Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 7 November 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform
Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue
5:05 pm
Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source
Sure. I wish to mention three cases where Revenue has serious responsibility, although I believe the primary responsibility lies with the Government. A woman who came to my clinic had €61.75 taken from her wages in September and again in October. This was done without notification. She does not own a property. She spent three weeks trying to get through to Revenue, but has failed to get through. Another man in my constituency was charged half a year's tax for one house, but this year he was charged for a full year for two houses. He only owns one house. Third, a 27 year old, unemployed person on a community employment scheme who is not a property owner and who is currently homeless and sleeping on someone's couch, has had four weeks' property tax deducted from her unemployment benefit for a house in which she rented a bedroom when she was in college six years ago.
These are awful errors on the part of the Revenue Commissioners. Can Ms Feehily explain these errors?
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