This article is from page 71 of the 2006-03-21 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 71 JPG
WOMEN are largely unaware that they can claim tax relief for being on the pill.
Oral contraception is just one in a variety of expenditures that women can claim relief on. While this relief would fall under the ‘Medical Relief’ section, it is becoming increasingly clear that more and more people are missing out on some extra income every year.
Taxback.com point out that every year thousands of PAYE workers fail to claim relief on a whole variety of expenses that they may qualify for.
It is estimated that there is over one billion euros left in unclaimed taxes in the Exchequers bank account with last years figure alone standing at over €300 million.
PAYE workers are entitled to make a claim going back four years so anyone who has not already done so can lodge a claim for any year going back to 2002.
“We find that people are generally not up to speed on all the various reliefs and allowances they may qualify for which is why they THE Institute of Guidance Counsellors is celebrating the establishment of a new branch to represent members working in County Clare.
Guidance counsellors in Clare work in all second level schools and in various adult guidance settings. Given the growing complexity of the problems that guidance counsellors have to deal with in their work it is very important that they have a locally based structure to provide in-service and mutual support. Guidance counsellors deal with personal, social, educational and career development issues in the lives of their clients, be they young people and adults in educational settings or adults in the would tend to come to a company like ourselves,” said Taxback.com’s Irish Marketing Manager, Colm Murphy.
Murphy also points out that an estimated 70 per cent of the workforce is due some form of refund. “This could be a Trade Union member claiming €60/ €40 (2005) in respect of their annual trade union subscriptions or a student making a claim for Tuition Fees that were paid by themselves or on their behalf by a parent or qualifying relative. It could also be your average PAYE worker making a rent relief claim. The list could go on and on.”
Taxback.com, an Irish based company founded in 1996 is the market leader in organising income tax refunds form Ireland, USA, Australia, Canada, Japan, Luxembourg, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Gibraltar and Guernsey. It assists both resident and non-resident long-term and transient workers and specialises in International Tax Treaties, income and expenses relating to dual homes, share income, foreign rental income and much more. community.
The President of the Institute in Ireland Brian Mooney attended the official launch of the Clare branch. Brian stated that he was very pleased to have been able to respond to the needs of the members in Clare, particularly so, given that his wife was a Clare woman, they had a home in Lahinch, which gave him a great love for the county and its people. He said that having a local branch based in Ennis Education Centre, would enable guidance counsellors in Clare to build on the expertise that each one of them individually had, as they worked together for the good of the people of Clare.