claiming tax back

sunsetbeach1

i work as a teacher in italy. i didn't realise that i shouldn't have paid tax for the first two years. is there anyway i can claim this back? i tried taxback.com but they dont claim from italy

thanks

System

Are you talking about tax paid in Italy or tax paid in the UK?

sunsetbeach1

tax paid in italy

System

If the Italians work anything like the UK then I think you need to contact the Italian Revenue Service directly.

I found this on the UK Foreign Office site -
http://ukinitaly.fco.gov.uk/en/help-for-british-nationals/living-in-italy/how-does-it-tax-system-work

Foreigners living and working in the UK just contact HMRC to claim any tax back.

TM1976

Try an accountant in Italy.

sunsetbeach1

thanks for your help

Cook_County

Are you talking about the teachers article in the UK/Italy treaty?

Have you broken UK residence under UK domestic rules?

sunsetbeach1

it is yes. it wasn't that any rules had been broken, just that my school wasn't aware of it and neither was i until new teachers arrived to the school

System

Very interesting reading. I found this on the HMRC site - http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/international/italy-dtc.pdf

Teachers are referred in article 20. That doesn't help with reclaiming the tax in Italy sorry but at least you can see the wording of the treaty.
Article 4 refers to domicile and residence.