Irish taxation for uk citizen- confused.

pleasedelete

Apologies if this is not in the right place.

My husband has been offered chance to move base to Ireland. He would be there 4 nights a week for 45 weeks a year (but could go up or down by choice if that made a difference)

I have looked on Irish tax sites and it seems very complicated. He is married and his wife (me) works but in the Uk. He has 2 children both teenagers.

He would earn 150,000 euro.

Can anyone help with how much tax he would pay? Is there an equivalent to NI ?

Can anyone suggest a helpful website?

Thanks

InsideInsurance

PRSI is the RoI's equivalent of NI. If you google it you should find plenty of take home pay calculators for ireland just as you do for the UK.

I would expect your husband's company HR department to be advising him on the basic implications (and options) but have enjoy the light reading of HMRC's guidance at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/cnr/hmrc6.pdf

crazyguy

I worked for a Company based in Southern Ireland and paid a hell of a lot of tax and the ni but once I finished claimed it all back and paid it in the north as I was not a resident , cant remember the form that you need to fill in but best bet phone the tax office and ni office in Ireland

The difference out of what I paid in the South and the North was a vast amount in my favour !

pleasedelete

I have found calculators but they are not simple.

They depend upon if he is married and of his wife works (does but not in Ireland- does that count)

Then there is the extra tax this year- does everyone pay that or only Irish residents and/or citizens.

Health card- do you have to pay that or is it optional

How are bonuses taxed? Etc etc

Thanks for link I will read it.

crazyguy

pleasedelete wrote: »

I have found calculators but they are not simple.

They depend upon if he is married and of his wife works (does but not in Ireland- does that count)

Then there is the extra tax this year- does everyone pay that or only Irish residents and/or citizens.

Health card- do you have to pay that or is it optional

How are bonuses taxed? Etc etc

Thanks for link I will read it.

You are best off phoning both the offices as they can provide most of the details without sifting through a ton of reading !

chrismac1

How big is your husband's employer? The reason I ask is that my former employer had international relocations left, right and centre. Clearly it is a bad idea to leave such people to their own devices with regard to tax laws. So we had specialists in our company who set up "Tax equalisation" packages for these guys. Double taxation treaties result in the person paying the HIGHER of the 2 potential tax bills on offer, the equalisation packages covered the cost of this.

Also the standard relocation package has elements which were treated completely differently in say Bulgaria compared to the USA. So there is a lot more to this normally than just "What is the NI in the country I am going to?" There are different definitions by country on when you become resident for tax purposes - the UK being probably one of the stupidest as we don't have a set definition but leave it to tax case law.

pleasedelete

chrismac1 wrote: »

How big is your husband's employer? The reason I ask is that my former employer had international relocations left, right and centre. Clearly it is a bad idea to leave such people to their own devices with regard to tax laws. So we had specialists in our company who set up "Tax equalisation" packages for these guys. Double taxation treaties result in the person paying the HIGHER of the 2 potential tax bills on offer, the equalisation packages covered the cost of this.

Also the standard relocation package has elements which were treated completely differently in say Bulgaria compared to the USA. So there is a lot more to this normally than just "What is the NI in the country I am going to?" There are different definitions by country on when you become resident for tax purposes - the UK being probably one of the stupidest as we don't have a set definition but leave it to tax case law.

Well he actually doesnt work for them at the moment. He has been approached and base is possibly flexible but Ireland is preferred by them. They are based all over but not really in mainland uk.

He probably won't be in either England or Ireland for more than 180 days as he will be all over the world and could easily manage not to be in either for more than 140 days.

He has decided to go and see a tax specialist in dublin when he goes
across next week.

He has worked all over the world but always paid uk tax even when probably didnt have to as not really resident. But family and being able to come home whenever he wanted came first.