Construction payment in Ireland

Irish construction payment is governed by the Construction Contracts Act 2013. Payment claim notices and payment responses run to a statutory timetable, with a right to refer disputes to adjudication. Construction services are commonly subject to the 13.5% reduced VAT rate and, between businesses, the reverse charge.

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10 guides for Ireland

Ireland Interim payment claims under the Construction Contracts Act 2013 in Ireland How the interim payment claim works on an Irish job: the payment claim date, the thirty day rule and the numbers a payee must put in front of the payer. 6 min read Ireland The payment response and the twenty one day rule under the Construction Contracts Act 2013 The payer on an Irish contract has twenty one days from the payment claim date to contest the amount. What the response must say, and what happens if it never comes. 6 min read Ireland Valuing variations on an Irish construction contract How change gets priced and carried into the payment claim on RIAI and Public Works Contracts, and why an unvalued variation is a variation that does not get paid. 6 min read Ireland Retention on Irish construction contracts: holding it and getting it back How retention is deducted from each payment claim and released on RIAI and Public Works Contracts, and why the release dates belong in the diary from day one. 5 min read Ireland VAT on a construction valuation in Ireland: net, gross and the reverse charge The standard VAT rate is 23 per cent, but construction services between two accountable persons are reverse charged. What that means for net and gross on a payment claim. 6 min read Ireland Cash flow forecasting on the Irish payment cycle Building a cash forecast around the payment claim date and the thirty day rule under the Construction Contracts Act 2013, so the money is where you expect it to be. 5 min read Ireland Agreeing the final account on an Irish construction contract Closing out the account on RIAI and Public Works Contracts: pulling variations, remeasurement and retention into one agreed figure, and why the records decide it. 6 min read Ireland Extension of time on Irish construction contracts: notice, cause and record How a claim for extension of time is built and served on RIAI and Public Works Contracts, why the notice comes first, and how the records carry the claim. 6 min read Ireland Practical completion on an Irish construction contract and what it releases What completion means on RIAI and Public Works Contracts, why the certificate matters commercially, and the retention, damages and defects consequences that follow. 5 min read Ireland Counting the days and referring a payment dispute to adjudication in Ireland The payment claim date, the twenty one day response, the thirty day due date and the statutory right to adjudicate under the Construction Contracts Act 2013. 6 min read

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