Dependent relative tax credit

Dependent Relative Tax Credit

You may claim this credit if you maintain a relative at your own expense. You can claim for your relative, or a relative of your spouse or civil partner.

Conditions to qualify

The relative you claim for must be:

1. your relative, or your spouse’s relative, who is unable to maintain themselves due to incapacity by old age or infirmity
2. your widowed father or widowed mother, or your spouse or civil partner’s widowed father or widowed mother, whether incapacitated or not
3. your civil partner’s parent who is a surviving civil partner, whether they are incapacitated or not
4. your child or your civil partner’s child who lives with you and on whose services you depend due to your old age or infirmity.

Relief due

You can receive a tax credit of €70.

You will not receive a tax credit if your dependent relative’s income exceeds €14,753.

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