Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 16 January 2018

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Local Property Tax and Commercial Stamp Duty: Department of Finance

4:00 pm

Mr. John Hogan:

As matters stand, our current planning horizon is that the work will begin in the next month and the group will be in a position to finalise its report to the Government by August. Notwithstanding Deputy Lahart's earlier comments, it is helpful to note the planning that is necessary for Revenue to introduce any changes in the system. We fully understand that. However, it is also important to note that whatever decision is taken on re-valuation around 1 November 2019 will not apply to the 2019 LPT charges but to those from 2020 onwards.