2015 P60 – Error Fixed
Monday, 04 January 2016
2015 P60 Updated to Prevent incorrect Tax Charge. When you receive your 2015 P60 this January, a small change has been made to the P60 as a result of action by Red Oak Tax Refunds. Find out more about this story which we broke last year here on independent.ie This was to correct an error
- Published in Tax Refunds
3 Tax Refunds Teachers Are Missing Out On
Wednesday, 01 April 2015
It’s mid term and don’t you know all the teachers are out having fun – maybe sunning themselves in the South of Spain or having a staycation somewhere closer to home. Well….maybe that’s what all us non-teachers think, but my sister is a teacher and in all honesty she spends most of her mid-term prepping
- Published in Employment Expenses, Income Tax, Medical Expenses, Tax Refunds
A Student’s Guide to Claiming Tax
Wednesday, 25 March 2015
Let’s face it. As a student, more often than not you are living on a shoestring budget. Between books, nights out and rent/board, it can be a bit of a financial struggle. So, like many others, you might have a part-time job – or two, or three! – which gives the bank balance a bit
- Published in Income Tax, Paye Tax, Refund Examples, Tax Refunds, Tuition Fees
Claiming tax relief for Medical Expenses: Myth Buster
Thursday, 05 February 2015
We all have medical expenses of some nature – maybe the odd trip to the doctor or a prescription to treat a niggling flu – but I’m amazed by the amount of people who don’t bother to check if they can claim tax relief on them. I don’t know about you, but if there’s any
- Published in Dental Expenses, Medical Expenses, Tax Refunds
Claiming the Single Person Child Carer Tax Credit: A Simple Guide
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
It was good while it lasted – but gone are the days when both parents could claim the One Parent Family Tax Credit (OPFTC) if they weren’t co-habiting and the child stayed with you at least one night during the year. From the 1st January 2014, the OPFTC was replaced with the Single Person Child Carer Credit
- Published in Single Parents, Tax Refunds
What to do with your P60?
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
So you’ve got your P60? What do you normally do with it – Bin it? File it? Leave it in the glove box of your car? Your P60 is actually your golden ticket to a tax refund, so don’t just file it! Use your golden ticket to unlock your potential tax refunds going back as
- Published in Income Tax, Paye Tax, Tax Refunds
3 steps to claiming tax relief for Coeliacs
Tuesday, 18 November 2014
I hear so many people saying they are following gluten-free diets these days – all claiming they need to for a variety of different reasons. In reality, many of these same people don’t ‘need’ to adopt a gluten-free diet, it’s a matter of choice – however, there are people who are medically-diagnosed as coeliacs and
- Published in Medical Expenses, Refund Examples, Tax Refunds
How To Claim For Your Winning Smile
Wednesday, 05 November 2014
It seems everyone in the office here at Red Oak has been giving their teeth some good old TLC recently. In the last month, many of us have gone for routine dental check-ups and 3 of us have started the process of getting braces. Of course, we are all aware of the tax relief we
- Published in Dental Expenses, Medical Expenses, Refund Examples, Tax Refunds