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Irish payroll is detailed and closely monitored. With real‑time PAYE reporting (PAYE Modernisation) to Revenue, mandatory PRSI (social insurance) and USC (Universal Social Charge) contributions, and strict compliance under Irish employment law, accuracy is essential. Add in requirements for regular employer returns and frequent Revenue updates, and payroll becomes a time‑intensive process.
Our expert‑led services and purpose‑built payroll platform ensure your payroll in Ireland is always accurate, compliant, and timely. And whenever questions arise, your dedicated support team is just a phone call away.
So you can focus on growing your business, not Ireland’s complex payroll system.
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Ireland payroll: frequently asked questions
It means handing your Irish payroll operation to a specialist provider that calculates PAYE income tax, PRSI and USC, produces compliant payslips, and files real-time payroll submissions to Revenue on or before each pay date. A good provider also handles the new My Future Fund auto-enrolment pension deductions and keeps you aligned with Revenue’s ROS rules and Budget changes. This lets Irish and foreign employers stay compliant without building an in-house payroll team.
Irish PAYE is charged at two rates: 20% (the standard rate) up to a person’s standard rate cut-off point and 40% on income above it. For 2026 the standard rate band is €44,000 for a single person and €53,000 for a married couple/civil partnership (increasable by up to €35,000 for a second earner). Tax credits then reduce the bill directly: an employee in 2026 typically gets a €2,000 Personal Tax Credit plus a €2,000 Employee Tax Credit. (Source: revenue.ie Budget 2026 Summary; citizensinformation.ie, 2026.)
PRSI (Pay Related Social Insurance) is a social-insurance contribution split between employer and employee, while USC (Universal Social Charge) is an additional income tax on gross pay. From 1 October 2025 the Class A employee PRSI rate is 4.2% and the main employer rate is 11.25% (9.0% on weekly earnings of €527 or less), and both are scheduled to rise again on 1 October 2026 to 4.35% and 11.40% (9.15% lower rate). USC for 2026 runs at 0.5% on the first €12,012, 2% on the next €16,688 (up to €28,700), 3% on the next €41,344, and 8% on the balance, with incomes of €13,000 or less exempt. (Sources: citizensinformation.ie; revenue.ie USC standard rates; KPMG Budget 2026, 2026.)
PAYE Modernisation, live for all Irish employers since 1 January 2019, requires you to report each employee’s pay and statutory deductions to Revenue in real time via a payroll submission, made on or before the day the employee is paid. Submissions are filed through Revenue’s Online Service (ROS), either directly from payroll software or by upload/online form, at individual payslip level. This means Irish payroll must be run and filed accurately every single pay run rather than reconciled at year end. (Source: revenue.ie payroll submissions guidance, 2026.)
Beyond gross salary, the biggest statutory employer cost is employer PRSI at 11.25% from 1 October 2025 (rising to 11.40% on 1 October 2026), with a reduced 9.0% rate for lower earnings. From 1 January 2026 employers must also make matching auto-enrolment pension contributions under My Future Fund, starting at 1.5% of qualifying earnings for eligible staff. Employers additionally fund statutory leave and remit employee PAYE, PRSI and USC to Revenue in real time. (Sources: citizensinformation.ie; gov.ie My Future Fund, 2026.)
Operating your own Irish payroll normally requires registering as an employer with Revenue and having an Irish presence to hold a PAYE registration and file real-time submissions through ROS. Alternatively, an Employer of Record (EOR) legally employs your Irish staff on its own entity, so it becomes the registered employer, runs compliant PAYE/PRSI/USC payroll, and handles My Future Fund auto-enrolment for you. This lets you hire and pay people in Ireland quickly without incorporating a local company. (Source: revenue.ie employer obligations, 2026.)