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Class A

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Private and public sector employments

Rates of Contribution From 1 January 2010

This covers employees under the age of 66 in industrial, commercial and service-type employment who have reckonable pay of €38 or more per week from all employments as well as Public Servants recruited from 6 April 1995.

Note:
Weekly pay is the employee's money pay plus notional pay (if applicable).

Subclass A0
Weekly pay Band How much of Weekly Pay First €75,036
Employee
First €75,036
Employer
Over €75,036
Employee
Over €75,036
Employer
€38 - €352
inclusive
All
Nil
8.50%
Nil
8.50%

Subclass AX
Weekly pay Band How much of Weekly Pay First €75,036
Employee
First €75,036
Employer
Over €75,036
Employee
Over €75,036
Employer
€352.01 - €356
inclusive
First €127
Nil
8.50%
Nil
8.50%
Balance
4.00%
8.50%
Nil
8.50%

Subclass AL
Weekly pay Band How much of Weekly Pay First €75,036
Employee
First €75,036
Employer
Over €75,036
Employee
Over €75,036
Employer
€356.01 - €500
inclusive
First €127
Nil
10.75%
Nil
10.75%
Balance
4.00%
10.75%
Nil
10.75%

Subclass A1
Weekly pay Band How much of Weekly Pay First €75,036
Employee
First €75,036
Employer
Over €75,036
Employee
Over €75,036
Employer
More than €500
First €127
4.00%
10.75%
4.00%
10.75%
€127.01 - €1,443
8.00%
10.75%
4.00%
10.75%
Balance
9.00%
10.75%
5.00%
10.75%

Subclass A2 (see note)
Weekly pay Band How much of Weekly Pay First €75,036
Employee
First €75,036
Employer
Over €75,036
Employee
Over €75,036
Employer
More than €500
First €127
Nil
10.75%
Nil
10.75%
Balance
4.00%
10.75%
Nil
10.75%

Note:
Subclass A2 applies to medical card holders and to people getting a Widow's or Widower's Pension, a One-Parent Family Payment or a Deserted Wife's Benefit/Allowance and earning more than €500 a week. Please see Note in Section: Summary of PRSI Classes.

Community Employment participants only

Subclass A8
Weekly Limits How much of Weekly Pay All Income Employee All Income Employer
Up to €352 inclusive
All
Nil
0.50%

Subclass A9
Weekly pay Band How much of Weekly Pay All income Employee All income Employer
More than €352
First €127
Nil
0.50%
Balance
4.00%
0.50%

Total PRSI: Calculate the employer and employee deductions separately and then add them together.

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