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Rent tax credit calculator

How much rent tax credit can I claim?

The credit is 20% of the rent you paid in the year, up to €1,000 for a single person or €2,000 for a jointly assessed couple for 2024 to 2026, with €1,150 and €2,300 announced for 2027. Enter the year and the rent, answer three conditions, and the tool gives the credit and how to claim it, including the four-year look-back.

Checked 27 OCT 2026 · Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, s.473B (rent tax credit)

The year and the rent

What you paid, and how you are taxed

Tax yearRent paid in the yearThe total you paid, not the monthly figure.Jointly assessed with a spouse or civil partnerIs the tenancy registered with the RTB?The rent is for a child in student accommodation or digsA parent may claim.I receive HAP, or the home is cost rentalThe landlord is my parent or my child

Revenue's page sets every condition; this tool applies the ones it asks. The credit cannot exceed the income tax you paid in the year, which the tool does not know.