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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: And it will be drawn on 1 January.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: I call on Deputies O'Donnell and Harris, and Senator Paul Coghlan. I remind Deputies that they have 12 minutes between them. I am not looking for questions at the end of five minutes that go on for another two or three minutes. I will bring it to a conclusion at the end of five minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: The Deputy has two minutes remaining.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: The Deputy will need to allow Ms Feehily time to respond.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: The Deputy will need to allow Ms Feehily to respond.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: Is there an additional charge of 1.49% of using one's credit card?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: In the agreement, that charge is broken down between four entities - the financial house the money is coming out of, the Revenue, the acquirer and the gateway. I am not sure what is the breakdown but am I correct that Revenue receives a percentage of the 1.49% charge?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: Does Revenue get any percentage of it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: So the fee goes to the gateway, the bank and the acquirer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: Revenue is not getting any of it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: Okay. Ms Feehily is correct that there are six other options, such as salary deductions. I have received correspondence from all over the country that suggests there is an equity issue. Those who state their intention to pay by credit or debit card are paying before everybody else. Ms Feehily is correct when she says the payment is due on 1 January but in other cases she allows for the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: It is called merchant agreement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: So the Revenue has a merchant agreement. I will not name the company for obvious reasons.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: The Revenue has a merchant agreement with a banking company. There is a coding system in that merchant agreement. If I were to book a holiday this afternoon to travel abroad for St. Patrick's weekend, and if I were to use one of our Irish airlines such as Ryanair or Aer Lingus, departing on 15 March, that sum would be taken from my account immediately. If, however, I were to book a hotel...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: So we are discussing a financial IT systems process, not a legislative process, and there is nothing in the legislation insisting on payment before Christmas. I understand there is no impediment to the Revenue getting a property owner's credit card details and processing payment at a later date. The advice I have received through the secretariat from two card payment processors taken at...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: Give me an explanation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: There is a compliance rate of 91% according to the figures Ms Feehily has given us today. This is a customer service issue. If half of the customers wish to pay through this system, the system should be made as compliant as possible. While the secretariat may have put the word "premature" in the letter I would have edited it. I would see that a withdrawal of the payment in a period when...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: Taxpayers give their credit card details to iTunes, Amazon, they give them out every day of the week.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: It is for single debit payments.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: Will Ms Feehily let me complete?