How Can I Claim Tax Back
If you’re a PAYE (Pay as You Earn) worker, like a receptionist, nurse, or teacher, your employer deducts tax from your earnings. What many don’t realise is that you could be eligible for a refund of a portion of the tax you’ve paid to Revenue throughout the year.
Each year, a significant number of Irish individuals unintentionally overpay their taxes to Revenue, resulting in potential tax refunds. Our dedicated PAYE tax refund service is designed to secure every cent of the overpaid tax you’ve contributed to Revenue over the past four years, ensuring you receive what’s rightfully yours.
Claiming your tax refund with My Tax Refund is a straightforward and efficient process. We’ve simplified it into three easy steps, ensuring that you can get the money you’re owed without any hassle.
How It Works
3 Easy Steps
Step 1 Complete Our Online Form
The process begins with a simple step: filling out our online authorisation form and signing our direct debit mandate. This grants us the necessary permission to review your tax situation and work on your behalf. Don’t worry; it’s quick and easy to complete, taking less than a minute of your time.
The online authorisation form or A1 form grants us the necessary permission to review your taxes and work on your behalf. The Direct Debit mandate means we do all the hard work – after the refund is paid to you, we debit our service fee – meaning you just sit back, relax and enjoy*
*If you would prefer – we also have an online payment facility if you would rather do the hard work for us – just let us know!
Step 2 Our Experts File Your Paye Tax Returns & Let You Know If You Are Due Tax Back
Once you’ve completed the form, you can relax and leave the rest to us. Our team of experienced tax experts will meticulously review your taxes for the past four years. We’ll carefully examine your tax profile to identify all the credits, reliefs, and expenses you’re eligible for.
Step 3 We Send You Your Tax Refund
You’re in control when it comes to how you receive your tax refund. Revenue offer the choice between a bank transfer or a cheque. It’s your money, and we make sure it gets back to you in the way that suits you best.
Our commitment to transparency and simplicity means you can trust us to make your tax refund journey as smooth as possible. With a transparent fee structure of just 10% + VAT (and a minimum fee of €26 + VAT), you always know where you stand.
How To Make A Claim
Claiming your tax refund with My Tax Refund is a breeze. Just follow the simple steps provided above and complete your online application in less than a minute.
About Our Fees
It’s completely free to submit a claim with us. No upfront payments are required.
If we successfully recover a refund for you, our fee is 10% (+ VAT) of the refund, with a minimum fee of €26 (+ VAT). If the refund doesn’t meet this minimum, no additional charges apply.
Registration Process
Fill out our online application form, granting us permission to represent you with Revenue.
Sign the Direct Debit Mandate.
We add you as a client to our Revenue account and review your taxes for the last four years.
We’ll advise you on other potential tax credits or flat-rate expenses you might be entitled to.
If you’re taxed as a married couple, we’ll need both spouses to sign up.
Email or post any medical expenses, and we’ll process them while reviewing your tax.
Once we have reviewed your account based on the information that you provide – Revenue then process the claim and issue the Statement of Liability showing any refunds that are due to you.
Once revenue issue the statement of liability, the refund will be paid directly to you from revenue via bank transfer or cheque.
We charge our fee for providing our services.
Processing Time
Most claims are completed within 7-10 days, with busy periods or complex claims possibly taking a bit longer.
Revenue will then issue the refund we have processed via bank transfer or cheque directly to you within 3-5 working days – at which point our fee is due.
Correspondence From Revenue
You will receive correspondence from Revenue directly to confirm we are now acting on your behalf. Shortly after you will receive a Statement of Liability showing the work we carried out and the refund amount due to you.
