Homeowners who refused to register for the property tax will not be hit with an interest charge when the money is automatically deducted from their salaries, pensions or bank accounts on July 1. The Revenue this morning revealed that 1,539,822 returns were made before close of business last night. That means that over 90% of homeowners [...]
Read More >Tag Archives: Revenue Commissioners
30th May 2013
Over 90% return property tax forms
The Revenue Commissioners had received almost 1,518,000 filings for the Local Property Tax by 4pm yesterday afternoon, indicating a compliance rate above 90%. Revenue had sent 1.66m notifications to liable property owners and had aimed for compliance of 80% by the end of the year. Almost three quarters of the returns made to date [...]
Read More >
29th May 2013
Revenue extends property tax deadline
The Revenue Commissioners has extended the deadline for filing Local Property Tax returns until 8pm tonight. The deadline had initially been set for midnight yesterday, May 28th. A spokesperson for Revenue said it had taken the step to extend it due to the unprecedented volume of phone calls in the build-up to the deadline. [...]
Read More >
23rd May 2013
Just under a million have now paid property tax
Almost one million people have now paid or made arrangements to pay their local property tax, with one week to go to the deadline for filing the tax return. To date more than 948,522 returns have been filed and up to the end of April €22 million in up-front payments had been received. Of the returns [...]
Read More >
21st May 2013
Hogan warns that household charge payments must be made
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 [...]
Read More >
17th May 2013
More than half of those liable have now paid property tax
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 [...]
Read More >
13th May 2013
Garda investigation launched into alleged property tax helpline fraud
A Garda investigation is underway into alleged attempts to use the credit cards details of some callers to the Local Property Tax Helpline. The Revenue Commissioners, who are administering and collecting the tax, has confirmed to RTÉ News that it is treating the matter as attempted fraud. An employee of Abtran, the company which handles [...]
Read More >
10th May 2013
Rumours of property tax increase will be worrying for many
Around one million people have still to pay the new local property tax and already rumours are spreading that the charge could be set to rise next year. Figures released yesterday by the Revenue Commissioners show that to date 637,466 homeowners have made an LPT return. The remainder of the 1.6 million homeowners liable for [...]
Read More >
8th May 2013
100,000 pay property tax over Bank Holiday weekend
Close to 100,000 homeowners rushed to register for the property tax over the Bank Holiday weekend as the first deadline hit. Over 500,000 houses are now registered for the tax as the Revenue Commissioners’ campaign kicks in. The last-minute surge in registrations means just short of one in three homes are now signed up for [...]
Read More >
3rd May 2013
Just one in five have paid property tax to date
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 [...]
Read More >
no way has it bottomed out as the next budget will crucify us even further. Overspending in heal...
