Business Days in August 2026 for Ireland
August 2026 has 20 working days under the Irish public holiday calendar. August 2026 contains one Irish public holiday on a weekday. The month covers 31 calendar days, of which 10 are Saturday and Sunday. That count drives invoice cycles, payroll runs, and any contract that defines deadlines as a number of working days in Ireland.
working days
20
Calendar Days
31
Weekend Days
10
public holidays
1
Work Weeks
4.0
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 wknd | 2 wknd | |||||
3 August Bank Holiday | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 wknd | 9 wknd |
10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 wknd | 16 wknd |
17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 wknd | 23 wknd |
24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 wknd | 30 wknd |
31 |
public holidays in August 2026
Ireland August deadlines
August Bank Holiday on the first Monday closes banks and Euronext Dublin. Form CT1 for November year-end companies is due August 23. VAT3 for July monthly filers is due August 19 or August 23 via ROS. Many firms run a thin August roster. The ECB rate decision cycle skips August by design, which thins TARGET2 trading and SEPA Credit Transfer batch sizes through the month.
Day-of-Week Distribution
The count of each weekday in August 2026. Useful for shift scheduling, weekly recurring billing, and any rota that depends on a specific day of the week landing in-month.
| Day | Count |
|---|---|
| Monday | 5 |
| Tuesday | 4 |
| Wednesday | 4 |
| Thursday | 4 |
| Friday | 4 |
| Saturday | 5 |
| Sunday | 5 |
Ireland reporting cycles and business-day rules
Irish business-day cycles align with Revenue's VAT3 bimonthly cutoffs (paper on the 19th, ROS extended to the 23rd) and PAYE monthly remittance on the 14th of the following month for most employers, with the PAYE Modernisation system reporting in real time on each pay event. The Central Bank of Ireland operates TARGET2-IE for euro wholesale settlement on TARGET2 business days, which exclude bank holidays. Form CT1 corporation tax is due nine months after the company year-end. The European Communities (Late Payment in Commercial Transactions) Regulations 2012 set 8% above the ECB main refinancing rate as the statutory late-payment interest rate, payable from day 31 after invoice for B2B transactions.
August 2026 working days compared by country
Working-day counts vary across countries because each country observes its own public holidays. The table below puts Ireland alongside the other ten supported holiday calendars for August 2026.
| Country | Business Days | Holidays this month |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸United States | 21 | None |
| 🇬🇧United Kingdom | 20 | Summer Bank Holiday |
| 🇨🇦Canada | 21 | None |
| 🇦🇺Australia | 21 | None |
| 🇮🇳India | 21 | None |
| 🇵🇭Philippines | 20 | National Heroes Day |
| 🇫🇷France | 21 | None |
| 🇩🇪Germany | 21 | None |
| 🇯🇵Japan | 20 | Mountain Day |
| 🇲🇽Mexico | 21 | None |
| 🇸🇬Singapore | 20 | National Day (observed) |
How August 2026 compares year over year
August 2025 also had 20 working days, so the working capacity is unchanged year over year. On the surrounding months, July 2026 has 23 working days and September 2026 has 22. Looking forward, August 2027 has 21 working days under the same Irish public holiday calendar.
Using this calculator in Ireland
A Dublin treasury operator at an international tech HQ uses the 20-day August 2026 count to align SEPA Credit Transfer cycles with Central Bank of Ireland TARGET2-IE clearing and prompt-pay windows under the European Communities (Late Payment in Commercial Transactions) Regulations 2012. A Cork law-firm cashier uses business-day math to track Workplace Relations Commission complaint windows under the Workplace Relations Act 2015. A Galway SaaS controller uses the count to align Revenue VAT3 bimonthly returns and ROS Form CT1 nine-month corporation-tax filings against month-end cutoffs.
For informational purposes only
This calculator provides general estimates based on business day counting rules. It does not constitute legal advice. Deadlines in legal, regulatory, or contractual matters may be subject to jurisdiction-specific rules, court orders, or statutory exceptions. Always verify critical deadlines with a qualified professional.