Written Answers - Tax Code.Thursday, 11 December 2008 |
Dáil Eireann Debate
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Deputy David Stanton
asked the
Minister for Finance
the number of people availing of the rent-a-room tax relief; the cost to the State of this relief in 2006, 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Minister for Finance (Deputy Brian Lenihan):
I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that the most recent year for which the necessary detailed statistical information is available in relation to the Rent-a-Room Scheme is the income tax year 2005. In that year, an estimated 2,820 claimants availed of the tax exemption at an estimated cost to the Exchequer of €3.3 million.
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