Those who have yet to pay the household charge have been warned by the Minister for Finance that it will be automatically added to the forthcoming Property Tax when it is introduced later this year. Michael Noonan has said that anyone who has not yet paid the €100 charge will eventually have to do so. [...]
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22nd October 2012
Household charge reminders sent to those who have already paid
Household charge warning letters seeking payment of €127 including a penalty for late payment have been sent to homeowners who have already paid the charge, the Local Government Management Agency confirmed late last week. The first batch of warning letters to owner-occupiers, believed not to have paid the charge, was issued last week. Up to [...]
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24th September 2012
Revenue to chase down household charge
The Revenue Commissioners are set to be given new powers to chase down the 600,000 homeowners who have yet to pay the household charge. Among the measures they will potentially use to get people to pay will be to deny householders tax clearance certificates. Penalties for failing to pay the new property tax will also [...]
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17th September 2012
Local authority warns about bogus household charge collectors
A LOCAL authority has issued a warning to homeowners after it emerged that bogus callers have been visiting homes claiming to be collecting the household charge. Cork County Council made the warning after receiving a number of reports of people going around claiming to collect the €100 charge from those who have yet to pay. [...]
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29th August 2012
Fianna Fáil calls for delay of property tax
Fianna Fáil has called on the government to abandon the introduction of a full property tax next year. Senator Darragh O’Brien has accused the Fine Gael/Labour coalition of making an “utter mess” of the issue and said it was being rushed through without proper discussion. Senator O’Brien said while the idea of a property tax [...]
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20th August 2012
Household charge staff threatened
Staff at the Local Government Management Agency – the group charged with collecting the household charge – have received death threats, according to its CEO Paul McSweeney. He revealed to The Irish Examiner that he and staff had been threatened and been sent hate mail, while one senior member of staff was also sent a [...]
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17th August 2012
Street lights could be switched off due to non-payment of household charge
LOCAL authorities around the country may be forced to switch off street lights because of budget shortfalls linked to the non-payment of the household charge. With just 61% of those liable for the controversial €100 payment having paid to date, the government has slashed funding to councils. That has put public services such as libraries, [...]
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16th August 2012
Campaigners against household charge set to offer free legal advice
Those fighting the controversial household charge are set to offer free legal advice to homeowners threatened with prosecution over their refusal to pay the €100 charge. Shortly after the Local Government Management Agency threatened legal action if second warning letters are ignored, politicians opposed to the tax accused officials of bullying. Mick Barry, a Socialist [...]
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15th August 2012
Household charge income passes €100 million mark
Income from the household charge yesterday passed the €100 million mark, according to the latest figures from the Local Government Management Agency. Despite this, the government are still owed €60 million based on their target of taking in €160 million from the controversial €100 charge this year. The latest figures also show that just over [...]
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13th August 2012
Over one million have now paid the household charge
The number of people who have registered for the household charge has now passed the one million mark. However, it is estimated that somewhere between 600,000 and 800,000 homes have still to register for the controversial €100 payment, which will be replaced next year by a full-blown property tax. Reminder notices are still being sent [...]
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no way has it bottomed out as the next budget will crucify us even further. Overspending in heal...
