Start with the credits already on your record
Employees can view their Tax Credit Certificate in Revenue myAccount. Revenue says credits reduce Income Tax and are normally spread across the year under PAYE. Read Revenue’s credit explanation.
Then review changes since your last certificate: starting work, marriage or civil partnership, caring responsibilities, rent, health expenses, remote working or a change in income can matter.
Search by circumstance
- Work: Employee Tax Credit or Earned Income Credit, depending on the income type.
- Personal and family: personal credits, joint assessment, Single Person Child Carer Credit, Home Carer Tax Credit and incapacitated-child provisions.
- Housing: current Rent Tax Credit or other narrowly defined property reliefs.
- Health and care: qualifying health expenses, dependent-relative or incapacitated-person provisions.
Revenue’s 2026 rates and relief chart is a directory, not proof that you qualify.
Claim safely
- Open the specific Revenue page and read all conditions.
- Check the relevant tax year: amounts and rules can change.
- Gather receipts, dates and relationship or income evidence.
- Use “Manage your tax for the current year” in myAccount for current PAYE claims; use the previous-year review route where appropriate.
- Check the updated certificate and later Statement of Liability.
Revenue says previous PAYE years can generally be reviewed through myAccount for the preceding four years; the availability of a refund still depends on the claim and time limits. See Revenue’s end-of-year process.
Sources
- Revenue: How tax credits work : accessed 11 July 2026.
- Revenue: 2026 rates, bands and reliefs : accessed 11 July 2026.
- Revenue: Credits, reliefs and exemptions directory : accessed 11 July 2026.
Update triggers: Budget or Finance Act changes; Revenue eligibility or claim-route changes.