Tax Question - working in Switzerland for 12-18 months

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Hi all - apologies if this is a stupid question, but i have been asked by my employer to work in Switzerland for 12-18 months. What I'm wondering is how does the tax work in this case. So:
- I would be moving in June, so would be > 6 months this year abroad
- I would be renting out my house here, and getting an apt over there
- I have been in my current job for 8 years as PAYE employee

I have looked and if you take a base of 75k euro (100k swiss), the tax bill here is twice there 29k Vs 14k. So what I'm wondering is:
1) Do I pay Swiss tax for all / some / none of this year?
2) What about next year?
3) Do I have to do something, or does this happen automatically somehow?

Sorry if these are dumb questions, but just something which I know nothing about!

Thanks
G
 
A lot depends on where you will be employed. Will you remain an employee of the same company in Ireland or will you be working for a company registered in Switzerland? If the former, you will be paid as an Irish employee , subject to Irish tax law, or if the latter, a Swiss employee, subject to Swiss tax law.
If you are employed in Switzerland you will pay income tax from the start of your employement there with no further liability to Irish tax law (under double taxation treaty). You may also be entitled to some rebate of tax paid in Ireland this year as your employer would have been aportioning your tax credits over the full year, whereas you did not work the full year (so have unused credits to offset against income to date of cessation of employment in Ireland).
I am not an accountant but have worked in Switzerland-but did not pay tax there. I worked for an Int Org, but some some consultants we employed were obliged to pay tax in their home country as that was their place of employment.
 
No, I will still be employed by my Irish company, just seconded to the Swiss company for 12-18 months.

I checked up a bit on revenue.ie and will put a call in with them tomorrow.

thanks for help
 
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