Pay date falls on a bank holiday

What you need to do

Under real-time reporting (RTR), you need to submit payroll to Revenue on or before the pay date. The only exception is when the normal pay date falls on a bank holiday.

When this happens:

• Pay employees on the previous working day so funds reach them before the bank holiday
• Keep the normal pay date in your payroll submission. Don't change it to the earlier payment date

Example

Your normal pay date is 3 April, but banks close that day. You pay employees on 2 April instead.

• Report 3 April as the pay date in your payroll submission
• Process the payroll as normal

What about the bank date?

If you pay early, update the bank date to match the actual payment date, for example, 2 April.

• If you use e-banking, the execution date in the file needs to match the actual payment date
• Sage 50 Payroll Ireland lets you change the bank date when you create the e-banking file