Average PAYE refund was €900 last year

T McGibney said:

I wonder does the average include just those in a refund position and exclude those in a nil/balanced position and others with underpayment?

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I suspend you are correct. It seams very high for only PAYE payers.

T McGibney said:

I wonder does the average include just those in a refund position and exclude those in a nil/balanced position and others with underpayment?

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That's exactly it. The source figures are quoted here.

Revenue said around 550,000 PAYE taxpayers have filed a return for last year.

Some 440,000 of these had overpaid tax, and collectively got refunds of €400m.

This works out an average of €909.

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There will be a strong selection bias of people expecting refunds filing early in the year so expect that the proportion of people being in a refund position will drop a lot lower than 80% by the end of the year.