Help-to-buy applicants won't be penalised for taxes owed on Covid support payments

Thousands of workers across the country will be saddled with a tax bill in the coming days, experts have warned, after receiving either the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) or the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS). Picture: Laura Hutton/RollingNews.ie

Leeway will be given to first-time home buyers by Revenue for their help-to-buy (HTB) applications in relation to outstanding tax bills owed due to pandemic-related emergency payments.

Thousands of workers across the country will be saddled with a tax bill in the coming days, experts have warned, after receiving either the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) or the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS).