Written answers
Tuesday, 23 April 2024
Department of Finance
Tax Exemptions
Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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196. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of claimants of a tax exemption on renting a room up to €14,000. [17479/24]
Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The annual cost and number of claimants of the ‘Rent-a-Room Relief’’ is available in the Cost of Tax Expenditures Publication, which is available on the Revenue website at www.revenue.ie/en/corporate/information-about-revenue/statistics/tax-expenditures/costs-expenditures.aspx.
The following table sets out data on the number of taxpayer units availing of the Rent-a-Room scheme, together with the Exchequer cost of the relief for the years 2016 - 2021 (the latest year for which data are available).
Year | Exchequer Cost €m | Number of Taxpayer Units |
---|---|---|
2021 | 26.8 | 10,730 |
2020 | 20.7 | 9,310 |
2019 | 22.2 | 9,810 |
2018 | 19.7 | 9,240 |
2017 | 12 | 8,160 |
2016 | 9.3 | 7,350 |
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