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Stage 02 of 06 · The Irish company lifecycle

Operate: Running the company day to day

Books kept, staff paid, Revenue satisfied. The recurring work that has to happen every month whether you have time for it or not.

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Most requested in Operate
Bookkeeping & AccountsMonthly books kept current and year-end financial statements prepared. From €44.99+ VAT · per month View details Most popular VAT & Tax ServicesEvery Revenue registration, return and deregistration your company needs. From €54.99+ VAT · per service View details PayrollStaff paid, payroll reported in real time, PAYE settled on schedule. From €4.00+ VAT · per payslip View details
Accounting & Tax
VAT & Tax Services Registrations, returns and deregistrations across every tax head. 21 services → Xero & Accounting Tools Set-up, migration, training and support for your accounting stack. 19 services → Bookkeeping & Accounts Monthly books and year-end financial statements. 9 services → Advisory Management accounts and guidance when the decisions get bigger. 4 services →
Payroll
Payroll Staff paid, payroll reported in real time, PAYE settled on time. 12 services →
Business Services
Virtual Office A professional business address without the lease. 8 services → .ie Domain Secure and renew your Irish domain name. 2 services → Business Phone Number An Irish landline number for your company. 1 service →
What matters at this stage

The rules that catch people out.

The requirements most often missed at the Operate stage — and the ones that cost the most to put right later.

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VAT returns, usually bi-monthlyFiled through ROS by the 23rd of the month following the period end. Your filing frequency is set at registration and isn’t the same for every company.
02
Payroll is reported in real timeA payroll submission must reach Revenue on or before each pay date — not at month end. Paying the PAYE, PRSI and USC is a separate deadline, the 23rd of the following month.
03
Corporation tax nine months outYour CT1 is due by the 23rd day of the ninth month after your accounting period end, with preliminary tax due earlier in the period.
04
Auto-enrolment is liveMy Future Fund began on 1 January 2026. Employees aged 23 to 60 earning over €20,000 who aren’t already in a payroll pension are enrolled automatically.
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Your books feed your filingsBookkeeping isn’t an end in itself — it produces the VAT returns, the financial statements and the numbers attached to your annual return.
Common questions

Operate — your questions

The questions clients ask us most often about this stage. If yours isn’t here, just ask.

Do I need an accountant and a company secretary?

Most firms give you one or the other. Because we do both, your financial statements and your CRO filings come from the same record — which removes a common source of error.

Can you take over from our current accountant?

Yes. We handle the handover, including professional clearance and migrating your accounting file.

Do you work with Xero?

We’re a Xero Platinum Partner, one of only five in Ireland. We set it up, migrate you across, train your team and support it afterwards.

What if we only need payroll?

That’s fine. Services are bought individually — you don’t have to move everything at once.

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