Nursing Home Expenses
Nursing Home Expenses
You can claim relief on nursing home expenses at your highest rate of tax either 20% or 40% if:
- the nursing home provides 24 hour on-site nursing care
- the maintenance or treatment expenses incurred are in association with the services of a practitioner
- the expenses are for diagnostic procedures carried out on the advice of a registered practitioner.
Nursing Homes Support Scheme / Fair Deal Scheme
Anyone who avails of financial support in the form of the “ nursing home fair deal loan” may claim tax relief in respect of any other contributions paid for nursing home care based on their own weekly/monthly income and savings. In other words, amounts paid by the individual in addition to the contribution made by the State under the Nursing Home Support Scheme.
The HSE also pay a contribution towards the cost of the nursing home. You cannot claim relief on the share paid by the HSE.
See the section on the Nursing Home (Fair Deal) Loan Scheme on www.revenue.ie for more information on this scheme.
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