Payroll looks simple on paper, but quickly becomes a time sink in practice. Between calculating PAYE, PRSI, and USC, keeping up with real-time Revenue submissions, and now navigating My Future Fund auto-enrolment, the administrative weight on Irish employers has never been heavier.
Kinore’s outsourced payroll services in Ireland manages your payroll end-to-end. We handle the calculations, the compliance, and the filings, freeing your organisation to focus on growing your core business.
Outsourcing payroll is not just about offloading admin. It is about removing a compliance risk that can snowball quickly if it is not handled properly.
Under PAYE Modernisation, every Irish employer must submit payroll data to Revenue in real time, on or before each pay date. Every pay run is a live compliance event. Errors are flagged immediately, and the cost of getting it wrong is both financial and reputational.
Then there is the pace of regulatory change. From 1 October 2025, employee PRSI increased to 4.2% and employer PRSI to 11.25% for employees earning above €552 per week, with a further 0.15% increase for both due from 1 October 2026. The My Future Fund pension auto-enrolment scheme became a legal requirement on 1 January 2026, bringing new employer contribution and reporting obligations. Enhanced Reporting Requirements (ERR), effective since 1 January 2024, mean employers must also report certain non-taxable payments and benefits in real time.
Many business owners try to manage payroll in-house. It works until it doesn’t. Staff turnover, sick leave, or a single missed filing can derail the process.
Payroll processing for salaries, wages, overtime, bonuses, deductions, and pension calculations, including My Future Fund contributions.
Revenue submissions for PAYE, PRSI, and USC in real time, fully compliant with PAYE Modernisation.
Payslip generation for all employees and directors, with clear itemisation of gross pay, deductions, and net pay.
Payroll reports and audit-ready documentation to support your finance team and year-end reconciliation.
Software integration with Xero, Sage, and other cloud-based platforms for automated data flow between payroll and accounts.
BrightPay Connect, included free for all clients, with built-in employee self-service, leave management, document sharing, and payslip access, giving your team HR functionality alongside payroll at no extra cost. BrightPay integrates directly with Xero, Sage, and other cloud-based platforms for automated data flow between payroll and accounts. If you prefer to use your own payroll management software, such as Sage Micropay, we are happy to work with your existing setup.
Dedicated expertise, not a single point of failure. Our payroll team are IPASS (Irish Payroll Association) qualified, holding Ireland’s foremost professional payroll credential. You are not relying on one in-house staff member who might be on leave, out sick, or juggling five other priorities. With Kinore, the process continues seamlessly regardless of what is happening in your organisation. Every pay run goes through two layers of checks: one preparer and one independent reviewer, so errors are caught before they ever reach your employees or Revenue.
Secure, compliant payroll management. PRSI rates, USC bands, benefit-in-kind rules, and reporting obligations shift regularly. We monitor every update and apply the latest rules to each pay run. Your data is protected by encryption and handled through secure processes at every step.
Scalable to your needs. Whether you have three employees or three hundred, our service scales with your business. If you operate across Ireland and the UK, we have the expertise to process multi-jurisdiction payroll correctly.
Since 1 January 2026, Ireland’s My Future Fund pension auto-enrolment scheme is a legal requirement. Employees aged 23 to 60 earning €20,000 or more per year who are not already contributing to a qualifying pension scheme must be auto-enrolled. Contributions start at 1.5% each from the employee and employer, with a 0.5% State top-up, increasing gradually over ten years and capped at €80,000 gross annual salary. The scheme is administered by NAERSA, but the obligation to deduct and remit contributions sits with employers through their payroll process.
Kinore builds this into your payroll as standard. We track eligibility, apply the correct calculations, and handle NAERSA reporting, so you stay compliant without adding headcount.
Getting set up is straightforward. We need three things:
As a fully managed payroll provider, we handle the rest, from initial setup through to your first pay run and beyond.
Just set up your company? We can pair payroll with company formation in Ireland, so you’re compliant from day one.
PPS numbers, addresses, and agreed salary or wage details for Revenue Payroll Notification (RPN) requests.
Hours worked or salary figures for the first pay period, along with any previous payroll records.
Company and employee bank details for secure payment setup.
Hear directly from the businesses we’ve helped grow, adapt, and stay compliant, and see how the right finance partner can give you confidence and time back to focus on what matters most.
“Switching to Kinore was an easy choice thanks to their Xero Gold Partner status. Within days, my accounts were cleaned up, categorised and consolidated. With automated bank feeds and the Xero app, accounting, VAT and annual returns are now simple and stress-free.”
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“A pleasure to deal with. Very informative when in the need of help. Removes the stress of carrying out all the bookkeeping and returns and I never need to worry about missing deadlines. Highly recommended.”
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“The team at Kinore are have been great – genuinely lovely to deal with, consistently responsive, and clearly very knowledgeable. From the outset they explained things in a clear, practical way and guided us just the right amount.”
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“Nexus Inclusion has been very happy working with Kinore. Kinore offer a range of accounting services which meant they understood and could meet all our needs. They were also upfront about costs, allowing us to plan our budgets.”
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“After frustrating experiences with slow Xero posting, high fees and poor communication from previous firms, the difference with Kinore has been night and day. APIs run smoothly, support is fast, and we can now make confident decisions and manage cash flow easily.”
David Miller
“Kinore has been a trusted partner since we were founded in 2022. As a small limited company without an in-house finance team, their accounting and company secretarial support is invaluable. The team is reliable and allows us to focus fully on growing the business.”
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“Our partnership with Kinore has been excellent. The team are professional and approachable, and they always deliver to a very high standard. We value the relationship and the support they provide to us.”
Stephen McDonnell
“I cannot recommend Kinore highly enough. They have consistently exceeded my expectations, both as my business accountants and in handling my company secretarial requirements.”
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We are not just a payroll bureau. We are a Chartered accountancy firm with deep expertise in accounting, tax, and business advisory. Your payroll connects directly into your management accounts, tax planning, and wider finance function, and because payroll sits alongside our accountancy services and online bookkeeping, your numbers stay joined up all year.
Outsourcing your payroll to Kinore means gaining a trusted partner who helps you manage your obligations and frees up time to focus on what you do best.
Every calculation is checked through our preparer-reviewer process, every filing is timely, and every regulation is accounted for, delivered by an IPASS-qualified team
Weekly, fortnightly, or monthly processing, fitted to your business.
Outsourcing eliminates the cost of hiring, training, and retaining in-house payroll staff, while reducing costly errors.
Our specialist payroll processing team answers your questions, manages ad-hoc queries, and guides you through legislative changes.
Every client receives a free BrightPay Connect subscription with built-in employee self-service and HR features. Xero, Sage, and other platforms connect automatically into your payroll operations. Already using your own payroll software? We can work with that too.
We process wages, manage all calculations and deductions, issue payslips, and file submissions with Revenue in real time under PAYE Modernisation. Every statutory obligation is handled each cycle, from PAYE, PRSI, and USC to pension contributions.
Outsourcing saves time, reduces costly errors, and ensures compliance is handled by specialists. As a Chartered accountancy firm, your payroll data feeds directly into your management accounts and tax planning, giving you better insights, not just processed payslips.
We incorporate My Future Fund obligations directly into your payroll cycle. Eligibility tracking, contribution calculations, and NAERSA reporting are all handled as part of the service.
Yes. Payroll integrates seamlessly with our bookkeeping, management accounts, and tax compliance services. Many clients start with payroll and expand to a full outsourced finance function over time.
Cost depends on the number of employees, how often you pay them (weekly, fortnightly, or monthly), and any extras such as pensions, benefits, or auto-enrolment administration.
Because every business differs, we price payroll on your actual requirements rather than a one-size figure. Contact us and we will provide a clear quote for your headcount and pay frequency.
RPN stands for Revenue Payroll Notification. It is the instruction Revenue issues for each employee, detailing the correct tax credits, cutoff points, and USC rates to apply.
Retrieving up-to-date RPNs before every pay run ensures deductions are correct and employees are not over- or under-taxed.
