Are stay at home mums entitled to 'Home Carers tax credit'??

Sligo1

Came across a forum today on the weddingsonline site which said if you're a stay at home mum caring for a dependent person (or baby) and Have paid you're PRSI etc and your partner/husband is working you can claim home carers tax credit. Anyone know if this is correct?? Anyone claiming this? I'll post a link here.

Basically I'm on parental leave at the moment (unpaid) and have also taken unpaid mat leave... Therefore I havent been getting paid from work or getting anything from SW since April this year. Wondering if I can claim for this? To be honest I really don't have a clue in regards to benefits, tax credits etc... The only thing I've ever claimed for is my 6 months mat leave...

The link I've posted states a dependent person can be a child whom child benefit is payable. My som has just turned 1. Ive been working in Ireland continuously since I registered here in 2005. And my husband has been working since May 2011. Obviously I will ring and enquirer on Monday but would be grateful for any advice or opinions in the meantime. Thanks.

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/money_and_tax/tax/income_tax_credits_and_reliefs/home_carers_tax_credit.html

liliq

Sligo1 wrote: »

Came across a forum today on the weddingsonline site which said if you're a stay at home mum caring for a dependent person (or baby) and Have paid you're PRSI etc and your partner/husband is working you can claim home carers tax credit. Anyone know if this is correct?? Anyone claiming this? I'll post a link here.

Basically I'm on parental leave at the moment (unpaid) and have also taken unpaid mat leave... Therefore I havent been getting paid from work or getting anything from SW since April this year. Wondering if I can claim for this? To be honest I really don't have a clue in regards to benefits, tax credits etc... The only thing I've ever claimed for is my 6 months mat leave...

The link I've posted states a dependent person can be a child whom child benefit is payable. My som has just turned 1. Ive been working in Ireland continuously since I registered here in 2005. And my husband has been working since May 2011. Obviously I will ring and enquirer on Monday but would be grateful for any advice or opinions in the meantime. Thanks.

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/money_and_tax/tax/income_tax_credits_and_reliefs/home_carers_tax_credit.html

Yes, your partner can claim that credit. It's worth €800 a year.

Sligo1

liliq wrote: »

Yes, your partner can claim that credit. It's worth €800 a year.

Thanks Liliq, does he have to be working for a certain amount of time?

Moonbeam

Yes, and you can back claim if one of you has been home for the past few years. http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/it/credits/home-carers.html#section4

Moonbeam

Sligo1 wrote: »

Thanks Liliq, does he have to be working for a certain amount of time?

no, but it only applies to the amount of time that he has being working.

Sligo1

Ah just after seeing that I needed to have earned under a certain amount in a given tax year. Because of my maternity leave pay from work I would have exceeded this. So don't think I can claim for this.

Thanks again.