Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan says he is expecting a “massive late surge” in property tax payments before Tuesday’s deadline. Almost one million have paid the controversial new tax to date but there are still around 600,000 homeowners yet to pay. However, Minister Hogan said he expected a “massive late surge” in payments in [...]
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Revenue officials were forced to close its busiest public office yesterday after protesters picketed against the controversial household charge. One man locked himself to a radiator inside the Central Revenue Information Office on O’Connell Street in Dublin while another 20 demonstrated outside. Revenue said staff had to close the busy office, which deals with more [...]
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Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan has reiterated his stance that the one in four homeowners yet to pay the household charge will be “pursued”. He also said they would be liable for double the original €100 fee for failing to pay by the March 2012 deadline. Minister Hogan thanked the 76% of householders who [...]
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This year could be a bumper one for applications for tax refunds as people look to claw back money from the taxman in the wake of the household charge and the local property tax (LPT), according to Taxback.com. In the first quarter of this year, tax refund inquiries are up approximately 10pc on the same [...]
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Over 845,000 Local Property Tax (LPT) returns have been filed to date, according to new data released by the Revenue Commissioners. Their latest information shows that as of yesterday 845,427 homeowners had filed returns. That is roughly half of the estimated 1.6 million homes liable for the property tax. The number paying the tax has [...]
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Also tagged compliant, deadline, Department of Finance, Environment Minister, homeowners, Local Property Tax, phil hogan, property tax, registration, revenue, Revenue Commissioners, tax
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Just one in five homeowners have paid their property tax to date, just days before the deadline passes for postal forms to be returned. The Department of Finance confirmed yesterday that €22.2m had been collected from compliant homeowners so far – well short of the €250m target. Just 332,500 have so far registered to pay [...]
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Local authorities are preparing to hand over a database to the Revenue Commissioners that will help identify almost 400,000 households who have yet to pay the household charge. New figures show almost 1.2 million – or 73 per cent – out of an estimated 1.6 million liable households have paid. Householders who have not paid have less [...]
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Social Protection Minister Joan Burton has defended the decision to reduce the number of ghost estates that will be exempt from the property tax. Just 5,100 homes will get a waiver from paying the levy, compared to 43,000 properties that were not liable for the household charge. It means that of the 1,770 unfinished housing [...]
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By The MyHome Newsdesk
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Also tagged Dublin, exemption, exemptions, Local Authorities, Minister for the Environment, Offaly, phil hogan, property tax, unfinished housing development
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Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan has warned that thinking you are excused from the property tax will not be an excuse for not paying. Last year 43,000 homes were exempt from the €100 household charge but that figure has been dramatically cut to just 5,100 homes this time around. Counties such as Dublin and [...]
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Details of 5,100 exemptions to the Local Property Tax will be published online today. Of the country’s 1,770 unfinished ghost estates, 421 will be exempt from the new tax. This is compared to 1,322 such estates that were exempt from the Household Charge. The locations and boundaries of developments to which the exemption applies will [...]
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