If you rent your home in Ireland, the Rent Tax Credit puts real money back in your pocket — up to €1,000 (€1,150 from January 2027) a year on your own, or €2,000 (€2,300 from January 2027) for a couple. Best of all, you can backdate it to 2022. This free tool estimates your total in seconds, and nothing that identifies you is kept.
How much Rent Tax Credit could you get?
Revenue's own conditions, then the sum: 20% of the rent, up to the cap, but never more than the income tax you pay. About a minute. Nothing is sent.
Caps from Revenue: €1,000 single and €2,000 for a jointly assessed couple for 2024 to 2026, rising to €1,150 and €2,300 from 2027 (Budget 2027); €500 and €1,000 for 2022 and 2023. Two friends or an unmarried couple sharing a home each claim on their own share, each with the €1,000 (€1,150 from January 2027) cap.
How the credit works
The Rent Tax Credit is worth 20% of the rent you pay, up to a yearly cap. For 2024, 2025 and 2026 the cap is €1,000 for a single person and €2,000 for a jointly-assessed couple. For 2022 and 2023 it was half that — €500 and €1,000. So if your annual rent is €5,000 or more (single), you get the full €1,000.
Who can claim
- You pay rent for a home in Ireland that you live in (or, in some cases, a property your child uses to attend an approved course).
- You are not a supported tenant: anyone getting HAP, Rent Supplement or RAS cannot claim, even with a top-up. Nor can tenants of an Approved Housing Body.
- Your landlord is not your parent or child. Another relative is fine only if the tenancy is registered with the RTB, and never for digs with a relative.
- You have enough income tax paid to use the credit — it can't reduce your tax below zero, and doesn't apply against USC or PRSI.
How to claim it back
You claim directly from Revenue through myAccount — for PAYE workers it's a short online form per year, and you can do the back years at the same time. It's completely free; you never need to pay anyone to claim it for you.
Common questions
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This is a free estimate to help you decide whether to make a claim — not an offer or a guarantee, and not financial advice. Rules, rates and thresholds change. Always confirm your exact entitlement with the official source before acting.
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