Julio's cardigan and tax reclaim advice thread

[Julio_Geordio]

Continuing the discussion from Things I learned today:

@Julio_Geordio

I am entitled to rent relief for last year even though I moved house. Had been claiming it until then but I had mistakenly thought that as I had entered into the lease post the 2010 cut off I was out of luck. Turns out once you were renting before the cut off it doesn’t matter if you move. Like finding €160 in an old pair of jeans

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@Horsebox

I’ve been renting the same place since 2009 and went to claim rent allowance a few months ago but the Revenue site said I was already doing so. Is this possible? Pretty sure I hadn’t been claiming it as I had an “agreement” with my landlord.

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@Juhniallio

How do I claim this Julio?

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@Julio_Geordio

You have to be renting since pre Dec 2010. Then you just do it on the revenue online site. Need your landlords PPS and address but other than that it’s simple. If you’ve never claimed it and are entitled there’d be 5 years worth coming your way which would be a nice chunk as it used to be worth more going back 200 in 2013, 240 in 2012, 280 in 2011 etc.
All renters are entitled to it as well so yourself & the missus if you have one could claim. It’s also worth more to married people in one of those bizarre tax breaks.

If you are renting accommodation privately (whether in Ireland or outside the State) and pay income tax, you may be eligible for tax relief on part of your rent. You can only claim this relief if you were already renting at 7 December 2010. If you were not renting on that date and you subsequently entered into a rental agreement, you will not be able to claim tax relief on your rent. However, if you were renting at 7 December 2010 you will continue to qualify for this relief even if you enter a different rental agreement after that date. The relief is being phased out and 2017 will be its last year.

*Only the rent for private rented accommodation that you use as your sole or main residence will qualify for tax relief. This includes flats, apartments and houses.*

*You cannot claim tax relief for rent paid to a local authority or a State agency, or for rent paid under a lease agreement for 50 years or more.*

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@Julio_Geordio

@Horsebox

I’ve been renting the same place since 2009 and went to claim rent allowance a few months ago but the Revenue site said I was already doing so. Is this possible? Pretty sure I hadn’t been claiming it as I had an “agreement” with my landlord.

Ask revenue mate, they are very handy deal with, most people are afraid to ring them in case they end up paying more tax or something.
AFAIK you have to submit the claim online and annually in arrears so I don’t think you wouldn’t know you had been claiming it.

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@Julio_Geordio

@Horsebox

Informative.

Actually what year did you try and claim it for?

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@Horsebox

I think it was for the last 4 years. I have college fees to claim for as well. I was going to use taxback.com or one of those because I’m extremely lazy when it comes to shit like this. Ever use any of those guys?

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@Julio_Geordio

@Horsebox

I think it was for the last 4 years. I have college fees to claim for as well. I was going to use taxback.com or one of those because I’m extremely lazy when it comes to shit like this. Ever use any of those guys?

Don’t be a mug all your life mate, you literally send them all the details you need to enter and they type them in for you.
Giving away free money.

Anyway if you tried to enter in say 2011 and you hadn’t claimed for 2010 they won’t let you. Need to claim them chronologically.

[Julio_Geordio]

No point clogging up the other thread with your simplicity @Horsebox

[Horsebox]

Scorn me not though. Cheers I’ll have another go off their website. Maybe I wasnt using it chronologically.

[Julio_Geordio]

Keep at it anyway mate, worth the bones of a grand to you if you never claimed it.
You can claim bins as well for a couple of those years if you haven’t done that.
Medical receipts as well obviously.

[Juhniallio]

Anything else Julio? I’ll take any rebate available at the moment.

[Julio_Geordio]

@Juhniallio

Anything else Julio? I’ll take any rebate available at the moment.

They are the general ones mate, medical, bins & rent. The rest are more specific to circumstances like carers, college fees and stuff like that.

[glasagusban]

@Julio_Geordio, are cardigans becoming unfashionable again at this stage?

[Juhniallio]

How do I claim for the bins ?

[anon61956325]

@Julio_Geordio can I claim for princess?

[Julio_Geordio]

Think they stopped it in 2012 but you can claim for the years before that. Just log into your revenue for those years and type in how much it cost you. Ya get 20% of that back

[Julio_Geordio]

They are so out of fashion that the fashionable will soon be wearing them again

[Julio_Geordio]

Claim for her to be what?

[glasagusban]

That’s great I’ll just continue wearing them again, I may be behind the curve for a while but ill shortly be ahead of it again.

[carryharry]

In this heat?

Diddy wanks, when will these come back into fashion?