VAT3 returns are bi-monthly, deadline-driven and unforgiving — Revenue penalties for late or incorrect submissions land directly on your clients and reflect on your practice. Exuberant Global provides dedicated offshore VAT specialists who prepare accurate, review-ready VAT3 returns for all your Dublin clients, so your team focuses on review and client advice rather than production.
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Irish VAT returns — filed as VAT3 every two months via Revenue's ROS portal — are one of the most consistent sources of deadline pressure in any Dublin accounting practice. With clients across multiple VAT periods, varying VAT rates, reverse charge mechanisms, intra-EU trade reporting, and the complexity of partially exempt businesses, VAT preparation quickly consumes hours that your team cannot afford to lose.
Exuberant Global takes that production burden off your practice entirely. Your dedicated VAT specialist prepares each return from the underlying bookkeeping records, reconciles input and output VAT, flags any anomalies for your attention, and delivers a complete, review-ready VAT3 pack — well ahead of the Revenue deadline. You review, approve, and file. We stay invisible.
"Dublin practices that outsource VAT preparation to us consistently meet every bi-monthly deadline across their entire client base — without a single Revenue surcharge, and without their senior accountants spending a single hour on production work."
The pressure of Irish VAT compliance is not just about the VAT3 form itself — it is about the volume. A Dublin practice with 40 VAT-registered clients faces 240 VAT return deadlines per year, each requiring accurate reconciliation of bookkeeping records, correct application of VAT rates, and timely ROS submission. That is before accounting for VIES, Intrastat, RTDs, and the growing complexity introduced by post-Brexit EU trade rules and the OSS/IOSS schemes for e-commerce clients.
By outsourcing VAT preparation to Exuberant Global, Dublin practices eliminate the production bottleneck at source. Your VAT specialist processes returns in a structured cycle throughout the bi-monthly period, not in a last-minute rush before the deadline. Every return is prepared methodically, reconciled back to the ledger, and returned to you with supporting workings — so your review takes minutes, not hours.
Our VAT specialists are trained in the full range of Irish VAT rates and their correct application: the standard 23% rate, the reduced 13.5% rate applying to construction, fuel and certain services, the 9% rate for hospitality and tourism, the 4.8% rate for agricultural supplies, and zero-rated and exempt categories. We apply these correctly across diverse Dublin client bases — from construction companies and restaurants to professional services firms, landlords and online retailers — without your team needing to quality-check the rate selection on every line.
Dublin's position as a hub for international business means many practices serve clients with complex cross-border VAT obligations. We handle VIES returns for clients making intra-EU B2B supplies, Intrastat declarations for goods movements above threshold, reverse charge accounting for services received from EU suppliers, and OSS/IOSS registration and return preparation for e-commerce clients selling to EU consumers. These are areas where errors are costly and Revenue scrutiny is high — our specialists handle them as routine, not as exceptions.
At the start of each VAT period, your dedicated VAT specialist is briefed on any client changes — new registrations, rate changes, unusual transactions. They work from the bookkeeping records already in the client's accounting software, reconcile all VAT accounts, prepare the VAT3 workings, and deliver a complete pack to your practice including the return figures, reconciliation schedule, and any notes on items requiring your judgment. You review, make any amendments, and file via ROS. The whole review process, done properly, rarely takes more than 15 minutes per client.
VAT preparation is high-volume, time-sensitive work that does not require a senior accountant to produce — but does require someone with solid Irish VAT knowledge and attention to detail. That profile is expensive to hire in Dublin and hard to retain. With Exuberant Global, you access exactly that profile at 60% of the cost of a local hire, with no fixed employment overhead and the ability to scale the hours up or down with your client base.
Everything Dublin accounting firms and bookkeeping practices need to know before outsourcing VAT preparation to Exuberant Global.
Contact Our TeamYes. All our VAT specialists are trained in Irish VAT legislation, Revenue Commissioners requirements, and ROS filing procedures. We apply all Irish VAT rates correctly — 23%, 13.5%, 9%, 4.8%, zero-rated and exempt — and prepare returns in the exact format required for your practice to review and file via ROS.
Yes. We prepare VIES returns for clients making intra-EU B2B supplies of goods or services, and Intrastat supplementary declarations for businesses whose EU goods movements exceed the relevant thresholds. We also handle OSS and IOSS returns for Dublin e-commerce clients selling to EU consumers.
Yes. We apply reverse charge VAT correctly for construction sector subcontractor payments under the relevant Irish rules, for digital services received from non-Irish EU suppliers, and for other intra-EU service purchases where the recipient accounts for VAT. These are handled at the preparation stage, not flagged as exceptions for your team to resolve.
Your practice always controls the Revenue filing. We prepare the complete return with reconciliation workings and deliver it for your review and approval. Once approved, your practice files via ROS. We never submit directly to Revenue without your authorisation — your client relationship and Revenue agent status remain entirely yours.
Yes. We calculate partial exemption recovery percentages for mixed-supply businesses, track Capital Goods Scheme intervals and prepare annual CGS adjustment calculations, and handle VAT on property transactions including the joint option to tax where applicable. These complex areas are handled as part of the standard service, not charged as extras.
From €9 per hour after your free trial. Dublin practices typically save 60% versus the cost of having in-house staff prepare VAT returns — with no fixed employment overhead and the flexibility to scale hours up or down with your client base throughout the year.