#627 Is the Taxman Taking the Care Out of Caring?

The Niall Boylan Podcast (They Told Me To Shut Up) · Jan 21, 2026 · 1h 7m

Today on the podcast, Niall is joined by Jackie Flannery from the Irish Rural Farmers Association to discuss the growing backlash from family carers following a major move by the Revenue Commissioners.

Revenue has written to 34,000 carers, confirming that Carer’s Allowance and Carer’s Benefit have always been taxable, and that from 1 January last year the tax is now applied in real time. Carers who did not previously declare the payment as income are now being told they may face back-tax bills, some of them significant.

Carers are pushing back hard. Many argue they provide round-the-clock…