Hi I tried Google searches, Citizen's advice, social welfare etc on this but I can't seem to find anything.
Is there a minimum amount of pay or hours per week to get the PAYE allowance in a tax year?
And is there a minimum amount of pay or hours per week to get PRSI credits?
I have been self employed before in Ireland until I discovered that this completely puts you outside the social welfare net (unllike almost every other European country where you can pay voluntary social insurance to ensure that you can get eg. disability benefit should you need it... it is a little know fact that here paying self employed or voluntary PRSI only qualifies you for old age pension...)
I would not be prepared to take that risk again. I am thinking of going back to mainly self employed (as opposed to mainly employed - I have been both employed and self employed for some years) and I wondered what is the minimum PAYE hours/pay that you need per week to stay within the social welfare safety net?
Thanks for any advice
Imogen
Is there a minimum amount of pay or hours per week to get the PAYE allowance in a tax year?
And is there a minimum amount of pay or hours per week to get PRSI credits?
I have been self employed before in Ireland until I discovered that this completely puts you outside the social welfare net (unllike almost every other European country where you can pay voluntary social insurance to ensure that you can get eg. disability benefit should you need it... it is a little know fact that here paying self employed or voluntary PRSI only qualifies you for old age pension...)
I would not be prepared to take that risk again. I am thinking of going back to mainly self employed (as opposed to mainly employed - I have been both employed and self employed for some years) and I wondered what is the minimum PAYE hours/pay that you need per week to stay within the social welfare safety net?
Thanks for any advice
Imogen