General information for persons with a disability

Credits, reliefs and exemptions

The following links provide information on tax credits, reliefs and exemptions for customers with a disability:

• Drivers and Passengers with Disabilities Scheme, including the Fuel Grant. See Scheme for persons with disabilities in the Vehicle Registration Tax (VRT) section.
• Repayment of Value-Added Tax (VAT) paid on certain aids and appliances, including radios for the blind. See Persons with a disability in the VAT section.
• Incapacitated Child Tax Credit.
• Single Person Child Carer Credit.
• Blind Person's Tax Credit.
• Guide Dog Allowance.
• Dependent Relative Tax Credit.
• Employing a carer.
• Deeds of Covenant.
• Revenue Job Assist.

Additional services for customers that are deaf, hard of hearing or vision impaired

Facilities for customers who are deaf or hard of hearing

We have installed loop counter systems to assist hearing aid users in eight of our public offices in Dublin, Cork and Limerick.

An Irish Sign Language interpreter service can be arranged on request for customers who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. Please contact your Access officer to arrange this service.

Facilities for customers who are vision impaired

• We try to provide, over the telephone, as comprehensive a service as possible to customers that are vision impaired. We also ensure that correspondence and form filling is kept to a minimum.
• A tax support service for customers that are vision impaired is available by telephoning your local Access officer.

Access officers

Access officers are responsible for providing or arranging for assistance and guidance to persons with disabilities accessing services provided by Revenue. They act as a point of contact for people with disabilities wishing to access such services.