Rent Relief?

Bendihorse

I applied for rent relief for the past 3 years in January, when can i expect to receive it? Could do with the sponds pretty badly... If its one of the things to be abolished in the budget, is there a chance that i wont get it at all even though i applied before the changes are implemented?

Carawaystick

No - you'll definitely get a cheque for it and a credit for this year if you're working. it should be 4-6 weeks, I got my MED1 refund in that time after sending it in in late Jan.

bladebrew

sorry to hijack your thread, but my dad keeps saying i can claim rent relief and actually get money back off the goverment,iv been payin the same amount of rent for the last 18 months,it seems strange i can get money back for rent i agreed to pay and can afford,,is it that simple??

im convinced he is mixing this up with rent allowance

AmyG

how and where do i apply

Ste.phen

Go into any revenue office or log in to the website, and fill in a RENT1 form, it's worth 400 quid for 2009, and I think about 360 for 2008, not sure what it was in previous years.
It's a handy few quid back

The revenue use it or will use it in future, to weed out the landlords who haven't been paying tax on their rental income, so overall they're likely to save a lot of cash :P

wicklowboy78

yep cash in 4 2008 u can claim 400euros.... for 2007 i got back 950euros as i was renting on me own a one bedroom flat... sure if u dont claim it back the government will just take it anywho,,,, again;-)

luckat

bladebrew wrote: »

it seems strange i can get money back for rent i agreed to pay and can afford,,is it that simple??

Bladebrew, it's up to yourself whether you want to claim it or not, if you can afford it. Probably most of us are entitled to things we don't claim.

wicklowboy78

bendihorse it will be in the post or to your bank account(as is your preferrence.... my claim took about 6 weeks i think, to be fair i was just delighted wit the cah back on money i considered long spent

Sir Oxman

wicklowboy78 wrote: »

yep cash in 4 2008 u can claim 400euros.... for 2007 i got back 950euros as i was renting on me own a one bedroom flat... sure if u dont claim it back the government will just take it anywho,,,, again;-)

That 950 figure must have been for a few years together..I thought it was a fixed relief for a single person, fixed relief for married people per year?

bladebrew

luckat wrote: »

Bladebrew, it's up to yourself whether you want to claim it or not, if you can afford it. Probably most of us are entitled to things we don't claim.

ah no im not swimming in money or anything i was just convinced my dad was mixing this up with rent allowance,if my landlord isnt declaring tax on income from my rent will it get him in trouble if i try claim rent relief?

Ste.phen

bladebrew wrote: »

ah no im not swimming in money or anything i was just convinced my dad was mixing this up with rent allowance,if my landlord isnt declaring tax on income from my rent will it get him in trouble if i try claim rent relief?

Possibly, there's no way to know, could be in a year, could be in 5 years.
Either way it's not really your problem, I don't think there'd be a huge amount of sympathy for tax dodgers here, especially with people losing their jobs, etc.