Budget 2026: Welfare, petrol, diesel and cigarettes rise, little change to income tax
Changes in the rent tax credit, increase in minimum wage and VAT rate reduction for hospitality among highlights
Rent tax credit
Stories related to the rental tax credit in Ireland
‘Nothing in Budget for people like me’: A renter’s verdict
Lack of help with cost of living and failure to increase rent tax credit gives tenants little to cheer
Budget Calculator 2026: From social welfare to tax how this year’s budget will affect your income
Use our calculator to find out what this year's budget means for you and your money
Budget 2026 main points: Renters’ tax credit extended, minimal personal tax changes
Here is our detailed summary with a list of all the key measures
Proposed rent tax credit reforms face opposition in budget talks
Special relief for tenants in new builds and extending the carer’s allowance are among measures planned in October package
I met my younger self for coffee – and this is the financial advice I gave
Given what they know now, some top financial experts offer advice to younger people on making key financial decisions
Government is now a property octopus with tentacles everywhere
It hard to imagine a bigger kaleidoscope of policies and measures sitting beside any property market in the world
More than 500,000 workers in Ireland are due tax refunds they have not claimed
Revenue says easy-to-operate online tax return system allows people to claim money due for medical expenses, or rent and mortgage payments
One in four PAYE workers are overpaying tax. Can you claim money you’re owed?
Revenue figures show roughly one in four PAYE worker is overpaying tax, mostly by failing to claim reliefs to which they are entitled
Nearly all homeowners fail to claim up to €1,250 in relief on rising mortgage bills
Only one in eight of the 208,000 property owners thought eligible has applied for relief announced in Budget 2024
Budget 2025: Opposition calls for election as Coalition defends budget ‘bonanza’ in face of fierce criticism
Labour says budget was ‘all glitter and full of shiny gimmicks’; Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has said she ‘wants to see a full restoration’ of barristers fees
Budget 2025: Double child benefit payment; petrol and diesel prices to increase; series of personal tax cuts
The final cost of living package will now come in at just shy of €2 billion, well in excess of the €1.5bn expected
Budget 2025: Who stands to benefit most from tax changes and cost-of-living measures?
Budget 2025: Double-income households earning above €50,000 each with three children to benefit most in hard cash terms
Budget 2025 main points: Energy credits, bonus welfare payments, higher minimum wage and tax changes
Budget 2025: USC cut to 3%; extra credits for renters; 10,000 new social homes to built and free public transport for under-9s
Budget 2025: Jack Chambers’s speech to the Dáil in full
Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure addressed the Dáil on Tuesday
Budget 2025: What we know so far – from tax cuts to pension increases and free schoolbooks
This year’s measures will be framed around tax and spending package of €8.3bn, with cost-of-living bundle worth roughly €1.5bn
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