Tax credit refund

Hi,

I will be leaving Ireland at the end of February and will be looking to apply for a refund of taxes, specifically unused tax credits. I've spoken to the revenue office before and although they were extremely vague, they confirmed that technically it is possible to get a refund of your unused tax credits for the year.

Before I go I'd love to get an idea of how much I might be receiving, so could I ask you to look over this and see if it's correct in theory?

Say my monthly tax credits (PAYE, Personal Tax Credit, Rent Relief and Medical Insurance Relief) are €300 and I'll be leaving at the end of February, does that mean I'll get €3,000 euros back as it will be 10 months of unused tax credits?

Any help is much appreciated!

You cannot get a refund of unused tax credits - you can only get a refund of overpaid tax

That Revenue official was incorrect

No, the most you can get back is any tax you've paid in the year to date, up to the point you leave.

Unless you're on a very high salary (over 100k), you'll get a full refund of whatever you pay in Jan/Feb. You'll be able to apply on a form P50 after you've got a P45.
http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=p50&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCgQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.revenue.ie%2Fen%2Ftax%2Fit%2Fforms%2Fp50.pdf&ei=TfMfT6-2EMeHhQex2rT7Dg&usg=AFQjCNHQl-r0LdycNDSSNlrw2CZvLH5zNA

Alright, clearly I was misinformed... Thanks very much for clearing that up though!