Bike to Work Scheme Ireland: Marco’s No-Stress Guide

ABUS Granit bike lock featured in LIFTY’s Bike to Work Scheme equipment guide
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Hello guys, it’s me Marco from The Lifty Electric. The Bike to Work Scheme sounds like paperwork wearing a bicycle helmet. In reality, the route is straightforward: your participating employer buys an eligible bike and equipment, and you repay through an approved salary-sacrifice arrangement.

The current Irish limits

€1,250Standard bicycle and eligible safety equipment
€1,500Electric bike or pedelec and eligible safety equipment
€3,000Cargo or electric cargo bike and eligible safety equipment

Revenue says the limits include eligible safety equipment and the relief can generally be used once in a four-year period. Your employer chooses whether to operate the scheme.

How it works with Lifty

  1. Confirm that your employer participates and ask about its approval or voucher process.
  2. Choose an eligible VIKETORY e-bike and equipment with Lifty.
  3. We prepare an employer-ready quotation and help with the required paperwork.
  4. Your employer approves and purchases through its chosen process.
  5. Once payment and order requirements are complete, Lifty arranges collection or nationwide delivery where available.
Scooters do not qualify. Irish Revenue excludes motorbikes, scooters and mopeds. The scheme covers qualifying bicycles, e-bikes, cargo bikes and eligible safety equipment. The employer—not the employee—must purchase or pay the supplier.

What makes an e-bike eligible?

It must meet the applicable legal definition and scheme rules. Lifty checks the exact Irish/EU configuration—including maximum continuous rated power, pedal-assist operation and assistance cut-off—before presenting it as a scheme option.

Specification matters: a similar model name sold elsewhere may have a different configuration. We confirm the exact bike before preparing your quote.

What Lifty can do

We help with VIKETORY e-bike selection, employer-ready quotes, scheme documentation, eligible accessories and delivery throughout Ireland. Approval and tax savings depend on your employer, salary, tax position and Revenue rules.

Checked 12 July 2026. Always follow current Revenue guidance and your employer’s process.

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