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Employee pay day - calculating Income Tax and Universal Social Charge

  1. Overview
  2. Weekly, fortnightly, four-weekly and monthly pay periods
  3. Twice-monthly, quarterly, half-yearly and yearly pay periods
  4. Payments for irregular periods
  5. Other payments

Overview

Note

The information in this section refers to your current obligations. For your obligations before 1 January 2019, please see the Employers Guide to PAYE.

Each employee is entitled to tax credits, tax and Universal Social Charge (USC) cut-off points depending on personal circumstances. The total amounts are outlined on the Revenue Payroll Notification (RPN). The RPN will also show whether these should be given on either a:

  • cumulative basis
  • week 1 or month 1 basis.

If there is no RPN available for an employee, you must calculate tax on an emergency basis.

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Published: 22 November 2023 Print this page

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