Not sure what to do with your RSUs and ESPP?
A plain-English playbook on how stock comp is taxed in Ireland, and exactly what to do with it. No jargon.
You earn well, and part of your pay lands in shares. But most people have no idea when they are taxed, how much they owe, or what to do with the shares once they have them.
So the shares sit there, or get sold at the wrong time, and a chunk disappears to Revenue that never needed to. American advice does not work in the Irish system. This playbook fixes that, step by step.
What's inside
✅ Exactly how ESPPs and RSUs are taxed in Ireland, and when
✅ Why roughly 52% of your RSUs vanish at vesting, and how to plan for it
✅ The simple sell-or-hold framework that removes the guesswork ✅ Where to redeploy the proceeds for a 40% head start
✅ The 5 costly mistakes, plus a full ESPP, RSU and CGT action checklist
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Written by Sjoerd Bak, a qualified financial adviser who takes no commission and sells no products. I've helped over 325 tech professionals in Ireland get their money working.
This guide is for information only, not personal financial or tax advice.
