cleared the 280 day 2 year rule each year. There would only be a few days in it, but how detailed will revenue look into it?
(3) Should I just say nothing and keep myself to myself?
Any responses will be greatly appreciated. And if anyone knows a tax advisor / accountant to advise on all this I would be eternally grateful.