Short answer: It doesn’t have to be complicated, here’s the quick steps to give your employees a tax-free gift card in Ireland. Decide the amounts (within €1,500 per employee per year, up to five awards), order online at allgogiftcard.com with a list of named recipients, pass the security checks, pay the invoice by bank transfer, report to Revenue through ERR, and employees activate their cards.
Step 1: Check the amounts
Stay within the Scheme’s limits: no more than five benefits and €1,500 combined per employee per year, from company funds and not via salary sacrifice.
Step 2: Choose Physical or Digital+
Physical cards are delivered in bulk to your business by overnight courier, individually by post, or ordered by employees through an order portal. Each arrives in a window envelope with the card value on the carrier.
Digital+ cards are emailed directly to each recipient, who can add them to Google Pay or Apple Pay through the Get My eCard app.
Step 3: Place your order
Order online at allgogiftcard.com and upload the recipient spreadsheet using the template on the order page. Every card needs a named recipient, since anonymous cards aren’t available.
Step 4: Pass the security checks
All business clients pass a Know Your Business (KYB) check before an invoice is issued. You may be asked for extra information.
Step 5: Pay the invoice
After the checks, the invoice normally arrives the same day. Payment is by bank transfer only, into an individual IBAN allocated to your company. It will be a German (DE) or Danish (DK) IBAN, which is used only for payment routing and separating your funds from other clients’. Pay-by-card is no longer offered.
Step 6: Allow for lead times
Business days run Monday to Friday, excluding bank holidays.
| Standard | Express | |
| Physical | 6 business days | 4 business days |
| Digital+ | 4 business days | 3 business days |
Lead times run from order placement, are not guaranteed, and can be delayed by security checks, order changes or late or misdirected payment. Longer lead times apply in the “Red Zone” from 10 to 24 December, so order early for Christmas.
Step 7: Report to Revenue
Each award is a reportable benefit under ERR. Report the employee’s name, PPSN, employment ID, card value and date of benefit through ROS or your payroll software, on or before the date the employee receives the card. AllGo doesn’t send any client or card details to Revenue.
Step 8: Employees activate their cards
Every card must be activated by the recipient before use. Physical cardholders register online and enter their last name as on the order spreadsheet. Digital+ cardholders redeem through the Get My eCard app. Physical cards are spent in store by swipe and signature, and online after registering for 3D Secure.
Optional extras
Personalised messages, a company logo on the envelope, greeting cards and branded card carriers are available for physical orders. Digital+ orders can add personalised messages and a branded email. Pricing is on allgogiftcard.com.
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