Your books, VAT and payroll in Enniscorthy, run online

Looking for accountants in Enniscorthy who understand a town of tech firms, builders and market trade? staxo is a complete team that runs the management, bookkeeping and accounting of small Irish businesses, fully online and working day and night with AI. We serve Enniscorthy from Ireland without a shopfront in town, so you never queue for an appointment. Receipts arrive by photo, the bank feed does the matching, and nothing reaches Revenue or the CRO until you say yes.

We take care of company formation in Enniscorthy too: a limited company from €199 or sole trader registration from €49, filed online. Founders here have support close by, from the Enniscorthy Enterprise & Technology Centre on Milehouse Road to the County Wexford Chamber office in Senan House, and an ICT and life sciences base that includes Datapac and BD. Each figure on this page links to its source, which helps when you start a business in Enniscorthy and need to know who bills your rates and where the grants are.

12,310 people lived in Enniscorthy in April 2022 (CSO Census 2022)

Business in Enniscorthy

Enniscorthy counted 12,310 residents on census night in April 2022, about 8% more than in 2016, with an average age of 38.2 and one in five people under 15. They share 8.8 square kilometres, close to 1,400 people per square kilometre. The M11 bypass opened in July 2019, and Wexford County Council's development plan sees new growth in it while warning of the commuter pull other towns at the same distance from Dublin have felt, so local jobs are a council priority. Enniscorthy station sits on the Dublin Connolly to Rosslare Europort rail line.

ICT and digital technology

The county development plan describes Datapac, based in Enniscorthy, as Ireland's largest indigenous ICT solutions and services provider. The Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy designates Enniscorthy a Smart Town, a FAB LAB opened here in 2017, and the council wants the town to become a national leader in digital technology and innovation.

Life sciences, medtech and funds

The plan names BD Enniscorthy as part of the South East life sciences cluster and gives the town a strong focus on life sciences, funds and similar financial services, and environmental research and development. It also counts two IDA-supported foreign direct investment companies in Enniscorthy without naming them. Suppliers to regulated sites need records that hold up when a customer checks.

Sustainable construction and retrofit

In 2017 Enniscorthy was chosen for one of three global UN Centres of Excellence for curbing carbon emissions, with an emphasis on high performance buildings. The town has an NZEB (nearly zero energy building) training centre, and the plan backs a National Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Construction at Killagoley. Electricians, carpenters and fit-out crews can train and certify without leaving town.

Food, farming and market-town trade

The council calls Enniscorthy a historic market town with a large natural catchment, long known for quality agricultural produce, food and local crafts. Slaney Foods appears among local employers on Wikipedia. Butchers, growers, caterers and shops selling into that catchment handle goods at different VAT rates, so each sale has to land in the right box.

Tourism and heritage

Wexford County Council is developing Enniscorthy as a visitor destination within Ireland's Ancient East, built on Enniscorthy Castle and Vinegar Hill, with an objective of 100,000 or more visitors a year. The Templeshannon Regeneration Strategy, adopted in January 2018, and a planned blueway from Bunclody through Enniscorthy to Wexford town sit alongside it. Cafés, guides and B&Bs trading on visitors have seasonal cash flow to plan for.

What staxo does for a Enniscorthy business

staxo is the complete team behind the management, bookkeeping and accounting of a small business in Enniscorthy. We work fully online from Ireland, day and night with AI, and nothing goes to Revenue or the CRO until you approve it.

Bookkeeping in Enniscorthy, done from the van

Cronin Electrical Ltd, our fictional electrical contractor, is the kind of firm that trains at the NZEB centre in town, then spends the week on retrofits around the county. Wholesaler invoices and fuel receipts reach staxo as photos taken on site, the bank feed matches them, and every job shows its real margin. The owner sees which retrofits paid and which ran over, with no Sunday lost to paperwork.

VAT returns built from clean books

Harbour View Café, our fictional café, could just as well sit below Enniscorthy Castle, feeding the visitors the council hopes to draw. Food, coffee and drinks are taxed differently, so we code each sale and supplier bill as it arrives and build the VAT3 from those books. You see the totals and the reasoning in the app, approve, and we file through ROS.

Payroll that grows with the team

Blackrock Physio, the fictional clinic we use as an example, pays two part-time physiotherapists and a receptionist. On each pay day we calculate wages, report them to Revenue, issue payslips and track holiday pay. If a clinic like it opened in Enniscorthy and hired a third therapist, the new starter would join the next run. You approve every run before any money moves.

Year end, CT1 and the CRO annual return

For an Enniscorthy limited company we prepare the year-end accounts, the corporation tax return (CT1) and the CRO annual return, with every deadline on one calendar. A software start-up renting a desk at the Enterprise & Technology Centre gets draft accounts with a short note on the tax due, signs off, and we file. Sole traders get the Form 11 handled the same way.

Monthly numbers you can act on

Each month you see cash in the bank, profit, who owes you and who you owe, laid out in plain words. A small supplier to the ICT and life sciences employers in town can spot a slow payer early and chase in time. Plans start from €49 per month (ex VAT), and the same online team answers questions at any hour.

Company formation in Enniscorthy without leaving town

staxo files your limited company with the CRO online from €199, or registers you as a sole trader from €49. The CRO asks for five things: a company name it will accept, one or more directors with a PPSN each, a secretary, an Irish registered office and a constitution. They all go on Form A1, lodged online with the €50 CRO fee. Your home in Enniscorthy can serve as the registered office as long as An Post delivers there, so there is no lease to sign. Right now an ordinary online A1 takes about two weeks to clear the CRO queue.

Tell us the name you want; we test it against the CRO rules and can reserve it.
Send each director's details and PPSN, plus the secretary's. A sole director needs a different person as secretary.
Pick the registered office, often your own address in or around Enniscorthy, and approve a standard constitution.
Sign online; we lodge the A1 with the CRO and track it until the certificate issues.
We then register the company with Revenue through ROS as your tax agent.

Within five months the company lists its beneficial owners on the RBO register, online and free. Revenue registration follows for corporation tax, plus VAT and PAYE where they apply. Trading under another name calls for a CRO business name registration. The first annual return falls due six months after incorporation, without financial statements, and staxo diarises each date.

A new Enniscorthy company can rent a serviced office or incubation space at the Enterprise & Technology Centre on Milehouse Road, which offers mentoring alongside LEO Wexford. LEO Wexford lists Feasibility and Priming grants and Start Your Own Business events, and County Wexford Chamber, with an office in Senan House, hosts more than 50 events a year across the county.

How company formation works in Ireland · Register a business online

Local Enterprise Office and supports

Local Enterprise Office Wexford has a single office, in Wexford County Council's building at Carricklawn in Wexford town, and lists no separate desk in Enniscorthy. Call 053 919 6020, weekdays 9am to 5pm. Its site carries a 10 step Start a Business guide, Business Advice Clinics and a Panel of Mentors for financial management, sales and marketing and HR. Grants listed include Feasibility, Priming, Business Expansion, Market Explorer and Energy Efficiency, alongside Grow Digital, Innovation Vouchers, Food Supports and Microfinance loans.

Local Enterprise Office Wexford · County Wexford Chamber · Enniscorthy Enterprise & Technology Centre (EETC)

Rates, the council and Revenue

Wexford County Council is the rating authority for Enniscorthy. Its statutory notice of 7 January 2026 keeps the Annual Rate on Valuation at 0.253, unchanged from 2025, so a valuation of €1,000 means €253 in rates. The council's rates page links to online payment, the Small Business Support Grant Scheme, a Vacant Premises Application and the Section 11 notice you send when a rateable property changes hands. Members also adopted a rates abatement scheme on 24 November 2025; the page has the terms.

Enniscorthy has no Revenue office, and business contact is national, through MyEnquiries in ROS or myAccount. A new company gets its CRO number first, then a tax agent registers it through ROS, or it sends the paper Form TR2. A sole trader's PPSN becomes the tax reference. Revenue's public office on Anne Street, Wexford, works by appointment.

Nearby towns we also serve

The same team and the same books follow you if you trade across County Wexford or open in a second town.

Starting a business in County Wexford · All towns we serve

Guides

Plain guides for Irish owners on the filings that come up most.

Accountants in Enniscorthy: your questions

Which council collects commercial rates in Enniscorthy?

Wexford County Council. Its statutory notice, signed on 7 January 2026, sets the county rate for 2026 at 0.253, the same as in 2025, payable from 1 January. Multiply your property's valuation by that figure to estimate the bill, so a valuation of €1,000 means €253. The council's rates page also lists a Small Business Support Grant Scheme.

Is there a Local Enterprise Office in Enniscorthy?

There is no separate one. Local Enterprise Office Wexford covers the whole county from Wexford County Council at Carricklawn in Wexford town, open weekdays from 9am to 5pm. It runs Business Advice Clinics, mentoring, grants and Start Your Own Business events. In town, the Enterprise & Technology Centre on Milehouse Road works with LEO Wexford and offers mentoring of its own.

Can I register a company in Enniscorthy from my home address?

Yes. The CRO needs a registered office in the State where An Post delivers, and a home in or near the town qualifies. staxo forms a limited company online from €199; the CRO fee on an online Form A1 is €50, and the ordinary queue is currently about two weeks. For a business address later, the Enterprise & Technology Centre on Milehouse Road rents serviced offices.

How do I become a sole trader in Enniscorthy?

You need a PPSN, which becomes your tax reference once you register. Revenue lets you register through ROS, or through myAccount if you are a PAYE employee adding self-assessed income, and Form TR1 is the paper route. Trading under a name other than your own means a business name registration with the CRO. staxo registers a sole trader in Enniscorthy from €49, then keeps the books and files your Form 11.

Where is the nearest Revenue office to Enniscorthy?

The town has none. Revenue keeps a public office in the Government Offices on Anne Street, Wexford, and appointments are booked by phone on weekdays. Most business questions go through MyEnquiries in ROS or myAccount. Once staxo acts as your tax agent, we deal with Revenue for you.

Which business network can I join in Enniscorthy?

County Wexford Chamber has an Enniscorthy office at Level 1, Senan House, and covers the Wexford, Enniscorthy, Gorey and New Ross districts. Its members come from professional services, life sciences, engineering and manufacturing, retail and tourism. It runs a Skillnet training network, the Shop Local Gift Card and a Certificate of Origin service for exporters.

Sources and last reviewed

Last reviewed 2026-10-16. Rates, grants and hub details change, so check the source before you act on a figure.

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