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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 128, 148, 157, 162, 172, 173, 189, 195 and 196 together. The proposal to introduce an auto-diesel excise duty relief for licensed road hauliers that I announced in the Budget is confined to licensed and tax compliant hauliers. However, I have received a number of submissions from, and on behalf of, private coach operators seeking to have this relief...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: It is envisaged that the list of unfinished estates to be prescribed by the Minister to the Environment, Community and Local Government for the purposes of the Local Property Tax will be in line with that used for the purposes of the Household Charge. Such properties will be exempt from the Local Property Tax. I am informed by the Department of the Environment that Priory Hall is among...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: The Government is conscious of the very real costs and difficulties faced by people whose homes have been affected by pyrite. My colleague the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Hogan, has indicated that he considers that houses demonstrated to be subject to a certifiable level of pyritic heave should receive a waiver from the Local Property Tax. I propose to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: Revenue from the local property tax will accrue to local authorities and will support the provision of local services. Local authorities provide a broad range of services in the public realm which benefit the wider community, the proper functioning of which are important for the wellbeing of every community and household. These include - fire and emergency services; road maintenance and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: There is no such exemption provided for in the Local Property Tax Bill. The Inter-Departmental Expert Group on the Design of a Property Tax (the ‘Thornhill Group’) recommended against allowances for Stamp Duty because such allowances would not be targeted at need.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: In response to the Deputy’s question I have considered the provision of tax relief for donations to political parties and have decided against introducing such relief. The Electoral ( Amendment ) ( Political Funding ) Act 2012 provided for changes to the Electoral Act, 1997 and imposed new limits for donations. Donations to individual s exceeding €600 must be declared and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: It is envisaged that the list of unfinished estates to be prescribed by the Minister to the Environment, Community and Local Government for the purposes of the Local Property Tax will be in line with those used for the purposes of the Household Charge. Any such list may require amendment from time to time where the criteria specified in the Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 no...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: Having clarified the name of the housing estate with the Deputy I can confirm that the housing estate in question is listed in S.I. 1 of 2012 which lists those estates entitled to a waiver from payment of the Household Charge for 2012. A similar exemption from the local property tax will apply for unfinished housing estates as applied for the Household Charge in 2012. The Minister for the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: Relief from capital gains tax was available where a farmer sold land and used the proceeds to purchase other land for use in farming. This relief (commonly referred to as roll-over relief) was a deferral of the capital gains tax until the replacement land was sold or ceased to be used for the purposes of farming. However this relief ceased with effect form 4 December 2002. You will be aware...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that dividends arising on credit union share accounts are subject to tax as follows: -Regular Share Accounts: The credit union member is required to declare the amount of dividends received on his/her annual tax return form and to pay tax on this amount at his or her marginal rate of income tax. In addition, the dividend income will be subject to the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: I am advised by the Department of Social Protection that, in general, credit union dividends come within the definition of ‘reckonable income’ and accordingly are subject to PRSI at 4%. In the case of employees who do not have any self-employed earned income but who do have unearned income, including credit union dividends, that unearned income may, currently, not be subject to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: I announced in Budget 2013 that the PRSI base will be broadened to cover rental, investment and other forms of income from January 2014. The Deputy will be aware that the Revenue Commissioners collect PRSI and this is then transferred into the Social Insurance Fund. In the case of self-employed people, the PRSI is collected through Revenue’s self-assessment system and is already...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: The Deputy should note that the Central Bank cannot comment on individual cases as they are precluded under section 33AK of the Central Bank Act 1942, from disclosing information on individual financial service providers. The Central Bank has informed me however that there is a Fitness and Probity Regime which applies to regulated financial service providers and this would include insurance...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Remuneration (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 141 and 142 together. I have been advised that the number of members in the former Anglo Irish Bank and former INBS defined benefit pension scheme is 258. The number of deferred members is 188. Pension entitlements for these schemes are a matter for the independent Trustees. All bar 1.5% of current IBRC employees are on a defined contribution pension (or...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Remuneration (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 143 and 144 together. I have been advised that it would be inappropriate for IBRC to provide a response to this question as it relates to a matter for the Board of company mentioned in the question and the Trustees of that company’s Pension Scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Remuneration (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: As I outlined to the Deputy in my previous reply (ref no 51257/12 of 20th November 2012), on the same subject, the scope to use the provisions of the Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Act 2010 in the manner proposed is severely limited. The general intent of the legislation is to operate its provisions at a system level to permit the imposition of obligations on credit institutions. It...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2013 (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: The Deputy will be aware that I received a large number of pre-Budget submissions including a proposal for the introduction of a lid-on levy from vintners’ organisations. Preliminary advice suggests that the proposal may not be consistent with the EU Directive concerning the general arrangements for excise duty on alcohol products.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: It is envisaged that the list of unfinished estates to be prescribed by the Minister to the Environment, Community and Local Government for the purposes of the Local Property Tax will be in line with those used for the purposes of the Household Charge. Any such list may require amendment from time to time where the criteria specified in the Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 no...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that section 135(D), Finance Act, 1992 (as inserted by section 83(1)(j), Finance Act 2012) provides for the repayment of residual Vehicle Registration Tax (VRT) following the permanent removal or export of the vehicle to another jurisdiction. I am further advised by the Revenue Commissioners that they expect this system to be operational in the first...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that estimates of the cost of tax relief on pension contributions are compiled by reference to the aggregate amount of relief allowed and are not sub-classified by reference to age. On the basis of limited indicative age-related data available for 2010, the latest year for which it is available, the proportional age-related distribution of the...