Income Tax Return
If you are a contractor or independent professional in Ireland, your 2025 income tax return is due this October. It is one of those jobs that feels bigger than it is, but with the right preparation, it is genuinely straightforward. Here is what you need to file, when it is due, the reliefs worth claiming, and the mistakes we see most often.
Budget, Industry News & Updates
Budget 2027 will be announced on 6 October 2026. For contractors, budget day is one of the few days in the year when your take-home pay can change without a single thing changing about your contract. Nothing is confirmed until announced, but the Summer Economic Statement has already fixed the size of the package and the Government has been direct about its priorities. Here is what has been signalled, and what is worth watching out for in October.
Business Expenses for Contractors
If you are thinking about a course or upskilling as a contractor, one question is worth answering before you pay the cost or invoice: is this a business expense or a personal one? Get it right and you can get up to 52% tax relief depending on your income and your personal situation. Get it wrong and you can miss out on some potential savings.
Contracting info
If you've been offered a contract role after years in permanent employment, working out what to ask for is usually the hardest part of the move. A day rate isn't a salary with the decimal point shifted. The way you're taxed changes, the way you're paid changes, and the rate does need to cover things your employer used to potentially absorb in the background (annual leave, bank holidays, sick days, pension).
Contracting info
Whether you're an IT contractor moving between day-rate projects or a freelancer juggling several clients at once, your accounting needs look different from a typical PAYE employee. The right structure, the expense claims, and a sensible approach to managing income that can make a real difference to what you actually take home. This guide walks through how IT contracting in Ireland works from an accounting point of view — how to structure your work, what expenses you can claim, and how to manage income that doesn't arrive in neat monthly installments.
Wealth Management & Financial Planning
For contractors operating through their own limited company, a pension is more than a retirement fund. It's the most flexible, tax-efficient way to move money out of the company and into your own name.
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