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Employment Detail Summary

The Employment Detail Summary (EDS) replaced the paper P60 in 2019 when PAYE Modernisation went live. It is Revenue's real-time record of pay and statutory deductions for each of your employments.

How to access your EDS

  1. Sign in to myAccount at revenue.ie (you will need your PPS number, date of birth and either a MyGovID or Revenue password).
  2. From the dashboard select Review your tax 2020-2026 under PAYE Services.
  3. Choose the relevant tax year.
  4. Click Employment Detail Summary. You can view it on screen or download a PDF.

An EDS becomes available from January of the year after the tax year ends, although live figures update throughout the year as employers file payroll submissions.

What the EDS contains

  • Employer name and registration number for every employment in the year
  • Employment start and cessation dates and the number of pay periods
  • Gross income (all taxable pay including overtime, bonuses, commission)
  • PAYE deducted in the year
  • USC paid, broken down where multiple bands applied
  • PRSI contributions with class (e.g. Class A1) and number of weeks insured
  • Benefit-in-Kind (BIK) on company cars, health insurance and other taxable benefits
  • Other taxable benefits reported on payroll, such as share awards or notional pay
  • LPT, share scheme and pension figures where the employer reports them through the RPS feed

EDS vs P21 (Statement of Liability)

People often confuse the two. The differences matter:

  • The EDS is real-time: it reflects what the employer has filed since 1 January through Revenue's PAYE Modernisation system.
  • The P21 Statement of Liability is an annual reconciliation. You request it from myAccount after year end. Revenue compares total tax credits and rate-band entitlements against tax actually paid and shows whether you are owed a refund or owe an underpayment.
  • The EDS does not tell you whether your tax was correct overall - it only shows what was deducted. Always request a P21 to confirm the final position.

What to do if the figures look wrong

  1. Check against your final payslip of the year. The cumulative gross, PAYE, USC and PRSI on the last payslip should match the EDS within rounding.
  2. Contact your employer or payroll provider first. Most discrepancies (missing weeks, wrong PRSI class, unreported BIK) come from a payroll submission error and only the employer can correct it by filing an amended Revenue Payroll Submission.
  3. If the employer will not engage, raise a query through Revenue's MyEnquiries service inside myAccount, choosing the "PAYE - Employer Issue" category. Revenue can compel an employer to correct submissions.
  4. For unresolved disputes, the Workplace Relations Commission handles claims under the Payment of Wages Act 1991.

Common issues PayslipIQ catches

  • EDS missing one employment - usually means the employer did not include you in their latest RPS.
  • USC totals lower than expected - often an incorrect band on the RPN. Run your last payslip through the PayslipIQ payslip checker.
  • PRSI weeks short of expected - affects future State Pension entitlement and should be queried with Scope Section.

Sources: revenue.ie "End of Year Statement (P21) and Employment Detail Summary", Citizens Information "PAYE Modernisation".