VAT3 season arrives every two months without fail — and for a Limerick practice managing a significant portfolio of VAT-registered clients, the production burden accumulates fast. Each return requires bookkeeping reconciliation, correct Irish VAT rate application, VIES and Intrastat checks, and timely submission via ROS. Exuberant Global provides dedicated offshore VAT specialists who work through your client returns in a structured cycle throughout each period — so your practice reviews rather than produces, every single time.
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A Limerick practice with 40 VAT-registered clients faces 240 VAT3 return deadlines every year. Each one requires the bookkeeping records to be current and reconciled, input and output VAT to be correctly computed, the applicable rate categories to be verified, and the return to be prepared in a format ready for review and ROS submission. When this production is handled in-house by qualified staff in the days immediately preceding each bi-monthly deadline, it creates a recurring pressure spike that disrupts normal practice operations and consumes hours that could be spent on advisory work or client development.
The solution is not to hire a VAT specialist — the volume rarely justifies a full-time dedicated role. The solution is to outsource the production to a dedicated offshore VAT specialist who works through the returns in a structured cycle throughout each period, not in a last-minute rush. By the time your Limerick practice's deadline arrives, every return is already prepared, reconciled and waiting for your review.
"Limerick practices that outsource their VAT3 preparation to us meet every bi-monthly deadline across their full portfolio without a single Revenue surcharge — and their senior accountants spend their time on the review and the client conversation that follows, not on the production work that precedes it."
Limerick's economic diversity — technology companies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, agri-food processors, hospitality and tourism operators, construction businesses, professional services firms and a large retail sector — means VAT rate complexity is the norm rather than the exception across most practice portfolios. The standard 23% rate, the 13.5% rate for construction and certain services, the 9% rate for hospitality and tourism, the 4.8% agricultural rate, and zero-rated and exempt categories all apply across different clients in the same practice's book. Our VAT specialists apply these rates correctly to every transaction category, at the production stage, without each rate decision needing to be verified in your review.
Limerick's significant multinational and technology sector presence means a higher-than-average proportion of practice clients have EU VAT obligations beyond the standard VAT3. Technology companies making B2B supplies of digital services to EU businesses need VIES reporting. Manufacturing clients moving goods to EU customers or receiving goods from EU suppliers may have Intrastat obligations. E-commerce businesses selling to EU consumers need to consider OSS registration and quarterly OSS returns. Our VAT specialists identify which obligations apply to each client, prepare the corresponding returns alongside the VAT3, and flag any threshold changes that affect a client's obligations in the period.
Throughout each VAT period, your dedicated VAT specialist works through client returns in a structured sequence — pulling bookkeeping records from the relevant platform, reconciling VAT accounts, applying rate categories, preparing the return workings and assembling the review pack. By the time your practice's bi-monthly deadline approaches, every return is prepared and queued for review. The pack you receive includes the return figures, a full VAT account reconciliation, and clear notes on any items your professional judgment is required for. Review time for a well-prepared return is typically 10–15 minutes. Submission proceeds via ROS only after your explicit approval — your Revenue agent relationship and filing authority remain entirely yours.
We prepare VAT returns from within Xero, QuickBooks Online, Sage Business Cloud, FreeAgent and Relate Accounts — the platforms covering most Limerick practices. For Limerick clients maintaining bookkeeping outside a cloud platform, we work with Revenue-compatible bridging tools to ensure the correct data flow into the VAT return. Whatever your current VAT preparation workflow, we integrate into it without requiring you to change any element of your client-side setup.
VAT preparation requires technical Irish VAT knowledge but does not require a senior accountant. The optimal model is trained VAT specialist expertise at the production level, reviewed by a qualified accountant before submission. That is precisely what Exuberant Global provides at €9/hr after trial — a dedicated VAT specialist producing the return, your qualified staff spending 15 minutes reviewing it. For a Limerick practice with 40 VAT clients, the hours freed from production across a full year represent a significant reallocation of your qualified team's capacity toward advisory services, year-end production and practice development work.
What Limerick accounting firms need to know before outsourcing their VAT3 preparation to Exuberant Global.
Contact Our TeamYes. All VAT specialists are trained in Irish VAT legislation and Revenue Commissioners requirements. We apply all applicable 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 submit via ROS.
Yes. We prepare VIES returns for clients making intra-EU B2B supplies of goods or services, Intrastat declarations for businesses with EU goods movements above relevant thresholds, and OSS/IOSS returns for Limerick e-commerce clients selling to EU consumers. These are prepared alongside the VAT3 as part of the standard service.
Yes. Reverse charge VAT for construction sector subcontractor payments, intra-EU service purchases and digital services received from non-Irish EU suppliers are all handled correctly at the production stage. These are routine scenarios for our VAT team, not exceptions that require escalation.
Your practice controls all Revenue submissions. We prepare the complete return with reconciliation workings and return it for your review and approval. Nothing reaches Revenue without your explicit sign-off. Your Revenue agent relationship remains entirely yours throughout.
Yes. We calculate partial exemption input tax recovery under the standard method and approved special methods, track de minimis limits, prepare annual adjustments and review recovery percentages each year. These are included as standard — not charged separately.
From €9 per hour after your free trial — typically 60% less than having qualified staff produce VAT returns in-house. With no fixed employment overhead and hours that flex with your VAT client volume, every VAT client in your portfolio becomes measurably more profitable.