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Get your salon compliant with Ireland’s tipping laws

Here’s what you need to know

The Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Act 2022 came into effect in December 2022.

The legislation applies to ’employer-received’ tips
– i.e. tips paid by card.

According to the legislation, employers must:

  1. Fairly and transparently allocate tips and service charges to employees
  2. Ensure appropriate taxes are paid on tips distributed via payroll 
  3. Pay out all employee tips within one month
  4. Consult with employees to create a written tipping policy
  5. Create and display a notice to customers outlining how tips are distributed
  6. Maintain tipping records and share those with employees weekly or monthly

Employees can complain to the WRC if you have not complied with the Act

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Phorest is here to support you

Coming soon… PhorestTips

Phorest makes things easier by sending each employee their tips straight to their bank account, so they are not ‘employer-received’. Stylists and therapists get their tips into their account instantly, at no cost to the business. And there’s no QR code chaos for your customers.

A Win-Win for Clients, Business Owners & Your Team

5 Reasons You’ll Love PhorestTips


PhorestTips is an ideal tipping solution for salon teams of all kinds,
including those that have self-employed stylists or therapists.

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Calculate your monthly savings with PhorestTips

Enter total monthly tips to see how much tax and fees salon owners and staff can save with PhorestTips*

Use the slider to input the total monthly tips taken across your employee base*.

500

Paid by client via

Standard card payment

Tipping app

PhorestPay card payment

Cash

Paid to employee via

Payroll

Tipping app

PhorestTips

Cash

Employer taxes & fees

€55.25
none
none
none

Employee taxes

120.00
122.00
€120.00
€120.00

Retained tips

€380
€378
€380
€380


* This example assumes the employee is a standard rate tax payer – i.e. earning below €42,000 per year

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