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Five people each paid property tax on more 500 houses they own

The Revenue Commissioners have revealed that five people each paid property tax on more than 500 houses they each own. The five were among 100 multi-homeowners, who discharged their Local Property Tax (LPT) liabilities for 2014. Four other individuals paid LPT for ownership of between 400…

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Property Tax reminder letters sent to 130,000 households

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The Revenue Commissioners has sent out 130,000 letters to those who have not made arrangements to pay their Local Property Tax (LPT) for 2015. The reminder notices were issued last week and resulted in the almost immediate collection of a further €1 million, as well…

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68,000 had property tax taken from their wages or pensions in last two years

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Almost 68,000 people had mandatory local property tax (LPT) deductions from their wages or pensions over the past two years, according to new compliance figures from Revenue. The overall compliance rate for the payment over 2013 and 2014 stands at 95%, and raised a total…

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Mortgages & Money

200,000 people yet to pay their Property Tax for 2015

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As many as 200,000 people have yet to pay their Local Property Tax (LPT) for 2015, according to the Revenue Commissioners. Those who have yet to pay have been warned, however, that it is “in their interests” to contact Revenue before officials finish processing payments already…

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95% of homeowners paid property tax last year

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The Revenue Commissioners have said 95% of eligible homeowners have paid last year's property tax. It took in €452m in the tax for last year - as well as €39m euro in property taxes due for 2015. The figures form part of Revenue's total income…

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Property tax deadline extended until Friday

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Revenue has extended the deadline for payment of this year's Local Property Tax. It follows a "very large" volume of calls to a dedicated helpline, and a filing rate of nearly 8,000 payment notifications an hour at times over the past two days. Revenue said…

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3,600 homes valued at more than €1m

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Two out of every three homeowners did not accept the values suggested by the Revenue Commissioners for the purposes of the residential property tax. Almost a quarter said their apartments or houses were worth less than €100,000. Revenue had expected 15 per cent of properties…

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Revenue to deduct property tax and household charge from defaulters' wages from this month

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Local property tax (LPT) and household charge defaulters can expect lighter wage packets from this month following the implementation of deductions at source by employers. More than 40,000 employers and occupational pension providers have already been instructed to begin withholding the sums owed to the…

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Revenue Commissioners hunting down unpaid household charge payments

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The Revenue commissioners has begun writing to 70,000 people to collect the household charge from those who have not paid it in the last two years. The €100 fee for every household only applied for the year 2012, but tens of thousands of homes still…

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1,500 could be entitled to property tax refunds

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Revenue has yet to make contact with 1,500 people who may have paid the local property tax for 2013 even though they were exempted from doing so. Confusing wording in the legislation - which was intended to apply only to first-time buyers - actually exempted…

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