Guides

Longer answers to the questions behind the calculators. Every rate, band and worked figure in these guides is read from the same versioned data file the calculators use — one source for both — and the guides are re-checked whenever that file changes.

• Carer's Allowance Means Test: From Savings and Wages to the Weekly Payment

  One household traced from wages and savings to its weekly Carer's Allowance: deductions, capital formula, disregard, couple halving and the step rule.

  Answers: how is the carer's allowance means test calculated, and how much will I get with savings
  Calculator: Carer's Allowance · 27 August 2026

• Is Maternity Benefit taxable in Ireland, and how does Revenue collect the tax?

  Maternity Benefit is taxed but carries no USC or PRSI. See how Revenue collects the tax through your payslip, step by step, using its own worked examples.

  Answers: Is Maternity Benefit taxable in Ireland, why did my tax credits drop on maternity leave, and is an employer top-up taxed?
  Calculators: Maternity Benefit, Take-Home Pay · 27 August 2026

• Probation and minimum notice in Ireland: six myths against the 1973 Act

  Six beliefs about notice during probation in Ireland, checked against the words of the Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Act 1973, with worked cases.

  Answers: do I get notice during probation in Ireland / how much notice must my employer give me / can my contract give less notice than the law
  Calculator: Minimum Notice · 27 August 2026

• Redundancy Lump Sum Tax in Ireland: Basic, Increased Exemption or SCSB?

  How a redundancy lump sum is taxed in Ireland: statutory pay is tax-free, ex-gratia pay gets the Basic, Increased or SCSB exemption. Which one is yours?

  Answers: How is a redundancy lump sum taxed in Ireland, what is SCSB, and which exemption applies to me?
  Calculator: Redundancy Tax · 27 August 2026