Big Red Book Payroll

Overview

Big Red Book Payroll is the payroll product from Big Red Book, a long-established Irish software vendor primarily known for accounting software used by Irish SMEs and accountancy practices. The payroll module handles Irish PAYE, PRSI, USC, and Revenue real-time reporting under PAYE Modernisation, and integrates with Big Red Book accounting so the payroll journal flows straight into the ledger without manual re-keying. Big Red Book has been serving the Irish market for decades and has particularly strong adoption among Irish accountancy bureaus running multi-client payroll - the kind of practice with 20, 50, or 100+ SME clients where workflow speed matters more than feature novelty. The sister product, Big Red Cloud, is the cloud-hosted accounting successor, and payroll increasingly lives in that same ecosystem. Best fit: Irish accountants and accountancy bureaus who already use Big Red Book accounting, and Irish SMEs of 1-50 staff who want a single Irish-developed vendor for both books and payroll rather than stitching BrightPay to Xero.

Irish grants

Grants that could fund Big Red Book Payroll

Irish funding schemes whose remit covers the software category Big Red Book Payroll sits in. Eligibility depends on your business size, age, and sector, not the software you choose - always check the funder's own page before applying.

• Local Enterprise Office Priming Grant

  Capital and salary support for a new microenterprise in its first 18 months of trading, up to EUR150,000 toward eligible costs.

  Up to EUR150,000 (50:50 cofunded, max EUR15,000 per job)
• Revenue Commissioners Section 486C Start-Up Corporation Tax Relief

  Up to three years' relief from corporation tax for new companies, scaled by the employer's PRSI paid on staff salaries.

  Up to EUR40,000 of CT relief per year for three years (linked to employer PRSI paid)
• Revenue Commissioners Start-Up Refunds for Entrepreneurs (SURE)

  Income tax refund of up to 41% on cash invested into a new Irish company, claimed back from PAYE paid in the previous six years.

  Refund of income tax paid (typically 41% of qualifying investment, capped by past PAYE)

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