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eWorking is where your employee works:

  • at home on a full- or part-time basis
  • part of the time at home and the remainder in the normal place of work.

eWorking involves:

  • logging onto a work computer remotely
  • sending and receiving email, data or files remotely
  • developing ideas, products and services remotely.

Equipment and facilities

You may provide any of the following to an eWorker employee for business use:

  • computer or laptop
  • printer
  • scanner
  • software to allow you to work from home
  • telephone, mobile and broadband
  • office furniture.

This is not a Benefit In Kind where private use by your employee is minimal.

Home expenses

You can make a payment of €3.20 per workday to an eWorker employee without deducting:

  • Pay As You Earn (PAYE)
  • Pay Related Social Insurance (PRSI)
  • Universal Social Charge (USC).

This payment is to cover expenses such as heating and electricity costs.

If your employee’s costs are higher and you repay these expenses, records of the payments made must be retained by you. Your employee may instead choose to make a claim online with use at the end of the year. To do this, they must submit receipts to their local Revenue office using MyEnquiries which is available through MyAccount.

Please Note: The arrangements only apply to eWorker employees. They do not apply to workers who bring work home outside of normal working hours.

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