Working in RoI but living in NI

[chml]

Morning, I have a potential opportunity to move to our Dublin office (from Manchester). As part of this we would be living in NI as that is where we have family. Does anybody know what the situation is regarding taxes etc, I understand that I will need to pay tax in RoI and then top up my NI contributions if I wish to receive state pension in due course, is it as simple as this or are there any other pitfalls that I need to know about? Thanks

[chml]

Bumpy bump!

[Ructions]

Talk to an accountant regarding the tax issues, but are you really thinking about living in the north and driving in and out of Dublin 5 days a week? Madness

[chml]

Ructions said:

Talk to an accountant regarding the tax issues, but are you really thinking about living in the north and driving in and out of Dublin 5 days a week? Madness

It would be field based so I would only be in Dublin 2-3 times a month thankfully

[carguy45]

We have some staff living in ROI and working in NI, and vice versa. Some handy Q&A here

http://borderpeople.info/a-z/taxation.html

[Eric Mc]

If you are a resident of Northern Ireland, your main tax liability will be under UK Tax rules. A person's place of residence is what generally detrmines the jurisdiction under which a person pays tax.

If you suffer Republic of Ireland tax, you should be able to offset the tax paid in the Republic of Ireland against any UK tax liabilities arising on the same income.

[chml]

Perfect, thanks for that

[Eric Mc]

There is a Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) between the UK and the Republic of Ireland. DTAs are designed to prevent an individual paying tax twice on the same income. The question that has to be answered always is "In which country should the person pay their tax". And that is usually answered by reference to where they are "tax resident".

This can be sometimes tricky to establish but the first point is where they have their permanent place of residence followed by an examination of the length of time they spend in each respective country.

Working in one country whilst living in another can cause problems.

[chml]

Eric Mc said:

There is a Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) between the UK and the Republic of Ireland. DTAs are designed to prevent an individual paying tax twice on the same income. The question that has to be answered always is "In which country should the person pay their tax". And that is usually answered by reference to where they are "tax resident".

This can be sometimes tricky to establish but the first point is where they have their permanent place of residence followed by an examination of the length of time they spend in each respective country.

Working in one country whilst living in another can cause problems.

Thanks for that Eric, I didn't get chance to check back in here yesterday. If I am taxed at source in the RoI then (as an employee), as I understand, I would need to file a SA to HMRC and then the DTA would offset what I have paid in the RoI against my liabilities to HMRC. Is that, broadly speaking, correct? Thanks

[Eric Mc]

Yes, that is how it would work.

I wonder how HMRC intends to cover such cases when Self Assessment is discontinue (originally scheduled for last week but postponed to April 2020 at the earliest).