How much does it cost to close a limited company in Ireland? For an eligible voluntary strike-off, the online CRO H15 application fee is €15. The full closure bill can also include a newspaper notice, professional assistance, final accounts, outstanding returns and liabilities. If the company needs liquidation instead, that is a different process with its own professionally quoted costs.
Direct answer
The H15 filing fee is €15 as checked on 2 October 2026—not a complete company-closure price. Published professional strike-off examples include €350 + VAT and €750 + VAT for differing services. Add any excluded advertisement, accounts, compliance and liability costs. Confirm eligibility first; a low-cost strike-off is not a substitute for the correct treatment of assets, creditors or insolvency.
Choose the correct closure route before asking about price
Voluntary strike-off and liquidation are not interchangeable products. The CRO's strike-off conditions concern companies that never traded or have ceased, with strict limits and other requirements. Among those conditions, assets and liabilities must each not exceed €150; they cannot simply be netted against one another. Outstanding annual returns also need to be dealt with.
If the company retains material assets, owes creditors or faces claims, obtain accounting and legal advice about the appropriate route. Do not move assets or disregard a debt simply to fit an inexpensive package. Our voluntary strike-off process guide covers the procedural checks; this article focuses on budgeting and comparing closure quotes.
What is the official CRO strike-off fee?
The CRO voluntary strike-off guidance states that H15 is filed online through CORE with a €15 fee. The resolution previously filed on G1-H15 is now included within H15. Do not mistake a professional's administration charge for that statutory fee, or assume an old form list is your current application checklist.
The fee does not prepare final accounts, clear tax matters, pay creditors or provide professional advice. If a quote includes the €15, do not add it again. Ask for separate labels for provider fees, statutory charges and payments made to third parties.
Published professional closure-price examples
These prices were checked on 2 October 2026 and are examples, not a national average, lowest-price claim or estimate for liquidation. Scope and exclusions differ. Confirm the final amount and work included directly with the provider.
| Example | Published price | Budgeting question |
|---|---|---|
| CRO H15 application | €15 | Filing charge only; what preparation and other costs remain? |
| Company Bureau VSO service | €350 + VAT | Its order page separately offers return and accounts services; which extras apply? |
| Forti strike-off filing service | €750 + VAT | Confirm the work and whether notices, filings and cleanup are included in your quote |
Sources: Company Bureau's VSO page and Forti's strike-off page. A difference in price is not evidence that the work is identical or that either service covers an unsuitable company. Request an itemised engagement after explaining the company's position.
The newspaper notice is a separate cost question
A compliant newspaper notice is part of the CRO process. Ask the publisher or professional handling it for a current quote and confirm whether publication is included in the package. Costs can depend on the notice and placement; this guide does not invent a standard rate for every newspaper or application.
Ask who prepares and checks the wording, coordinates publication and retains the evidence required for the application. Poor timing or incorrect particulars can create avoidable work or repeat publication. Use the current CRO guidance rather than copying a notice from another company with different facts.
Final accounts and Revenue work can dominate the budget
Revenue's voluntary company strike-off guidance requires returns through the cessation date to be filed, no outstanding tax liabilities and cessation across relevant tax heads before applying for the letter of no objection. A simple form-submission quote is not necessarily a quote for bringing the entire company's tax position up to date.
Tell the adviser when the company last traded, which records exist and which filings remain open. Ask whether the price covers final bookkeeping, accounts and returns, or begins only when those are complete. Taxes owed are not professional fees: include both in the cash plan, but label them separately. Our accountant-cost guide helps compare the scope of that work.
Outstanding CRO filings and penalties are not erased by closure
Ask for a dated list of outstanding returns and the charges associated with preparing and submitting them. The company's public record can help identify questions, but your accountant or secretary should establish the actual obligations. A never-traded company is not automatically exempt from annual company administration.
Use the CRO fee guide and check official current charges. If late filings, audit work or other complications apply, obtain a specific quote instead of assuming the base strike-off fee includes them. For records research, see how to inspect the filing history.
A worked budget for an already-compliant company
Suppose a fictional professional quotes €300 for administration, excluding publication and the CRO fee. A hypothetical newspaper quote is €100 and the statutory H15 fee is €15. The stated components total €415 before any applicable VAT on taxable services. This example is arithmetic, not a market quote, and assumes no separate catch-up accounting, outstanding tax or creditor costs.
If the service price already includes the advertisement or filing fee, remove the duplicate line. If final accounts cost extra, add the actual quoted amount. Ask for the final VAT-inclusive payable total without applying VAT indiscriminately to statutory charges. A company with incomplete records can have a very different total from this deliberately simple example.
What if the company needs liquidation?
Ask a suitably qualified adviser to assess the company's position and quote for the relevant route. Solvent and insolvent winding-up circumstances differ. The assets, creditors, tax work, records and complexity affect the required work. A strike-off provider's published price is not a defensible estimate for a liquidation.
Request clarity on professional fees, disbursements, assumptions and any further approvals or specialist advice needed. Ourinsolvency-status guide explains the terminology for checking public records; it does not decide the route for your own company. Seek timely advice if debts cannot be paid rather than delaying because a cheaper administrative closure is advertised.
How to avoid paying for the same work twice
- State which accounts and returns your existing accountant has completed.
- Ask who obtains the Revenue letter and who has authority to act.
- Label notice publication and CRO fees as included or separate.
- Identify ongoing address, software and professional-service renewals.
- Ask what monitoring and confirmation of dissolution are included.
- Agree what happens if eligibility changes or further work is discovered.
Do not cancel essential services or discard records on the assumption that submitting H15 instantly dissolves the company. Confirm the current position and retention obligations with your advisers. A closure budget should cover the process through the appropriate endpoint, not only the first application.
Sources and editorial review
The cover is an AI-generated editorial illustration, not a photograph of an actual company closure or official documents.
Reviewed by the Businesses.ie Editorial Team on 2 October 2026 against the linked CRO, Revenue and provider sources. Provider figures are dated examples for differing scopes, not endorsements or a market average. The worked budget is fictional and excludes unquoted liabilities and additional work. This is general information, not legal, insolvency or tax advice. See our editorial policy.