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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Arthur Spring: I am trying to get at the fact that the preferred choice by the Revenue Commissioners is a single debit authority option. The date on which the money will be taken out is 21 March, unless the taxpayer specifies an earlier date. I welcome that but I am struggling with another point and we need to convey it better. It is not the intention to take the money for the property tax by debit card...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Arthur Spring: Ms Feehily said she was going to consider what we have said today. Will she sum up what the Revenue Commissioners is going to consider what it believes are the options for solutions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Arthur Spring: That is per year.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Arthur Spring: That means that in the space of five months, the person would pay over €600.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Arthur Spring: It is simple maths.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Arthur Spring: There is also a data protection aspect.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Arthur Spring: I welcome Ms Feehily to the meeting. When did Revenue first become aware that a property tax was to be introduced in Ireland?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Arthur Spring: When the troika arrived?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Arthur Spring: What was the projected target in terms of compliance?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Arthur Spring: In terms of the targets expected under the budgetary process, what percentage of uptake was expected by Government?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Arthur Spring: I believe the expected uptake was 70%. Ms Feehily said earlier that compliance was 90%. When one drills down into the figures-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Arthur Spring: The figure of 70% plus is the target expected under the budgetary process. Some €50 million in additional taxes was collected last year. Compliance was ahead of what was predicted in the budgetary process. It is expected this will increase this year. I have two concerns. The predominant issue for us is the people struggling to pay their mortgages. The demographic indicates that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Arthur Spring: Does it have qualified marketing expertise in-house?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Arthur Spring: Why is Ms Feehily throwing her eyes to heaven?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Arthur Spring: I am asking questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Arthur Spring: Does Revenue have expert customer care in-house?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Arthur Spring: Does it have IT electronic payments expertise in-house?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Arthur Spring: When the legislation was being drafted, did the Department of Finance liaise with Revenue?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Arthur Spring: Did Revenue have any hand, act or part in the drafting of the legislation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Arthur Spring: Did it foresee that there would be problems in terms of how payments would be made?