The Threshold That Triggers Reporting
Irish businesses exceeding EUR 500,000 in EU arrivals or EUR 635,000 in dispatches (both subject to annual CSO review) must file monthly Intrastat returns via Revenue's Online Service. It applies only to intra-EU trade, not GB trade, which runs through AIS declarations instead.
Required Fields
Each return needs net weight, partner EU member state, nature of transaction code, and country of origin for arrivals, submitted by the 23rd working day of the following month.
Where Manual Reporting Breaks Down
Handled manually, Intrastat is time-consuming and error-prone. Commodity code mismatches, wrong statistical values and late filings all draw CSO follow-up, and Revenue checks that Intrastat figures reconcile with customs declaration data.
The Integration Approach
The fix is architectural rather than procedural: connect Intrastat reporting to the same data workflow used for AIS import and export declarations, so commodity codes and values populate automatically instead of being re-entered. That's the model behind iCustoms' iNCTS and iAIS integration, described in full in the Intrastat reporting Ireland guide.
Why Consistency Matters More Than Speed
The real value isn't just saving time. It's ensuring Intrastat and customs declaration data stay consistent, which is exactly what Revenue and the CSO check.
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