Stamp duty on a home in Ireland: rates and examples

As of 2026-10-05. Information, not legal, tax or financial advice.

Residential stamp duty rates

For instruments executed on or after 2 October 2024, residential property is charged in bands:

Portion of the price	Rate
Up to EUR 1,000,000	1%
EUR 1,000,000 to EUR 1,500,000	2%
Above EUR 1,500,000	6%

Examples

Price	Stamp duty
EUR 350,000	EUR 3,500
EUR 500,000	EUR 5,000
EUR 1,200,000	EUR 14,000
EUR 2,000,000	EUR 50,000

New builds and VAT

Stamp duty is not charged on VAT. For a new home, duty is worked out on the VAT-exclusive price. VAT is 13.5% on new houses; 9% applies to qualifying apartments (blocks of 3 or more with common access) from 8 October 2025 to 31 December 2030. Confirm the rate with your solicitor or builder.

Not covered here

Bulk purchases of 10 or more residential units (15%) and 3 or more apartments in one block are treated differently.

Get it from the API

Paid ($0.01 per call, USDC via x402 or MPP): /v1/purchase-cost?price=350000&buyer_type=first_time returns stamp duty for your price, Help to Buy upper bound, LPT note, indicative fees and Central Bank mortgage rule checks.
Free: /v1/stamp-duty, rate bands and VAT note as JSON (20 calls/day/IP).
Machine-readable spec: /openapi.json. Docs: /docs.

Sources

Summarised in our own words from the sources above. Figures can change; confirm with the source before relying on them.