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by Brigid from Ireland » Fri Dec 27, 2013 11:17 pm
In my opinion you must file the paperwork for 2013 and 2014. The right of your husband is based on you being a self employed migrant worker, so you must complete all the paperwork and show you paid prsi/tax (on a small profit this will be about 600 euro). You must file for the year 2013, and can file in Jan 2014.
You should also file for 2014, and can complete the tax return when you close the business. So if you work in January and February and return to UK in March 2014, then you write to tax office, say you closed the business in Feb 2014, made a profit of 1400 euro in the two months of 2014, and they will calculate any tax due or prsi (it will be a small amount again).
Filing the tax return for 2013 and 2014 generates the necessary paperwork for your husband to enjoy the rights of a spouse of a migrant worker. If you fail to file for both years, or if you do not pay the tax/prsi, then he can lose his rights, as you have no paperwork to show as proof that he is the spouse of a migrant worker.
Officials keep asking for paperwork, if you do not pay the tax office you will not get the paperwork.
BL