Updated for tax year 2026Figures verified on 14 September 2026

Guides to pay and rights in Ireland

Fourteen guides written from the official sources, each carrying the date its figures were verified. No filler and no generic advice.

All fourteen guides

The standard rate band, the two rates, and what tax credits actually do.

The charge that has no credits, no reliefs and very few exemptions.

What the deduction buys, and the weekly thresholds that decide it.

There is an entitlement. There is no universal percentage.

Three ways to calculate it, and you get whichever gives you most.

What you are entitled to, and why it is usually unpaid.

Five days, 70% of pay, capped — and what happens after that.

The State payment that starts where your employer stops.

Worth up to €1,000 a year — and it is not given automatically.

Every line, in order, in plain language.

The arithmetic, and the two mistakes nearly everyone makes.

Net pay, real hours, and the costs nobody puts in the advert.

Split shifts, midnight finishes, unpaid breaks and tips.

No statutory premium — but there are statutory limits.