Just 66,000 out of 600,000 who have filed a tax return claimed the tax relief, figures from the Revenue show. Unions say claiming for work-from-home expenses is onerous, and they have backed a commitment by the Government to review the allowance. But Revenue has confirmed that at the end of May just €9.5m had been paid by it in remote working relief. Around 11pc of these returns contain a claim for remote working relief, which works out at around 66,200 claims. With so few claiming the relief, Revenue was asked if it could do more to make it easier to claim.

Source: Irish Independent June 01, 2021 11:13 UTC