Dependent relative tax credit

Dependent Relative Tax Credit

This credit is granted to if you pay tax and maintain, at your own expense, any person who comes within any of the following categories:

• A relative, including a relative of your spouse or civil partner, who is unable to maintain himself or herself as a result of old age or ill-health
• A widowed parent / surviving civil partner parent of either yourself or your spouse or civil partner, irrespective of the state of his/her health
• A son or daughter of either yourself or your spouse or civil partner who lives with you and on whose services you must depend as a result of old age or ill health

The relative’s own income must be below a certain amount to claim this tax credit

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