Environment Minister Phil Hogan has denied that water charges could eventually cost over €1,000 per household. He was replying to Socialist Party TD Joe Higgins, who accused the Government of being more interested in introducing another local tax rather than conserving water. “Along with property tax, water charges will increase to over €1,000 per household, [...]
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12th June 2013
Sinn Féin plan bill to repeal property tax
Sinn Féin are hopeful of putting a bill before the Dáil in the coming days to repeal the Local Property Tax. The opposition party are using its private members time in Dáil both last night and tonight to put forward a bill seeking to overturn the property tax. Proposing the Property Tax Repeal Bill, Finance [...]
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13th May 2013
26,000 property tax letters sent to the wrong address
More than 26,000 property tax demands have been returned because the addressee is “not known at this address”. Finance Minister Michael Noonan said a number of factors were involved in the mis-mail which saw so many local property tax (LPT) demands returned unopened. “I am advised that there are approximately 26,000 such letters, of which [...]
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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 [...]
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26th April 2013
Not everyone liable for property tax will receive letters – but they still must pay
The Revenue Commissioners has said that several thousand homeowners – liable for Property Tax – will not receive letters. The target of over 1.6 million letters have now all been sent to properties around the country. However due to errors in the computer system – people who have not received one – must make contact [...]
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24th April 2013
Property tax a “huge challenge” for Revenue
In its annual report today, The Revenue Commissioners have admitted that implementing the property tax was a “huge challenge” for them. Revenue said because it had drawn up a list of homeowners from multiple sources there had been errors, which it had anticipated and had tried to explain. It said when it started preparing to [...]
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5th April 2013
Is your property tax estimate accurate?
By now most people will have received letters from the Revenue Commissioners detailing what they are expected to pay towards the new property tax. Of course, these letters are just estimates and people have the right to lower or higher the valuation of their home to meet its current market value. This has caused a [...]
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28th March 2013
Kids who received property tax letters suffering from stress
Anti-property tax campaigners say children who have wrongly received demand letters from the Revenue Commissioners are suffering stress and anxiety. Officials have written to the teenagers in error, and demanded payment of the tax which is due in July. A group of youngsters staged a protest at Leinster House in Dublin today to highlight the [...]
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25th March 2013
A third of people insist they won’t pay property tax
Almost one third of people in a new survey say they do not intend to pay the property tax. According to a Red C poll in yesterday’s Sunday Business Post, 29% of those eligible for the tax say they do not plan to pay it. Two thirds of the 1,000 people surveyed said they regarded [...]
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25th February 2013
No tax clearance cert for those who fail to pay property tax
Tax clearance certificates will not be issued to self-employed workers if they fail to pay the new property tax. The Revenue Commissioners have been granted authority to veto tax clearance certs for individuals who are found not to have paid the new tax – which comes into force in July. The move places increased pressure [...]
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no way has it bottomed out as the next budget will crucify us even further. Overspending in heal...
