Tax Refunds for PAYE workers

YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO TAX RELIEF ON :

• Mortgage interest for the house in which you live– if you bought your first house within the last 7 years
• Medical Expenses 20% of the amount paid.
  • Not apply to routine dental and optical work
  • Nursing home, maternity
  • Keep receipts
  • Claim VHI/BUPA first
  • Form Med 1 available from Revenue
• Medical insurance paid on your behalf by your employer. 
• Wheelie bin charges (amount paid by 20%) capped at €80
• If you are renting accommodation
• If you have paid a pension (barring one paid through your employer’s payroll).
• Trade union subscriptions- €70 per year
• Professional subscriptions and any expenditure necessary for your job e.g. Medical indemnity for doctors 
• Certain College fees – course must be over 2 years.- approved college
• Certain donations to charities and sports bodies
• Over 65s can earn up to €20,000 if single and €40,000 if married free of Income Tax and Income Levy. If you are over 65 and in receipt of a pension / deposit interest you may be entitled to a refund.    
• Certain trades are entitled to flat rate expenses eg. a nurse who provides and washes her own uniforms gets €733 x 20% = €146 per annum.  
• You may also be entitled to relief if you are married and the lower earning spouse is earning less than €27,400 or is not working at all.