Easy ways to cut tax

HARD figures on the amount of tax relief that goes unclaimed every year are not easy to find.

In 2007, Revenue estimated the figure was half a billion euro — staggering for a country this small. Hard times since have prompted more people to claim what’s theirs, though successive budgets have clawed back the more attractive reliefs. Taxation experts say that there’s as much as €840 per taxpayer in unclaimed relief sitting in State coffers. Here, we look at the main reliefs and how you claim them.

Rent Reliefs