Tax relief on tuition Fees

My son will attend a private 3rd level college at a cost of 5500e can I claim tax relief on same

You may find some advice on same here.

I'd be much obliged if some one could offer an opinion on the changes to the tuition fee relief this year. It seems a little sneaky that the colleges have not advised students and prospective students of these changes.

Please see the following post:
http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showthread.php?t=159656

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jambo said:

I'd be much obliged if some one could offer an opinion on the changes to the tuition fee relief this year. It seems a little sneaky that the colleges have not advised students and prospective students of these changes.

Please see the following post:
http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showthread.php?t=159656

Mods feel free to merge these threads.

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Why should the onus be on the colleges to tell u that the IMF/EC/ECB are responsible for these changes.

The new rules are set out here
http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/it/leaflets/it31.html

The key elements are that the first 2k in reg fee/contribution fee is NOT allowable at all and on normal fees the first 1k is disallowed.

The first means that if u have >1 child in 3rd level then there is some relief