Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 June 2024
30. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance the total number of rent tax credit claims made in each of the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27303/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Rent Tax Credit (RTC), as provided for in section 473B of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (TCA 1997), was introduced by the Finance Act 2022 and may be claimed in respect of qualifying rent paid in 2022 and subsequent years to end-2025.
I am advised by Revenue that the RTC statistics currently available refer only to PAYE taxpayers. Data on self-assessed taxpayers are not yet available. These data will be available, in respect of the 2022 year of assessment, later in 2024 when the self-assessed tax returns for that year, filed in late 2023, are fully analysed.
I am further advised by Revenue that the data are provisional and subject to change.
The below table outlines the number of claimants by year of assessment and by county for 2022, 2023 and 2024 as at 17 June 2024.
Rent Tax Credit claimants are on a ‘taxpayer unit’ basis. A taxpayer unit is either an individual with any personal status who is singly assessed or a couple in a marriage or civil partnership who have elected for joint assessment.
The below table outlines the number of claimants by year of assessment and by county for 2022, 2023 and 2024 as at 25 June 2024.
|
County |
2022 Year of Assessment |
2023 Year of Assessment |
2024 Year of Assessment |
|
Carlow |
2,553 |
2,295 |
471 |
|
Cavan |
2,356 |
2,327 |
466 |
|
Clare |
3,528 |
3,276 |
770 |
|
Cork |
31,128 |
27,919 |
6,468 |
|
Donegal |
3,490 |
3,219 |
753 |
|
Dublin |
129,437 |
122,371 |
29,217 |
|
Galway |
19,629 |
16,818 |
4,135 |
|
Kerry |
4,294 |
3,915 |
761 |
|
Kildare |
10,022 |
9,397 |
2,171 |
|
Kilkenny |
2,971 |
2,849 |
620 |
|
Laois |
2,210 |
1,994 |
493 |
|
Leitrim |
887 |
790 |
186 |
|
Limerick |
13,419 |
11,499 |
2,658 |
|
Longford |
1,637 |
1,566 |
306 |
|
Louth |
3,864 |
3,703 |
811 |
|
Mayo |
4,025 |
3,753 |
871 |
|
Meath |
5,320 |
5,340 |
1,095 |
|
Monaghan |
2,012 |
1,935 |
398 |
|
Offaly |
2,328 |
2,209 |
492 |
|
Roscommon |
1,790 |
1,714 |
396 |
|
Sligo |
3,202 |
2,757 |
627 |
|
Tipperary |
4,972 |
4,684 |
960 |
|
Waterford |
5,348 |
4,916 |
1,151 |
|
Westmeath |
4,041 |
3,808 |
881 |
|
Wexford |
4,418 |
4,056 |
894 |
|
Wicklow |
3,401 |
3,265 |
771 |
|
Not Currently Available |
3,966 |
2,827 |
601 |
|
Total |
276,248 |
255,202 |
59,423 |
