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Tuesday, 23 April 2024

Photo of Richard BrutonRichard 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]

Photo of Michael McGrathMichael 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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