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Tax week and tax month calendar

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Summary

The guide explains the tax periods used by Sage Payroll.

Description

When you set your process date in Sage Payroll (Ireland) it's used to specify the tax period that the employee is being paid for. The tax period determines the tax (PAYE), pay related social insurance (PRSI) and universal social charge (USC) thresholds that are used to calculate your employees pay.

You can check which tax period your process date falls into, by using the following monthly, weekly, fortnightly, four-weekly, bi-monthly and quarterly charts. If you prefer, you can print a copy of our tax calendar to use whenever you like.

Resolution

Date from
Date to
Pay period
1 January
31 January
1
1 February
28 February
2
1 March
31 March
3
1 April
30 April
4
1 May
31 May
5
1 June
30 June
6
1 July
31 July
7
1 August
31 August
8
1 September
30 September
9
1 October
31 October
10
1 November
30 November
11
1 December
31 December
12

Weekly chart

Date from
Date to
Pay period
1 January
7 January
1
8 January
14 January
2
15 January
21 January
3
22 January
28 January
4
29 January
4 February
5
5 February
11 February
6
12 February
18 February
7
19 February
25 February
8
26 February
4 March
9
5 March
11 March
10
12 March
18 March
11
19 March
25 March
12
26 March
1 April
13
2 April
8 April
14
9 April
15 April
15
16 April
22 April
16
23 April
29 April
17
30 April
6 May
18
7 May
13 May
19
14 May
20 May
20
21 May
27 May
21
28 May
3 June
22
4 June
10 June
23
11 June
17 June
24
18 June
24 June
25
25 June
1 July
26
2 July
8 July
27
9 July
15 July
28
16 July
22 July
29
23 July
29 July
30
30 July
5 August
31
6 August
12 August
32
13 August
19 August
33
20 August
26 August
34
27 August
2 September
35
3 September
9 September
36
10 September
16 September
37
17 September
23 September
38
24 September
30 September
39
1 October
7 October
40
8 October
14 October
41
15 October
21 October
42
22 October
28 October
43
29 October
4 November
44
5 November
11 November
45
12 November
18 November
46
19 November
25 November
47
26 November
2 December
48
3 December
9 December
49
10 December
16 December
50
17 December
23 December
51
24 December
30 December
52
31 December
31 December
53

Fortnightly chart

Date from
Date to
Pay period
1 January
14 January
1
15 January
28 January
2
29 January
11 February
3
12 February
25 February
4
26 February
11 March
5
12 March
25 March
6
26 March
8 April
7
9 April
22 April
8
23 April
6 May
9
7 May
20 May
10
21 May
3 June
11
4 June
17 June
12
18 June
1 July
13
2 July
15 July
14
16 July
29 July
15
30 July
12 August
16
13 August
26 August
17
27 August
9 September
18
10 September
23 September
19
24 September
7 October
20
8 October
21 October
21
22 October
4 November
22
5 November
18 November
23
19 November
2 December
24
3 December
16 December
25
17 December
30 December
26
31 December
31 December
27

Four-weekly chart

Date from
Date to
Pay period
1 January
28 January
1
29 January
25 February
2
26 February
25 March
3
26 March
22 April
4
23 April
20 May
5
21 May
17 June
6
18 June
15 July
7
16 July
12 August
8
13 August
9 September
9
10 September
7 October
10
8 October
4 November
11
5 November
2 December
12
3 December
30 December
13
31 December
31 December
14

Bi-monthly chart

For bi-monthly payrolls, there should be two pay dates within each calendar month.

Date from
Date to
Pay periods
1 January
31 January
1 and 2
1 February
29 February
3 and 4
1 March
31 March
5 and 6
1 April
30 April
7 and 8
1 May
31 May
9 and 10
1 June
30 June
11 and 12
1 July
31 July
13 and 14
1 August
31 August
15 and 16
1 September
30 September
17 and 18
1 October
31 October
19 and 20
1 November
30 November
21 and 22
1 December
31 December
23 and 24

Quarterly chart

Date from
Date to
Pay period
1 January
31 March
1
1 April
31 June
2
1 July
30 September
3
1 October
31 December
4