10 things you should know about your 2009 P60
Welcome to 2010, your post will now start to bristle with all that 2009 summary post. Here, we’ll go through the main document you will receive around now and what it’s for.
2009 P60
Probably the most important and most talked about bit of post you will receive this time of year is your P60. [...]
Claiming Tax Back – What’s New
If you are looking to claim a tax back for 2009, the picture has changed somewhat from previous years. Some of the changes will mean you are due less of a tax refund, other changes have increased the amount of of tax back that can be reclaimed.
These are these main changes:
More Refunds
You are still allowed [...]
GP Locums subject to PAYE Tax
Courtesty of the Irish Medical Times, here is some important information for GP’s who hire locums for out of hours cover and indeed for the locums themselves:
http://www.imt.ie/news/2009/11/locums_must_have_paye_deducted.html
This will have a large impact on both the doctors and the locums. Under PAYE the doctors will have to deduct PRSI, Health levy and income levy for the [...]
How a pay rise can leave you worse off
You can be up to €1,040 worse off for increase in salary in Health Levy fiasco.
Tax system means a €1,000 pay rise can leave you €290 worse off depending on how much you earn.
Lets see this in action and compare your take home pay from earning €25,000 versus €26,000.
So unbelievably a €1,000 payrise will leave [...]
Dental benefits from PRSI
Are you paying for visits to your dentist which you should be receiving as a benefit for paying PRSI or for having a medical card?
What’s Covered
In general, a normal person with healthy teeth will get one dental examination and two cleanings per year. You’re also entitled to significant cost reductions on fillings/extraction/root canal and host [...]





