If you are one of the 700,000 employees now working from your home office, kitchen table or indeed bedroom, you could be entitled to claim the e-workers tax relief. In other words, you could get back some of the costs of utility bills and other expenses you have incurred, such as heating, electricity and broadband. Irish people are quite poor at claiming tax refunds, so we asked Marian Ryan, Consumer Tax Manager with Taxback.com for some advice on how you can get back what you're owed. Am I considered an e-worker? You are considered an e-worker if you work at home on a full or part-time basis and you either log onto a work computer remotely, or you develop ideas, products or services remotely.