What is the Three-year corporate tax exemption?
The Three-year corporate tax exemption scheme provides relief from corporation tax on the trading income and certain gains for newly incorporated start up companies in the first 3 years of trading. There will be full relief on income and gains relating to the trade where total corporation tax liability in any of the first 3 accounting periods does not exceed €40,000. You can earn €320,000 tax free per year for the first 3 years.
The relief available is now based on the amount of the employers PRSI paid by an employer in respect of their employees.
- Corporation Tax is currently 12.5% which equates to €320,000 of profits for each of the first 3 years
- Over 3 years the total available exemption is €960,000 on trading profits
- This equates to €100,000 in corporation tax exemption over 3 years were the exemption does not exceed €40,000 in any given year.
- This is in respect of companies incorporated on or after 14th October 2008
- This is in respect of newly incorporated companies which has not previously been carried on in the State by another person
- The corporation tax relief is for three years from the commencement of trading activities of the newly incorporated companies
- The maximum amount per year is €40,000 for each of the first 3 years
- Relief from corporation tax is linked to the amount of employers PRSI that the company has paid and the maximum that can be claimed is €5,000 per employee
Companies in the road transport sector are restricted to a total of €100,000 over the 3 years.
Companies Which do not Qualify for the Tax Relief
- Companies dealing in land
- Companies dealing in petroleum
- Companies dealing in mineral activities
