How to get off Emergency Tax – Revenue

Emergency Tax rates will be applied to your pay by your employer where:

you have not provided your employer with your Personal Public Service Number (PPSN)
or
your job is not registered with Revenue.

If you have worked in Ireland previously, you must provide your employer with your PPSN. If you do not have a PPSN, contact the Department of Social Protection (DSP) to get one.

When your employer has your PPSN, they can then request a Revenue Payroll Notification (RPN). This will show your total tax credits, tax rate band and Univeral Social Charge (USC) rate band. Your employer can then make the correct tax deductions from your pay and take you off Emergency Tax. If appropriate, your employer may also refund any tax or USC that was over-deducted.

You will continue to be taxed on an emergency basis until your employer receives an RPN for you.

How to register your job

Note

You will need to be registered for myAccount.

In most cases, your employer will register your job with Revenue. You can check your registered jobs using PAYE Services in myAccount.

If your job is not registered, then you can register it yourself in myAccount. Once you have successfully registered your job, an RPN will be made available to your employer.

What to do if it is your first job

Your employer should notify Revenue when you start a new job and provide us with your:

PPSN
name
employment commencement date
unique employment identifier.

What to do if it is a second (or multiple) job

You might start a second job, in addition to your existing job. If you do, then your new employer should register the employment with Revenue. Use myAccount to check all your jobs are registered.

If your new employer does not register your job, then you can register it yourself.

You can also use myAccount to allocate your tax credits and rate band between your existing job and your new job. Your new employer will then receive an RPN which instructs them on the correct tax deductions to make.