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Rent Relief on Single Room

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  • 26-10-2010 7:30pm
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    BobbyOLeary
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    Hi there,

    I'll apologise in advance if I'm asking some stupid questions but I'm struggling to get my head around what rent relief is exactly.

    I'm a Graduate Medical Student in UCD and currently renting a house in Dublin (started in September). Previous to this I lived in digs (rented a room in a family house), also in Dublin. I have a couple of questions with regards to rent relief.

    Since September 2009 I haven't had a job in Ireland and as such haven't paid a dot in tax. I have however paid rent during this period. From conversations with friends of mine I'm under the impression that I can still claim back some of my rent as part of the rent would have been tax. Is this true or am I completely off the mark?

    What I'm asking really is if there's any way I can get some money back via rent relief on rent paid over the last few years?

    Any help in clarifying this would be greatly appreciated.


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    Victor
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    You can only use the credit in the years that you actually paid income tax.


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    BobbyOLeary
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    Victor wrote: »
    You can only use the credit in the years that you actually paid income tax.

    Cheers. As I got financial help from my parents for a couple of these years could they claim?


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    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,388 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    I suspect not. You would need to check into it carefully.

    Certainly with health insurance, you can - its the amount of health insurance you've paid for, not the amount of health insurance you've paid for yourself.


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