Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 November 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue

3:45 pm

Photo of Kieran O'DonnellKieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I ask the Chairman to let me know when I have a minute remaining.

Confusion has arisen from the letter that issued. Section 119 of the legislation states the tax is due on or before 1 January. However, the letters that issued to ordinary taxpayers make no mention of 1 January - it is the only date missing from the letter. I would have thought that was a glaring oversight.

If people are not obliged to pay the tax until 1 January, it would be very simple that anyone who wants to go for direct debit, the single debit mandate or deduction at source or through a service provider should be obliged to come forward by 14 November for manual filing or 27 November for online filing, but anyone who has a payment coming out of their account the very minute they pay should not be required to submit it until 1 January. It would be very simple way around it and would ensure there was no element of confusion. Is that something Revenue would take on board?

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