Following recent developments of the PAYE system,  employees and Proprietary Directors can now access details of their total pay and statutory deductions for 2019. They can also view their tax position for the year based on Revenue’s preliminary calculation.

New terminology and documentation have been introduced as follows:

1. The Employment Detail Summary replaces the P60 for 2019 and subsequent years. is the official record of an employee’s pay and statutory deductions for the year.
2. The Preliminary End of Year Statement is a calculation by Revenue of the employee or Proprietary Director’s income tax and USC liabilities for 2019 based on the payroll information submitted by employers throughout 2019.
3. The Statement of Liability replaces the P21 Balancing End of Year Statement.

You can access the record of your payroll details for 2019 as follows:

• Go to MyAccounts
• Click on the PAYE Services Screen
• Click on Employment Detail Summary
• Click on Review Your Tax 2016 – 2019

This summary of payroll information or proof of income can be downloaded or printed for you to retain or it provided to third parties as required.

To calculate whether you have underpaid, overpaid or paid the correct amount of income tax and USC for 2019 you can request a Preliminary End of Year Statement by

• Clicking on PAYE Services
• Clicking on Review Your Tax 2016 – 2019
• Clicking on Statement of Liability for 2019

If you have overpaid your taxes, based on the Revenue’s records, please be aware that the refund will not issue automatically.   You will need to file an Income Tax Return for 2019 to include (i) your total income, (ii) any allowable deductions and (iii) your tax credits so that Revenue has been provided with full and complete information necessary to calculate your tax position.

In order to file an Income Tax Return, you should:

• Go to MyAccount
• Click onto the pre-populated form for 2019
• Examine the information contained in the form to ensure it is correct
• Insert all relevant information that has not been included in this pre-populated form including dividend income, deposit interest, health expenses, etc.

Once you have submitted your Income Tax Return,  it will be processed by Revenue and a Statement of Liability will issue along wtih any refund due for the 2019 year of assessment.

The refund can be paid in two ways: (i) directly into your bank account or (ii) by cheque posted to your home address.  if you wish to have the refund transferred electronically, you must:

• Go to MyAccounts
• Click onto MyProfile
• Insert the BIC, IBAN and full name on the bank account in the relevant sections

If, however, the Preliminary End of Year Statement shows that you underpaid your taxes for the 2019 year of assessment, you must file an online Income Tax Return to include all relevant income, allowable deductions, tax credits, etc.  This can be done through MyAccount.  Once Revenue has processed the information, a Statement of Liability will issue.  This document will outline how any underpayment is be recovered.  Options include adjusting your tax credits and standard rate cut-off point over one or more years.

The Revenue Commissioners will write to taxpayers who have underpaid tax based on their preliminary calculations, requiring them to complete and file an Income Tax Return for 2019.

In circumstances where the taxpayer does not file a return, the Revenue Commissioners will write to them again, this time outlining how the underpayment is to be collected.