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Are you due tax back?
Check for a PAYE tax refund in minutes, find every credit and relief you are owed, and claim your tax back for free through Revenue myAccount.
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Claim your tax refund
Check if you are due tax back, see the credits most people miss, and follow the myAccount steps to claim for 2022 to 2025.
Find the reliefs behind a refund
Ten plain questions, then the credits and reliefs most likely to put tax back in your pocket.
Complete a return
Section-by-section help for the PAYE return, Statement of Liability and Form 11 routing.
Questions people ask
All questionsHow long does a tax refund take in Ireland?
Revenue pays PAYE refunds to your bank account within three to five working days of processing your return. What happens first, and what slows it down.
How do I know if I am due a tax refund?
Check the Preliminary End of Year Statement in myAccount, then add the credits you missed. Only a Statement of Liability confirms a refund.
Do I pay more tax with a second job?
You do not pay more tax overall for having two jobs, but you will overpay during the year unless you divide your credits and rate band between them in myAccount.
Revenue says I underpaid tax. What happens now?
Underpayments under 6,000 euro are collected interest-free by reducing your tax credits over up to four years, or you can pay in myAccount. Claiming missed credits can shrink the figure.
Married or civil partners: joint assessment, separate assessment or separate treatment?
Joint assessment is the default and usually best; separate assessment gives the same total tax with separate paperwork; separate treatment is rarely better. The deadlines and the year-of-marriage refund.
Is a redundancy payment taxed?
Statutory redundancy is tax free. Ex gratia lump sums are exempt up to the basic exemption, the increased exemption or SCSB, whichever is highest, with a lifetime cap.
Tax reliefs that lead to a refund
All reliefsRent Tax Credit
Who can claim the Rent Tax Credit, the maximum for each year from 2022 to 2026, the RTB requirement and how to claim in myAccount.
creditDependent Relative Tax Credit
Check 2026 eligibility, income limits and how to claim the Dependent Relative Tax Credit. Plain-English examples and official Revenue links.
deductionHealth Expenses Relief
Medical expenses relief in Ireland at 20%, qualifying costs, receipts, reimbursements and the four-year rule.
deductionRemote Working Relief
How Revenue calculates remote working relief on electricity, heating and broadband, with worked examples and the days-at-home formula.
deductionTuition Fees Relief
Relief at 20% on approved third-level course fees up to 7,000 euro per course, after a 3,000 (full-time) or 1,500 (part-time) disregard.
creditHome Carer Tax Credit
Who qualifies for the Home Carer Tax Credit, the income limit and taper, and how it interacts with the increased rate band.
Tax refund calculators
All toolsTax refund calculator (PAYE refund estimator)
See if you are due tax back: recomputes your Income Tax for the year and compares it with the tax taken through payroll. Indicative only.
Rent Tax Credit calculator
20% of qualifying rent, capped by year and by your Income Tax liability.
Remote working calculator
Revenue's 30% formula apportioned by days at home, less any employer allowance.
Health expenses calculator
Relief at 20% on unreimbursed expenses, with the separate nursing-home path at your highest rate.
Return walkthroughs
All formsPAYE Income Tax Return
How to fill the PAYE Income Tax Return in myAccount: a guided walkthrough of every section and field, from requesting a Statement of Liability to claiming credits, with what to enter and where to find it.
myAccount or ROSWhich return do I file?
Routing rules for PAYE workers with side income: when the myAccount return is enough and when Form 11 self-assessment is required.
myAccountStatement of Liability
How to read your Statement of Liability: what each line means, how refunds and underpayments are handled, and how to amend or appeal.
ROSForm 11
How to fill Form 11 on ROS: who must file, every panel and field explained with what to enter and where to find it, deadlines and preliminary tax. PAYEWise explains the form; it does not file it.