80,000 workers set to lose tax breaks worth up to €750

From January 1, shop assistants, agricultural advisers, cardiac technicians, journalists, professional valuers and freelance actors will no longer be able to claim flat rate expenses - a tax relief available for expenses incurred as part of employment

In another blow to the squeezed middle, more than 80,000 workers are set to lose out on tax breaks worth up to €750 each year, as the Revenue Commissioners cut flat rate relief for a number of different industries.

From January 1 onwards, shop assistants, agricultural advisers, cardiac technicians, journalists, professional valuers and freelance actors will no longer be able to claim flat rate expenses - a tax relief available for expenses incurred ...