Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 November 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue

4:05 pm

Photo of Brian StanleyBrian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

When Ms Feehily appeared before the committee in May, she stated:


The legislation says what it says but we can, within reason, manage and schedule payment dates. Every year Revenue grants a concession when people file their tax returns online. Within our own care and management, we can make some sensible arrangements around the margins of payment dates. We chose the January date specifically because we can send out returns to people before the end of the year and they can pick 12 equal months.
Although she referred to 12 payments, she mentioned in the early part of her reply a degree of flexibility. For many people, making a single payment after Christmas would be a great deal easier. For obvious reasons, Christmas presents significant problems, given the festivities and the associated costs, particularly for people with families. Apart from the phased payments aspect of Ms Feehily's May reply, she seemed to indicate that Revenue had some flexibility "around the margins" to try to bring the date into next year. Could it not be applied?

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