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How to fill the PAYE Income Tax Return

Sign in to myAccount, open PAYE Services and choose Review your tax for the previous four years. Select the year, request a Statement of Liability and complete the Income Tax Return. Check the pre-filled pay figures, add any other income, claim your credits and reliefs, then submit. Revenue issues the Statement of Liability, usually within a few days.

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Written by PAYEWise editorial team, plain-English tax writers working from Revenue sources. Tax review: pending appointment of a named tax-qualified reviewer. Reviewed 28 October 2026.

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28 Oct 2026: Guided, situation-aware walkthroughs added for Form 11, the PAYE Income Tax Return, CG1 and IT38. Field labels verified for the 2025 return versions.

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Steps

Sign in to myAccount (never through a link in an email).
Open PAYE Services > Review your tax for the previous four years.
Pick the tax year and select Request a Statement of Liability.
Complete the Income Tax Return: check personal details, review pre-filled employment figures, declare any non-PAYE income, claim credits and reliefs.
Review the summary, declare it is correct and submit.
Read the Statement of Liability in My Documents. A refund is paid to the bank account on your record; an underpayment is usually collected by reducing future credits.

Guided walkthrough

Answer a few questions about your 2025 situation and the walkthrough shows only the panels and fields you need, in the order the myAccount screens present them. Tick each field as you enter it in the official service; nothing you type into the form itself is collected here.

Have ready

myAccount login (never through an emailed link).
Your Employment Detail Summary for the year, to check the pre-filled pay and tax.
Bank account details on your Revenue record (My Profile) so a refund can be paid.
Receipts or figures for anything you will claim: rent paid and landlord details, medical receipts, tuition fee receipts, utility bills for remote working, pension certificates.
Details of any other income: rental profit, dividends, deposit interest, foreign income, taxable welfare.
Your spouse or civil partner's details if jointly assessed.

Return year

Answer the situation questions to build your personal list of fields.

Field labels were verified against the 2025 version of the form; Revenue may reword a label in a later version. Samples use fictional data only.

Quick reference by section

Labels reflect the current verified version of the Revenue service. Samples use fictional data only.

Personal details

What it means: Your name, address, marital status and bank details held by Revenue.
Who needs it: Everyone; check the civil status and assessment basis are right.
Where the figure comes from: Pre-filled from your Revenue record.
Sample (fictional): Civil status: Married, jointly assessed. Bank: IBAN ending 1234 (fictional).
Pitfalls: A wrong assessment basis changes your credits and rate band.
Refunds go to the bank account here; make sure it is yours.

myAccount Source R6

PAYE income

What it means: Pay, Income Tax, USC and PRSI reported by each employer or pension provider.
Who needs it: Everyone with PAYE income.
Where the figure comes from: Pre-filled from your Employment Detail Summary.
Sample (fictional): Employer: Example Ltd; Gross pay 42,000; Income Tax 5,200; USC 900 (fictional).
Pitfalls: If an employment is missing, contact the employer: you cannot edit these figures yourself.
Social welfare payments taxable under PAYE appear here too.

Employment Detail Summary PAYE Source R29

Non-PAYE income

What it means: Other income such as rental profit, foreign income, fees or dividends.
Who needs it: Anyone with income not taxed through payroll.
Where the figure comes from: Your own records.
Sample (fictional): Irish rental income: gross 6,000, expenses 1,500, net 4,500 (fictional).
Pitfalls: Taxable non-PAYE income over 5,000 euro, or gross over 30,000 euro, means you must file Form 11 instead.
Deposit interest already taxed under DIRT is still declared.

Chargeable person DIRT Source R5

Tax credits and reliefs

What it means: Where you claim credits (rent, dependent relative, home carer) and reliefs (health, tuition, remote working).
Who needs it: Anyone claiming something not already on their Tax Credit Certificate.
Where the figure comes from: Grouped by life area: You and your family, Your job, Health, Education, Property.
Sample (fictional): Health expenses: 500; Rent Tax Credit: rent paid 12,000 (fictional).
Pitfalls: Credits already on your certificate are pre-ticked; do not add them twice.
Keep receipts for six years.

Tax credit Tax relief Source R6

Declaration and submit

What it means: You confirm the return is complete and correct.
Who needs it: Everyone.
Where the figure comes from: Final screen.
Pitfalls: You can amend a submitted return later if you discover an error.

Statement of Liability Source R6

Beyond self-service?

Several years, more than one job, a disputed Statement of Liability or a Revenue letter are where a review by a professional pays for itself. PAYEWise does not file returns; a partner accountant can quote a fixed fee.

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Sources and review

R6PAYE Income Tax Returnofficialchecked 2026-10-28
R7Statement of Liabilityofficialchecked 2026-10-28
R5Who needs to submit a tax returnofficialchecked 2026-10-28

Last reviewed 2026-10-28 (awaiting sign-off by a named tax-qualified reviewer). Every factual tax rule on this page is backed by a dated Revenue source. Spotted an error? Use the contact page.

At a glance

Service: myAccount
Purpose: Confirm your pay and tax for a year, declare other income and claim credits and reliefs so Revenue can issue a Statement of Liability.
Who: PAYE employees and pension recipients, including those with small amounts of non-PAYE income.

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Employment Detail Summary checked against payslips
Receipts gathered for each relief
Rent Tax Credit details (RTB number, landlord)
Bank details on record are correct
Return submitted and Statement of Liability downloaded

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How to fill the PAYE Income Tax Return

Steps

Guided walkthrough

Have ready

Your situation for 2025

Quick reference by section

Personal details

PAYE income

Non-PAYE income

Tax credits and reliefs

Declaration and submit

Related

At a glance

Your checklist

How to fill the PAYE Income Tax Return

Steps

Guided walkthrough

Have ready

Your situation for 2025

Quick reference by section

Personal details

PAYE income

Non-PAYE income

Tax credits and reliefs

Declaration and submit

Related

At a glance

Your checklist