How accurate is this estimate?

It uses Revenue’s published rates and caps for each year, but it only knows what you tell it. We confirm the real figure after checking your Revenue record, and a full review can find more (or occasionally show tax owed).

Why isn’t emergency tax or USC included?

Emergency tax, USC (Universal Social Charge) overpayments and year-of-marriage refunds depend on your payslips and Revenue record, so a quick tool can’t estimate them. We check all of them in a full review.

Why can’t I pick 2026?

You can claim credits for 2026 during the year through myAccount, or on your 2026 return from January 2027. This estimator looks at the four closed years Revenue can still repay: 2022–2025.

For rent and health expenses, yes: keep your records for six years. Flat Rate Expenses don’t need receipts.

Is anything I type here sent to you?

No. The estimate is worked out in your browser. Nothing is sent unless you choose to start a claim.

Tax refund estimator, 2022–2025

Step 1 of 8

Which years, and a little about you

Years to check

Revenue can repay the last four closed years. 2026 can be claimed during the year in myAccount, or on your 2026 return from January 2027.

Your situation

SingleIncluding widowed or separatedSingle parentSingle, with a child living with youMarried, one incomeOr civil partners, one of you earnsMarried, two incomesOr civil partners, you both earn

Roughly what do you earn before tax each year?

Optional. For couples, add both incomes together. It helps us pick your tax rate and keep the estimate realistic.

Do you pay tax at 40% on any of your income?

Yes No Not sure

Not sure? We’ll assume 20%, which keeps the estimate on the cautious side.

Did your situation change between years?

Only fill in what was different. Anything blank uses your answers above.

2022 Situation Income Income tax paid (if you know it)

2023 Situation Income Income tax paid (if you know it)

2024 Situation Income Income tax paid (if you know it)

2025 Situation Income Income tax paid (if you know it)

Step 2 of 8

Did you pay rent?

The Rent Tax Credit gives back 20% of the rent you paid, up to a yearly maximum. Parents paying for a student’s college accommodation can often claim it too.

Rent paid in a year

Rent for your own home, a place you rent to get to work or college, or your child’s college accommodation. Leave out bills, meals and other charges.

Different each year?

2022202320242025

Step 3 of 8

Doctors, dentists and prescriptions

You get 20% back on qualifying health costs you paid for yourself or anyone else. Nursing home fees get relief at your highest rate.

Medical and non-routine dental costs

What you paid that insurance, the HSE or anyone else didn’t pay back.

Different each year?

2022202320242025

Nursing home fees you paid

Only your share, not the HSE’s Fair Deal part. Leave blank if none.

Different each year?

2022202320242025

Usually counts

GP and consultant fees
Prescriptions
Physio when referred
Crowns, root canals, braces
Hearing aids, IVF

Doesn’t count

Fillings, cleaning, extractions
Routine eye tests
Cosmetic treatment
Anything paid back to you

Step 4 of 8

Did you work from home?

Remote Working Relief covers 30% of your electricity, heating and broadband for the days you worked from home, less any allowance your employer paid.

Days you worked from home

Full working days at home. Not weekends, annual leave or evenings.

Different each year?

2022202320242025

Your share of electricity, heating and broadband

The full year’s bills, or just the part you paid if you split them.

Different each year?

2022202320242025

Remote working allowance from your employer, per day

Employers can pay up to €3.20 a day tax-free. Leave blank if they pay nothing.

Step 5 of 8

What do you do for work?

Many jobs have a Flat Rate Expense agreed with Revenue, for things like uniforms, tools or registration fees. It comes off your taxable income every year, and you don’t need receipts.

Your job

Not on the list? There are many more on Revenue’s list. We check your exact role when we review your claim.

Step 6 of 8

Did you pay college fees?

Tuition fees relief gives 20% back on approved third-level courses, for you or anyone you paid for. The first part of the fees in each year doesn’t count, so a student contribution on its own usually gets nothing back.

Step 7 of 8

Family, and anything else that happened

Credits you think you might have missed

Home Carer Tax CreditMarried or civil partners, jointly assessed, with one of you caring for a child, someone 65+ or someone incapacitated at home. Conditions applySingle Person Child Carer CreditYou’re single and a child lives with you for most of the year. Only one parent can claim. Conditions applyDependent Relative Tax CreditYou support a relative who can’t support themselves because of age or illness, or a widowed parent. Conditions applyAge Tax CreditYou (or your spouse or civil partner) were 65 or over in that year. Conditions apply

Incapacitated Child Tax CreditA child with a lasting physical or mental incapacity. Conditions apply Children

We count these for every year you picked. We check each year properly when we review your record.

Did any of these happen since 2022? (we can’t estimate them, but we check them)

Emergency tax, or a new job Time out of work Left Ireland, or leaving soon Got married or entered a civil partnership

Step 8 of 8

Your estimate

Estimate only. This is a rough guide based on what you've told us and Revenue's published rates. It isn't tax advice or a guarantee. Your actual refund depends on your full tax record and Revenue's review.

Good to know

Credits can’t be more than the income tax you paid in a year, so we cap each year where we can.
Rent and health relief need records. Keep receipts for six years.
Emergency tax, USC and year-of-marriage refunds aren’t estimated here, but we check them.
A review can sometimes show tax owed. If it does, we tell you before anything is filed.
For couples we can’t cap the estimate without your tax figures, so it may be on the high side.

We’ll confirm the real figure after checking your Revenue record.

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See what Revenue could owe you.

Which years, and a little about you

Did you pay rent?

Doctors, dentists and prescriptions

Did you work from home?

What do you do for work?

Did you pay college fees?

Family, and anything else that happened

Your estimate

Good to know

What the estimator counts, and what it can’t see

Estimator questions

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