One Parent Family Tax Credit
- Who can Claim?
- Conditions to Qualify
- Relief Due
- Documentation Required
- Where to send claim
- Reference Material
- Additional Information
Who can Claim?
A One-Parent Family Tax Credit is a tax credit that is available to a single parent, or a person who has custody of and maintains a child who is living with him or her. This can include someone who is single, widowed, a surviving civil partner, deserted, separated (from spouse or civil partner), divorced or whose civil partnership has been dissoved.
Conditions to Qualify
- Claimant is not jointly assessed to tax as a married person or a civil partner
- Claimant is not living with spouse or civil partner
- Claimant is not cohabiting
- Claimant has not been widowed or became a surviving civil partner in the year for which they are making this claim and is not in receipt of the basic personal tax credit to which they are entitled as a result of their bereavement in that year.
Relief Due
See charts for
For 2001 onwards - No income limit.
Documentation Required
Form OP1 - Claim for One Parent Family Tax Credit (PDF, 304KB)
Where to send your claim
Use your PPS number to find the postal address for your Revenue office in our Contact Locator.
Reference Material
- Leaflet IT 9 - One Parent Family Tax Credit
- Section 462 TCA 1997
Additional Information
- The tax credit is fixed - irrespective of the number of children.
- The tax credit is not apportioned between claimants. Each parent receives the full tax credit once the child resides with both parents for at least part of the relevant tax year.
- Child - Includes stepchild, informally adopted child or any child for whom claimant has custody and maintains at his or her expense.
- Qualifying Child - Child under 18 years of age or Child over 18 years of age if in full time education or permanently incapacitated.