Irish PRSI Refund FAQs

When you work in Ireland, your employer deducts Pay Related Social Insurance (PRSI) from your earnings. If you are self-employed, you are responsible for your own PRSI contributions.

PRSI is made up of social insurance and health contributions. The social insurance part goes to social insurance funds to pay for social welfare and benefits in Ireland. The health contribution part goes to the Department of Health and Children to help fund health services in Ireland.

Even if you aren't due an income tax refund from Ireland, you may still be able to claim back some of the PRSI you paid. When we file for your Irish income tax return, we also apply for any PRSI you might be owed and make sure you get the maximum legal refund possible.

If you worked in Ireland between 2006 and 2009 we can apply for your PRSI refund today.

If you'd like to get a PRSI refund from 2010 we can apply for your PRSI refund at the end of the tax year in January. Register online today.

As Irish tax experts taxback.com will get you back as much overpaid PRSI as is legally possible. The amount of your refund depends on factors like:

• Your earnings
• How much PRSI you paid
• How long you worked for
• Whether you earned under the salary ceiling

Our clients get an average PRSI refund of €320.

Apply online for your PRSI refund today.

You may be eligible for a PRSI refund if you:

• Made PRSI contributions
• Have a PPS number
• Earned under the salary ceiling for PRSI

As soon as we have it, you'll have it, because we contact you immediately when we receive your refund from the PRSI office to organise the fastest and most convenient way to get it to you.

Once we receive your completed PRSI application and documents it takes us just 1-3 working days to get your Irish PRSI application ready. This includes:

• Receiving and checking the documents
• Estimating your refund
• Completing your forms
• Sending them to the tax office

The PRSI office usually takes about 6 months to process refund applications, depending on how busy they are. Our tax team will be in constant contact with the tax office throughout the process to see how your application is progressing.

As soon as we receive your PRSI refund, we'll contact you with a range of convenient payment options.

The total estimated time for your Ireland PRSI rebate is four months.

Throughout the process you will be able to watch the step-by-step progress of your application on your personal online TaxTracker ^® account.

Taxback.com makes it easy to claim your PRSI refunds from the last few years. Here's how our process works:

1. Register online and download the tax forms for Irish PRSI returns. Send us the signed forms with your P45/P60.


2. We'll estimate your PRSI refund and give you an online tracking account. If you're missing any documents we can get replacements for you.


3. We file your PRSI refund application and as soon as we receive it from the tax office we transfer it to you through our secure payments system.

We will provide you with a free online TaxTracker ^® account so you can follow the progress of your Irish PRSI return from anywhere through your personal computer.

As soon as we receive your refund we'll contact you to organise transferring it to you.

Our team is also available 24/7 through our Live Chat instant messaging system to answer any questions you have.

Firstly, our team will provide you with a free estimation of any PRSI refunds you are owed from the last four years. All you need to do is send us your documents and we'll let you know what you're owed.

We'll also assess what additional services you may need such as document retrieval and let you known how much it will cost to file your PRSI tax return for you.

For Irish PRSI refunds we charge a small percentage of the refund received, subject to a minimum processing fee of €60 + handling fee.

Why the minimum fee?

Our fee covers all the things that make filing your application with us so easy such as:

• Customer support 24/7 by phone and Live Chat
• Online tracking service in seven languages
• Free phone and free fax
• Local staff to meet you and guide you through the process
• Researchers to identify new legal developments to maximise your refunds
• Quality team

If you require document retrieval services for your Irish PRSI refund, our fee for this is €15 + handling fee per document.

We know it's easy to lose documents or to not even receive them in the first place. That's why we have a dedicated document retrieval team who deal with employers all over Ireland and can organise replacement documents for you.

Our fee for document retrieval in Ireland is €15 + levy per document.

To claim your Irish PRSI rebate, we'll need your P45 or your P60 forms from all your employers. A P45 is the official tax form that you get from your employer when you finish working for them. It outlines your earnings and the amount of taxes that you paid for that employer. If you leave your job to start another one in Ireland, you'll need to give your P45 to your next employer so make sure you keep a copy for yourself.

If you've misplaced your P45 or you never received it, our document retrieval team can obtain one for you.

We'll need either your P60 or your P45 forms from all your employers to claim your Irish PRSI refund. A P60 is the tax certificate you receive from your employer at the end of each tax year in January. It shows your earnings and tax paid in that tax year.

If you've misplaced your P60 or you never received it, our document retrieval team can obtain one for you.

No, but we do guarantee to get you the most money back that we legally can.

Our estimate is based on your documents and our experience in filing thousands of refund applications every week since 1996. Once we submit your application to the PRSI office, the Irish tax authority has the final decision in your refund based on their systems and codes.

When our technicians prepare and file your application they ensure we apply for the maximum refund possible.