Plain-English guides for Irish sole traders and job seekers
Free, practical guides with real numbers and real deadlines. They're written by the maker of two spreadsheet templates, and every link to a paid template is labelled.
Sole trader tax (Ireland)
Step-by-step Form 11 guide for Irish sole traders filing the 2025 return in 2026: who must file, the ROS deadline of 18 November 2026, and what goes in Extracts From Accounts lines 124–168.
How Irish preliminary tax works for sole traders: the 90% / 100% / 105% rules, first-year rules, worked 2026 examples, and the 18 November 2026 ROS deadline.
Free sole trader tax calculator for Ireland: estimate income tax, USC and Class S PRSI for 2025 or 2026, with worked examples at €30k and €60k profit and for side income on top of a PAYE job.
What expenses a sole trader can claim in Ireland, what you can't, how to handle use-of-home, phone and car costs, and which Form 11 line each expense goes on.
Job hunting
7 free follow-up email templates: after applying, the thank-you after an interview, no response after an interview, ghosted, and offer deadlines. With subject lines and when to send each.
A simple system to track job applications in Google Sheets or Excel: the columns to use, statuses, follow-up dates, a weekly review, and the numbers that show what's working.
Our templates
Irish Sole Trader Tax Kit: an Excel/Google Sheets workbook that maps income and expenses to Form 11 and estimates income tax, USC, PRSI and preliminary tax.
Job Hunt Command Center: a job application tracker with automatic follow-up reminders and response-rate stats.