Hi,
A relative recently passed away who was under the care of a nursing home funded by the Fair Deal scheme. I have lived in their home for 6 years and have now inherited this house. Rather than sell the house to repay the Fair Deal loan of approx €112k, I intend to pay the loan and remain in the house.
My question is, am I entitled to claim this payment through health expenses?
The payment is collected by Revenue, the website states once the loan is repaid, you or your estate can claim the amount in health expenses but I'm not sure if this applies once another person is paying.
I have contacted revenue several times and the people I have spoken to said they didn't know.
Any help on this would be much appreciated.
A relative recently passed away who was under the care of a nursing home funded by the Fair Deal scheme. I have lived in their home for 6 years and have now inherited this house. Rather than sell the house to repay the Fair Deal loan of approx €112k, I intend to pay the loan and remain in the house.
My question is, am I entitled to claim this payment through health expenses?
The payment is collected by Revenue, the website states once the loan is repaid, you or your estate can claim the amount in health expenses but I'm not sure if this applies once another person is paying.
I have contacted revenue several times and the people I have spoken to said they didn't know.
Any help on this would be much appreciated.