Directors Fees
Directors Fees
Where a Director is in receipt of income which is classified as Directors fees and not remuneration this portion of income is subject to Class S PRSI rates.
Directors fees are defined as fees relating solely to attending board meetings and other specific directors duties and not remuneration under a contract of service.
Therefore, this portion of income, is not subject to Employer PRSI.
You may need to confirm this treatment with your accountant/tax advisor or if you are in any doubt to whether or not any portion of income is to be treated as Directors Fees.
Calculating PRSI with Directors Fees
Employee PRSI (assuming the Director is a Class A contributor)
Directors Weekly Salary/Remuneration €1000.00
Share Based Remuneration €2000.00
Salary/Remuneration (Subject to PRSI Class A1) €1000.00
€1000.00 @ 4% = €40.00
Directors Fees (Subject to PRSI Class S) €2000.00
€2000.00 @ 4% = €80.00
Total Employee PRSI deduction €120.00
Employer PRSI
Directors Weekly Salary/Remuneration €1000.00
Share Based Remuneration €2000.00
Salary/Remuneration (Subject to PRSI Class A1) €1000.00
€1000.00 @ 10.75% = €107.50
Directors Fees (Subject to PRSI Class S) €2000.00
No Employer PRSI chargeable under Class S
Total Employer PRSI deduction €107.50
Revenue / Department of Social Protection submissions will all reflect PRSI contribution for the period at the Class of A1 as Class A takes precedence over any other PRSI class within a contributory period
Setting up Directors Fees in Thesaurus Payroll Manager
Go to Employees> Add/Amend Employees>
Select "Additions"
Alternatively go to Payroll> Weekly/Fortnightly/Monthly Input>
Select "Additions"
Within the first "Other Taxable Income" the narrative must be entered as "Directors Fees" in order the allocate this field to Directors Fees and to allocate the correct PRSI treatment to any amount entered.
Once you start to enter "Directors Fees" the field will auto fill.
The PRSI will be deducted accordingly
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