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Irish income tax calculator 2026
20% and 40%, then the personal and PAYE credits.
How to use it
- Choose the household: single, one income, or two incomes.
- Enter the salary or salaries for the year.
- Read the 20% slice, the 40% slice, the credits, and the tax after credits.
Credits come off at the end
Tax is worked out first. A single person’s credits are the €2,000 personal credit and the €2,000 employee credit. A married couple’s personal credit is €4,000, and each spouse in work has their own €2,000 employee credit. If the credits are larger than the tax, the tax is zero. It does not become a payment back to you on this page.
Citizens Information’s two-income example is €57,000 and €37,000. The first salary is €53,000 at 20% (€10,600) and €4,000 at 40% (€1,600). The second is €35,000 at 20% (€7,000) and €2,000 at 40% (€800). This page uses that split: the higher salary gets the €53,000 band, and the lower salary gets the increase, which cannot be moved across.
What is left out
USC and PRSI are not income tax. They are on the take-home page. The Single Person Child Carer Credit, the Home Carer Credit, the age credit and the rent tax credit are real reliefs, and they are not in this calculator. Neither is the extra standard-rate band for a person who qualifies for the Single Person Child Carer Credit.
Sources for 2026
- Revenue tax rates, bands and credits for 2026
- Citizens Information: how income tax is calculated
- Revenue: calculating your USC
- PRSI Class A rates
- Revenue: residential stamp duty rates
- Revenue: current VAT rates
- Revenue: pension contribution relief limits
Rates were reviewed on 8 October 2026. Email hello@handyyoke.ie if a figure looks out of date.
Questions
Do civil partners use the married bands?
Yes. Revenue’s tables give civil partners the same cut-off points and the same personal credit as a married couple.
Is the tax code the same as a UK one?
No. Irish PAYE uses tax credits and a standard-rate cut-off, not a UK tax code.