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Office of the Revenue Commissioners

To serve the community by fairly and efficiently collecting taxes and duties and implementing Customs controls

Who we are?

  • Revenue is Ireland’s taxation authority. Our core tasks are the administration and collection of taxes and duties and the implementation of customs controls.
  • Revenue currently employs approximately 6,600 staff. Staff are located in some 70 Revenue offices distributed throughout the country. 

Who we service?

  • Ireland’s tax base is wide and diverse including, for example, PAYE workers, self-assessed taxpayers, the business community and customs and excise traders.
  • Revenue is committed to supporting voluntarily compliance by providing high-quality services that make it as easy as possible for taxpayers to understand and comply with their tax obligations. In doing this we exploit technologies to enhance self-service options, enabling taxpayers to engage with us at a time and place of their choosing.
  • We also deliver a risk focused, effective and proportionate response to non-compliance, reflecting taxpayer behaviour and specific risks identified.

What we do?

  • Our core task is to fairly and efficiently collect the taxes and duties due to the State. We deliver on this core task through our agile and responsive service for compliance delivery model that is based on the evolving needs of taxpayers and tax agents, and the continually changing economic and business environments they operate in.
  • We are a highly responsive and progressive organisation with a reputation for excellence and our core values of respect, professionalism, collaboration, agility, and integrity are at the heart of our culture and how we operate. 

At a glance

Focus
  • Collection of taxes and duties
  • Implementation of customs controls
Sectors
  • All Sectors
Network
  • 70 Offices Nationwide
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Start-Up Relief for Entrepreneurs

Tax refund for job leavers starting businesses

The Start-Up Relief for Entrepreneurs (SURE) is an Income Tax refund for people who leave employment to become entrepreneurs and start up their own company. 

Grants & Funding

Revenue

You may be eligible if: 

  • You are an entrepreneur who is leaving PAYE employment (or recently unemployed) and starting your own company.
  • You have mainly PAYE income in the previous four years
  • For the three years preceding the year before the investment, you do not have earnings from any other source in excess of €50,000 or the employment income (whichever is lowest).

Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions which can be found on the Revenue website.

Key Employee Engagement Programme

Tax relief for employees of small and medium enterprises

The Key Employee Engagement Programme (KEEP) can help your business attract and retain key employees by allowing you to provide them with tax advantaged share based remuneration. 

Grants & Funding

Revenue

KEEP helps micro, small and medium enterprises attract key employees by enabling the enterprise to offer employees share options with preferential tax treatment. Most trading activities are eligible for the scheme but certain professional services and financial activities are excluded.

You may be eligible if:

  • Your company is an unquoted micro, small or medium enterprise
  • You are carrying out a qualifying trade

The scheme is also available to companies that belong to larger group structures provided they are part of a qualifying group. Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions which can be found on the Revenue website: https://www.revenue.ie/en/additional-incomes/employment-related-shares/key-employee-engagement-programme-keep/index.aspx#:~:text=KEEP%20is%20available%20for%20qualifying%20share%20options%20granted%20between%2001

Employment Investment Incentive

Tax relief to investors in early-stage companies

The Employment Investment Incentive (EII) can help your new business attract risk finance equity by providing tax relief to your investors. 

Grants & Funding

Revenue

The Employment Investment Incentive (EII) helps small and medium enterprises attract investment by offering an Income Tax relief to private investors. Most trading activities are included in the scheme but certain professional services such as legal and medical services are excluded. 

You may be eligible if: 

  • Your company is an unquoted micro-enterprise or SME carrying out a qualifying trade 

  • You are a new company that has not yet commenced operations 

  • You are a company operating less than seven years since your first commercial sale 

  • You are a company in operating less than ten years since incorporation 

  • Your company is expanding into a new economic activity 

Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions which can be found on the Revenue website. 

Start-Up Capital Incentive

Tax relief for family backing new businesses

Family are often the key investors in new micro-enterprises. The Start-Up Capital Incentive (SCI) provides tax relief to family members who invest early stage micro-enterprises. 

Grants & Funding

Revenue

SCI helps new micro-enterprises attract investment from family members (such as a spouse or civil partner, ancestor, lineal descendant or sibling). 

You may be eligible if: 

  • You are a micro-enterprise that employs less than 10 people. 

  • You are carrying out a qualifying new venture. 

  • You have not commenced or made preparations to commence carrying on any trade/business more than seven years before the share issue date. 

  • You do not have any partner/linked enterprises. 

Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions which can be found on the Revenue website. 

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