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Income
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Income | Income is the money received by a household. |
| Regular Income | this is money received regularly, e.g. every week, every two weeks or every month. We can usually predict how much we will receive. |
| Wages | Wages: income received based on the hours worked or number of goods produced e.g. builder |
| Salary | Salary: income received for doing a job no matter how many hours you spend at it e.g. teacher |
| Benefit in Kind | Benefit in kind is any non-money income received for work done. |
| Overtime | Overtime: this is money paid to an employee when they work more than the required number of hours in a week. |
| Bonuses | Bonuses: these are extra payments for employees who may have reached their targets, had no sick days, for Christmas etc. |
| PRSI | PRSI = PAY RELATED SOCIAL INSURANCE This is a percentage of gross income taken from each employees income and given to the government. |
| PAYE | PAYE = PAY AS YOU EARN PAYE is the income tax system for employees in Ireland |
| USC | USC = UNIVERSAL SOCIAL CHARGE The Universal Social Charge is a tax that Irish people have had to pay since 1 January 2011. You pay the USC if your gross income is more than €10,036 per year. It is calculated on a weekly or monthly basis. |
| Gross pay | Gross Pay - this is the total income earned by a person. |
| Statutory Deductions | Statutory deductions must, by law, be taken from gross wages. |
| Voluntary Deductions | Voluntary deductions are sums of money taken from the gross wage at the instruction of the employee. |
| Net Pay | Net pay is gross pay less all deductions. |
| Child Benefit | Child Benefit: income received once a month from the government if you have children under the age of 16, or under 18 if they are still in full time education, it is currently €130 per month. |
| jobseekers benefit: | Jobseekers benefit: income received by people who are unemployed, this is a social welfare payment, currently €188 per week. |