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Health expenses

  1. Overview
  2. What are qualifying expenses?
  3. Dental expenses
  4. Nursing home and additional nursing care expenses
  5. Additional diet expenses for coeliacs and diabetics
  6. Additional health care expenses for a child
  7. Additional expenses for a kidney patient
  8. How do you claim health expenses?

Overview

You can claim relief on the cost of health expenses. These can be your own health expenses, those of a family member or any individual’s, as long as you paid for them.

You cannot claim relief for any amounts that you have already received, or will receive from:

  • any policy of insurance
  • a public or local authority, for example, the Health Service Executive (HSE)
  • any other source, such as a compensation payment.

You generally receive tax relief for health expenses at your standard rate of tax (20%). Nursing home expenses are given at your highest rate of tax (up to 40%).

This section will explain the types of expenses that qualify for relief and how you can claim that relief.

The four year rule applies for claiming refunds.

Next: What are qualifying expenses?

Published: 25 March 2024 Print this page

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