It all adds up: Get some tax relief from your money woes

Millions are paid back by Revenue in overpaid taxes every year. And with the economy in recession, now is as good a time as any to look at ways in which you too can claim tax relief. In the first of a two-day series, Niamh Hennessy — in association with the Irish Taxation Institute — examines the areas where you can claim tax relief, talks to the experts and takes you through the finer points of your pay slip.

* MEDICAL EXPENSES:

Relief can be claimed on certain doctor and consultant fees, dentist fees and drugs or medicines prescribed by a doctor.