Invoicara

Free Invoice Generator for Ireland

Create and download professional Irish invoices, add 23% VAT, your VAT registration number, and export a clean A4 PDF in seconds. Built for sole traders, limited companies, and freelancers across Ireland. No sign-up, no watermark, free forever.

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Currency
EUR (€)
Tax type
VAT
Price
Free

Do I need to charge VAT on an Irish invoice?

You must charge VAT if you're VAT-registered with Revenue (the Revenue Commissioners). Ireland's registration thresholds rose on 1 January 2025: €42,500 for services and €85,000 for goods, measured over any rolling 12-month period. Below those, registration is voluntary, useful if your clients are themselves VAT-registered and want to recover the VAT.

Ireland has one of the EU's highest standard VAT rates at 23%. Reduced rates of 13.5%, 9%, 4.8%, and 0% apply to specific categories (hospitality, newspapers, certain foodstuffs, exports, etc.). Most freelance and B2B services use the standard 23% rate.

In Invoicara, choose VAT as the tax type and set the rate to 23% (or whichever rate applies). If you're not VAT-registered, simply leave tax off, there's no legal requirement to charge it.

What an Irish VAT invoice must include

Revenue requires a VAT-registered business to issue an invoice that includes: a sequential invoice number; your business name, address, and VAT registration number (IE + 7 digits + letter, or 8-character format); the customer's name, address, and VAT number if they're VAT-registered; the date of issue and the date of supply if different; a description of the goods or services with quantity; the unit price excluding VAT; the rate of VAT applied to each line; the total excluding VAT; the VAT amount per rate; and the total including VAT.

If you're not VAT-registered, the VAT-specific fields aren't required, but the rest is still best practice and keeps your records clean for the Revenue Online Service (ROS).

Sole traders, partnerships, limited companies, and freelancers

Sole traders: use your own name (or a registered trading name) and your VAT number if registered. Your PPSN is your personal tax identifier but should not appear on invoices to clients.

Limited companies: include your registered company name, your CRO (Companies Registration Office) number, your registered office address, and your VAT number if registered.

Partnerships and freelancers: same fields, fill what applies. Add your VAT number to the Tax ID field; it prints on the downloaded PDF beneath your business address.

Payment terms and the Late Payment Regulations

There's no statutory standard for payment terms in the Irish private sector, you set what you want on each invoice. Net 30 is the most common default; some sectors use shorter or longer terms.

The European Communities (Late Payment in Commercial Transactions) Regulations 2012, Ireland's transposition of the EU directive, allows you to charge statutory interest on overdue B2B invoices at the ECB main refinancing rate plus 8 percentage points, plus a flat €40 compensation fee per overdue invoice, if your terms allow.

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Invoicing in Ireland — FAQ

Is this invoice generator free for Irish users?

Yes, 100% free, no sign-up, no watermark, unlimited invoices. The tool is supported by unobtrusive ads.

Does it work with euros (€) and 23% VAT?

Yes, pick EUR from the currency dropdown for the € symbol and Irish number formatting, then set the tax to VAT at 23% (or 13.5%, 9%, 4.8%, or 0% if your supply uses a reduced rate).

Can I add my Irish VAT number to the invoice?

Yes, pop your VAT number (e.g. IE1234567T) into the Tax ID field and it prints on the downloaded PDF beneath your business address.

Sole trader vs limited company, does it work for both?

Yes. Sole traders use their own name (or trading name) plus VAT number if registered; limited companies use the registered company name plus CRO number plus VAT number. All go into the same fields.

What if I'm under the VAT registration threshold?

If you're below €42,500 (services) or €85,000 (goods) and not voluntarily registered, you don't need to charge VAT. Simply skip the tax field, your invoice shows the subtotal as the total.

Is the invoice Revenue-compliant?

If you fill in your business name, VAT number (when registered), invoice number, dates, an itemised list, and totals, the layout covers every field Revenue asks for on a VAT invoice. Always confirm against your specific situation.