About IrishNetPay.com

Who Built This Calculator

IrishNetPay.com is published by Radif Partners, a publisher of calculators and practical guides. Specialising in Irish personal finance, Radif Partners combines its experience of financial software with a thorough understanding of the Irish tax system, PAYE, USC, PRSI, and tax credits, to build accurate, transparent, and easy-to-use calculators. Its aim is to make complex tax and welfare calculations transparent and free to use.

Our Mission

The mission of IrishNetPay.com is to provide Irish employees, contractors, and job seekers with a fast, free, and accurate salary calculator. We believe that understanding your take-home pay should not require an accountant or expensive software. Our goal is to empower workers across Ireland to make informed financial decisions by demystifying PAYE income tax, Universal Social Charge, and PRSI contributions.

How the Calculator Works

Our calculator uses the latest Irish tax rates, bands, and thresholds published by Revenue.ie for the current tax year. When you enter your gross salary, the tool applies the standard rate and higher rate of income tax based on your personal circumstances, including marital status and tax credits. It then calculates your Universal Social Charge (USC) using the progressive USC bands and determines your Pay Related Social Insurance (PRSI) contribution based on your employment class.

The result is a detailed breakdown showing your gross pay, each deduction, and your final net (take-home) pay. The calculations run entirely in your browser, meaning your salary data is never sent to any server. We update the tax rates at the start of each tax year to reflect changes announced in the national budget.

What this site does that the official pages do not

Revenue, the Department of Social Protection and Citizens Information publish the rules, and they are the authority on them. What they rarely do is apply those rules to one person's figures. This site does better than the first search result on that point: each page works out the amount for your own case, the net salary from a payslip, the Jobseeker's or Illness Benefit rate from your 2024 earnings, the Jobseeker's Allowance or Carer's Allowance left after the means test, the State Pension under the 2026 transition between the yearly average and the Total Contributions Approach, the Stamp Duty on a new home once the VAT is taken out, and the Help to Buy refund under its three limits.

Each calculator is tested against the worked examples the paying body publishes, and each page lists its official sources with the date they were read. The social welfare section brings all the 2026 weekly rates into one table.

Data Sources

All tax rates, credits, and thresholds used in our calculations are sourced directly from official Irish government publications. Our primary references include Revenue.ie for PAYE, USC, Stamp Duty and Help to Buy, the Department of Social Protection's SW19 booklet of 2026 rates for PRSI and every welfare payment, and Citizens Information for the detail of each scheme. We cross-reference multiple official sources to ensure accuracy.

While we strive for precision, this calculator is intended for estimation purposes only. Individual circumstances may vary, and we recommend consulting a qualified tax advisor or Revenue for definitive calculations related to your specific tax situation. The calculator does not account for every possible relief, exemption, or special circumstance that may apply.

Contact

If you have questions, feedback, or suggestions for improving the calculator, please reach out through our website. We appreciate hearing from users and continuously work to improve the accuracy and usability of our tools.