Tax relief if paying for relatives dental work

ballybro

Hi if my wife pays the cost of her mothers dental work (€1000) would we be entitled to claim tax relief.My wifes mother is a pensioner/retired and not paying any tax.What would we need as proof that we paid the cost is it the Med 2 form or a receipt or both.

DmanDmythDledge

You can claim tax relief paid by yourself in respect of any individual, so long as the dental work qualifies (see below link).
http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/it/leaflets/it6.html#section3a

You'll find more information within that link as to how to claim the relief. You can claim the relief via PAYE anytime or by a completing a Form MED1. You do not have to submit receipts but hang on to them in case the claims are ever queried by Revenue.

Howjoe1

ballybro wrote: »

Hi if my wife pays the cost of her mothers dental work (€1000) would we be entitled to claim tax relief.My wifes mother is a pensioner/retired and not paying any tax.What would we need as proof that we paid the cost is it the Med 2 form or a receipt or both.

Yes you can claim tax relief for person you pay on behalf of. Would need a med2 completed by dentist to prove the expense qualifies. Just hold onto the receipt in case requested.

digzy

In my dental practice people are constantly tormenting me in October for receipts for their 'accountant'. Close on 100% of the time it's for routine work that's not tax deductible.

Do accountants just 'chance it' and put in these as legit deductions, or is there a threshold below which revenue don't ask any questions? If I didn't know any better there's a few accountants not too au fait with the list if deductible treatments.

It's news to me regarding someone other than the patient being able to use the tax relief. Happens a lot, where adult kids have ortho paid for by their folks.

Howjoe1

digzy wrote: »

In my dental practice people are constantly tormenting me in October for receipts for their 'accountant'. Close on 100% of the time it's for routine work that's not tax deductible.

Do accountants just 'chance it' and put in these as legit deductions, or is there a threshold below which revenue don't ask any questions? If I didn't know any better there's a few accountants not too au fait with the list if deductible treatments.

It's news to me regarding someone other than the patient being able to use the tax relief. Happens a lot, where adult kids have ortho paid for by their folks.

Yes accountants are aware of what can and cannot be claimed. They usually tell the client to gather up all medical receipts for the year, not just dental, and would never submit a claim for dental work without a completed MEd2 showing the nature of the work. If a client has receipts for routine cleaning, extractions etc, they are not included.

And yes the person paying can claim on behalf of others, similar with tuition fees.

CIARAN_BOYLE

digzy wrote: »

In my dental practice people are constantly tormenting me in October for receipts for their 'accountant'. Close on 100% of the time it's for routine work that's not tax deductible.

Do accountants just 'chance it' and put in these as legit deductions, or is there a threshold below which revenue don't ask any questions? If I didn't know any better there's a few accountants not too au fait with the list if deductible treatments.

It's news to me regarding someone other than the patient being able to use the tax relief. Happens a lot, where adult kids have ortho paid for by their folks.

we rarely have a sit down with clients where we tell them whats deductible and whats not instead we tell them to send in medical receipts and we will mak the decision if it is deductible or not.

scheister

digzy wrote: »

In my dental practice people are constantly tormenting me in October for receipts for their 'accountant'. Close on 100% of the time it's for routine work that's not tax deductible.

Do accountants just 'chance it' and put in these as legit deductions, or is there a threshold below which revenue don't ask any questions? If I didn't know any better there's a few accountants not too au fait with the list if deductible treatments.

It's news to me regarding someone other than the patient being able to use the tax relief. Happens a lot, where adult kids have ortho paid for by their folks.

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

we rarely have a sit down with clients where we tell them whats deductible and whats not instead we tell them to send in medical receipts and we will mak the decision if it is deductible or not.

Id be the similar to Ciaran Boyle let them send in the receipts for dental work if i don't have a Med 2 i don't put it on the return