Do I have to file at home while living in Ireland?
It depends on residence, not on address — except for US citizens and green-card holders, for whom the answer is yes regardless of where they live. We settle the residence question first, because every other answer follows from it.
Is there a treaty between my country and Ireland?
That is verified rather than assumed: we confirm which treaty text governs Ireland and your home country for the year in question, because a protocol can move a rate or an article between years. If there is no treaty, unilateral credit rules are what prevent double taxation.
I own property in Ireland. Where is the rent taxed?
Rent from immovable property is almost always taxable where the property is situated, frequently by withholding on the gross amount, with your home country taxing the same income and giving credit. A net-basis election, where one exists, is usually the difference between tax on profit and tax on turnover.
Am I tax resident in Ireland if I work in Dublin?
Working in Dublin points towards residence, but it does not settle it. Ireland runs three separate tests — residence, ordinary residence and domicile — and each answers a different question. Residence looks at your presence in the year. Ordinary residence looks at the pattern of years around it. Domicile looks at where your permanent home is treated as being, which can differ from where you actually live. The three can point in different directions at once, and the combination decides what part of your foreign income falls inside the Irish charge. We establish each from your documents rather than assuming the answer follows the job.
What is the difference between residence, ordinary residence and domicile?
They are three separate concepts, and treating them as one is the most common mistake we correct. Residence is about a single tax year. Ordinary residence is about the run of years on either side of it, so it can continue after residence has ended and begin later than residence began. Domicile is about permanent attachment rather than presence, and for most arriving expats it stays with the country they came from for a long time. Because the three are independent, a person can be resident in Ireland and still outside the charge on certain foreign income. That is a position established from facts, not assumed.
Do I still have to file in Canada after moving to Ireland?
It depends on whether Canada still treats you as resident, and that is not decided by your address. Residential ties are what count: a home kept available, a spouse or dependants who stayed behind, and the ordinary indicators of settled life. If those ties were cut, you generally file for the part of the year you were resident and afterwards only on Canadian-source income. If they were not, Canada may tax you on worldwide income while Ireland does the same, and the treaty tie-breaker decides which country yields. Send us what you kept and what you closed, and we will put the position in writing.
I am a US citizen in Dublin, do I file both returns?
Yes. The United States taxes its citizens on worldwide income wherever they live, so moving to Ireland adds an Irish obligation rather than replacing an American one. The two returns are prepared together, because the relief mechanisms interact: exclusions and credits are not alternatives you pick freely, and the order in which income is placed changes the result. Irish tax paid in the wrong year for American purposes is a common reason credits go unused. We also check the reporting that begins with accounts and plans opened after the move, which is where most quiet problems start.
How is my Indian income taxed while I live in Ireland?
Two questions run in parallel. India decides whether you are still resident there and what it charges on income arising in India, and Ireland decides what part of your foreign income falls inside its charge given your residence, ordinary residence and domicile. Deposit interest, rent and capital gains can each land differently. Where both countries charge the same income, relief comes through the treaty and through credit for tax already paid, and that credit is usually limited to the lower of the two charges. The paperwork matters more than the principle here, because a credit you cannot evidence is a credit you will not get.
Will I be taxed twice on the same salary?
Usually not twice over, but relief is not automatic and it is rarely complete in the year you expect. Payroll in Ireland collects tax as you are paid, and your home country may tax the same salary on a different timetable. Relief then comes either by one country giving up the charge under the treaty, or by one giving credit for the tax paid to the other. Mismatched tax years are what create the apparent double charge, and they are resolved by matching income to the right year in each return rather than by arguing about it. We prepare both sides from one schedule so the figures reconcile.
Do expats pay state taxes?
Sometimes — leaving the country does not automatically end a US state's claim. States apply their own domicile tests, and several are slow to accept that domicile has moved while a home, licence, registration or voter record stays behind. A few states have no income tax at all, which removes the question. The federal exclusions do not bind a state, so state exposure has to be reviewed separately from the 1040. See state residency and domicile.
How do I file US taxes from abroad?
The same forms as anyone else, electronically where your circumstances allow it and on paper where a form or an election requires ink. Three differences matter. An automatic extension applies where your main home is outside the United States. The account report goes to FinCEN separately from the return, on its own schedule. And interest on any balance runs from the ordinary due date regardless of extensions, so an extension buys filing time, not payment time. See a US return from abroad.
