Taxable social welfare payments
The list below shows social welfare payments that are both taxable and non-taxable; in certain circumstances, tax payments may have to been included on a tax return submitted to the Revenue Commissioners
Non-taxable payments
- Back to Work Family Dividend
- Child Benefit
- Disability Allowance
- Disablement Gratuity (lump sum payment)
- Farm Assist
- Family Income Supplement
- Jobseeker's Allowance
- Jobseeker's Benefit (paid to systematic short-term workers)
- Pre-Retirement Allowance
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance
Taxable payments
- Adoptive Benefit
- Blind Pension
- Carer's Allowance
- Carer's Benefit
- Constant Attendance Allowance (payable with Disablement Pension)
- Deserted Wife's Benefit
- Deserted Wife’s Allowance
- Death Benefit Pension
- Disablement Pension - except for child increases
- Guardian's Payment (Contributory) - taxable on child's income
- Guardian's Payment (Non-Contributory) - taxable on child's income
- Health and Safety Benefit - taxable since 1 July 2013
- Illness Benefit - except for child increases
- Invalidity Pension
- Incapacity Supplement - except for child increases
- Injury Benefit - except for child increases
- Jobseeker's Benefit and Short-Term Enterprise Allowance
(first €13 per week excluded) - Maternity Benefit - taxable since 1 July 2013
- One-Parent Family Payment
- State Pension (Contributory)
- State Pension (Non-Contributory)
- Widow’s, Widower’s or Surviving Civil Partner's (Contributory) Pension
- Widow’s, Widower’s or Surviving Civil Partner's (Non-Contributory) Pension
If you would like further information in relation to the taxation of social welfare payments, please contact a member of our professional Team on +353 74 912 2820 or email us at: mail@edwinfoley.com.
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