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Impact: €300-€800 lower refunds through incomplete recovery.
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Mistake: Mathematical mistakes in complex relief amounts.
Impact: Incorrect refund amounts, Revenue queries, processing delays.
Solution: Professional calculation verification eliminates errors through systematic quality procedures.
Mistake: Focusing only on current year whilst ignoring historical claims.
Impact: €300-€800 permanently lost historical refunds.
Solution: Automatic four-year comprehensive review captures all recoverable amounts.
Mistake: Incomplete supporting evidence for medical expenses, rent, education.
Impact: Reduced relief approval, processing delays, lower refunds.
Solution: Professional documentation expertise ensures complete proper evidence provision.
Mistake: Accepting ongoing emergency tax without immediate intervention.
Impact: Months of excessive 48% deductions creating four-figure overpayments.
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Mistake: Poor credit distribution across simultaneous jobs.
Impact: Systematic ongoing overpayments through inefficient allocation.
Solution: Professional multi-employment optimisation ensures strategic credit distribution.
Mistake: Delaying claiming until four-year windows expire.
Impact: Permanent loss of substantial historical refunds.
Solution: Immediate professional assessment prevents expiration losses.
Mistake: Incorrect Revenue form completion, missing fields, wrong calculations.
Impact: Processing delays, queries, potential rejections requiring resubmission.
Solution: Professional form expertise ensures accurate complete submissions processing smoothly.
Mistake: Claiming reliefs for which ineligible whilst missing actual entitlements.
Impact: Rejected claims, wasted effort, missed legitimate opportunities.
Solution: Expert eligibility determination ensures accurate category identification.
Mistake: Never questioning whether deductions are correct or refunds are available.
Impact: Permanent forfeiture of all entitled refunds through inaction.
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Medical Relief Errors
Specific relief categories create predictable errors.
Mistake: Including only GP visits and prescriptions whilst missing dental, optical, specialists.
Impact: 40-60% lower medical relief than entitled amounts.
Solution: Comprehensive medical expense coordination captures all qualifying costs.
Mistake: Claiming only personal costs whilst overlooking spouse/children expenses.
Impact: Hundreds of euros unclaimed family medical relief.
Solution: Professional family medical expense consolidation maximizes relief.
Mistake: Misunderstanding or miscalculating excess amount rules.
Impact: Reduced relief claims from calculation errors.
Solution: Expert medical expense calculation ensures accurate excess application.
Remote Work Errors
Remote working relief creates specific error patterns.
Mistake: Conservative day estimates reducing claimable amounts.
Impact: 30-50% lower relief than accurate day-counting justifies.
Solution: Professional day-counting methodologies maximise legitimate claims.
Mistake: Claiming electricity only whilst missing heating and broadband.
Impact: €100-€200 annual relief unclaimed.
Solution: Comprehensive utility category inclusion ensures complete claiming.
Mistake: Misunderstanding 30% apportionment rules.
Impact: Incorrect relief amounts triggering Revenue queries.
Solution: Professional calculation accuracy prevents formula errors.
Credit Errors
Tax credit errors create substantial refund losses.
Mistake: Assuming Personal + Employee credits represent complete entitlements.
Impact: €1,000-€4,000 annual unclaimed credits across multiple categories.
Solution: Systematic credit auditing identifies all 40+ qualifying credits.
Mistake: Misunderstanding complex credit qualifying rules.
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Impact: Missing legitimate credits or incorrectly claiming ineligible ones.
Solution: Professional eligibility expertise ensures accurate determination.
Mistake: Waiting years before claiming newly-qualifying credits.
Impact: Permanent historical credit losses from delayed action.
Solution: Immediate professional assessment upon circumstance changes.
Multi-Job Errors
Multiple jobs create specific error scenarios.
Mistake: Starting second job without Revenue notification.
Impact: Emergency tax on new position creating massive overpayments.
Solution: Professional multi-employment coordination ensures proper notifications.
Mistake: Suboptimal credit allocation across positions.
Impact: Systematic ongoing overpayments through inefficient distribution.
Solution: Expert credit splitting analysis delivers optimal allocations.
Mistake: Ignoring multi-employment year-end reconciliation needs.
Impact: Substantial unclaimed refunds from complex combined income situations.
Solution: Professional multi-employment reconciliation ensures maximum recovery.
Evidence Errors
Evidence requirements create frequent errors.
Mistake: Incomplete healthcare cost documentation.
Impact: Reduced or rejected medical expense relief claims.
Solution: Professional medical documentation guidance ensures complete evidence.
Mistake: Inadequate rental payment documentation.
Impact: Rent credit claim delays or rejections.
Solution: Expert rent credit claiming handles proper evidence requirements.
Mistake: Cannot locate P60s, P45s, or old records.
Impact: Perceived inability to claim historical refunds.
Solution: MyTaxRebate.ie's Revenue system access eliminates dependence on personal records.
Professional Prevention
MyTaxRebate.ie's systematic error prevention delivers guaranteed accuracy.
Professional verification procedures prevent errors affecting DIY submissions:
Comprehensive professional expertise prevents category identification, eligibility determination, and calculation mistakes.
Proven claiming methodologies refined through thousands of successful claims ensure optimal outcomes.
Common PAYE refund claiming mistakes cost Irish workers substantial refund reductions, processing delays, or permanent opportunity losses. MyTaxRebate.ie's professional error-prevention through systematic quality procedures, expert knowledge, and proven methodologies guarantees maximum recovery averaging €1,080+ whilst eliminating all mistake risks.
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Incomplete relief category identification—with workers missing €300-€800 available refunds through limited awareness of qualifying categories.
Yes—professional services review previous DIY submissions identifying missed opportunities warranting amended returns. Many clients discover substantial additional refunds after initial incomplete self-filing.
Systematic quality procedures, expert knowledge, proven methodologies, and multi-level verification eliminate mistakes affecting DIY attempts.
MyTaxRebate.ie handles all Revenue communications and appeals at no additional cost. Professional claims rarely face rejections due to comprehensive preparation quality.
Possible but challenging—amended return procedures require understanding errors made whilst avoiding new mistakes. Professional reassessment often proves more efficient.
Common errors reduce refunds €300-€800 through incomplete claiming, miscalculations, or missed categories. Timing mistakes cause permanent losses of thousands when four-year windows expire.
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