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New Year blitz planned on those who failed to pay household charge

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The Revenue Commissioners are planning a New Year blitz on the 300,000 homeowners who have still not paid their household charge. The taxman is to launch a campaign this month targeting those who have not forked out for the year-old levy. The bill for the…

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Household charge case adjourned

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The case against a Mayo man who is the first person in the country to be prosecuted for non-payment of the controversial Household Charge has been adjourned. Peter Anthony (Tony) Keegan of Belclare, Westport, appeared before Westport District Court sitting in Castlebar on Thursday but…

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Household Charge compliance now exceeds 80%

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Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government Phil Hogan has thanked the vast majority who have registered their properties and paid the household charge. To date 1,286,802 properties have been registered and this includes 23,626 waivers. Almost €135m has been collected and reallocated to local…

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The household charge could yet come back to bite people

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The household charge. It’s the tax that simply won’t go away. Well, not yet anyway. The charge, which initially was introduced in January 2012 and had to be paid by the end of March that year, is still a topical issue well over a year…

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Irish Water confident water charges will be paid

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The managing director of Irish Water has said he is confident that water charges will be paid by householders using the public supply when metering is introduced. John Tierney said recent experience with the Household Charge and the Local Property Tax had shown the…

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Hogan expecting a late surge in property tax payments

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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…

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Revenue office forced to close over property tax protesters

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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…

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Hogan warns that household charge payments must be made

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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…

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Tax refund enquiries up 10% this year

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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,…

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More than half of those liable have now paid property tax

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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…

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