The rent a room scheme lets you earn up to a threshold of 7 500 per year tax free from letting out furnished accommodation in your home.
Rent a room relief 2017 18 ireland.
If you rent out a room or flat in your home you are exempt from income tax on the amount that your tenant pays you for rent and other services up to 14 000 in a tax year.
How is relief granted.
While the room was sub let john spent 1 500 on repairs on maintaining the let room.
Rental income from renting a room in your home and related services is exempt from tax up to a maximum limit of 14 000.
The relief can also apply to a self contained unit such as a basement flat if it is part of or is directly.
This limit was 14 000 in 2017 and 12 000 in 2016 and 2015.
This is halved if you share the income with your partner.
What conditions must be met.
He sub let a room during 2018.
Rent a room relief was.
If it does then you are taxed on the.
The relief applies only to residential tenancies not to short term guest arrangements.
His tenant paid him gross rent of 13 000.
The income you receive must not exceed the exemption limit.
As 10 000 of this qualifies for wear and tear allowance he can deduct 1 250 if rent a room relief not claimed.
In 2017 denis spent 15 000 on preparing a basement flat in his sole residence for letting.
What type of residence qualifies.
How does it affect other reliefs and taxes.
Denis cannot deduct the wear and tear allowance if he claims rent a room relief 2017 tax calculation.