Reclaiming DIRT tax - how far back can you go?

My parents are both over 65 and recently discovered that they have been paying DIRT tax for several years since they turned 65.

They know that they can reclaim the tax, but how many years can they go back?

4 years I believe. Provided they are under the tax exemption limit they can submit back claims for 2004-2007 on form [broken link removed]( goes to Revenue) & get the accounts exempt from DIRT from 2008 now on by filing form [broken link removed] ( goes to the relevant bank ) for each account invlolved.

4 years is the limit for any tax claim. You might want to check out the exemption limits for each year, as the DIRT tax is only refundable if their combined income from all sources is below or marginally above the specified exemption limit I think it was roughly 38,000 in 2007 for a married couple over 65.

Thanks for the info, lads