Written answers

Wednesday, 22 May 2013

Department of Finance

Property Taxation Administration

Photo of Kevin HumphreysKevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour)
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61. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the number of properties registered nationally, by each local authority area for the local property tax to date; the estimated number of liable properties in both; the aggregate amount of tax to be returned from those registered thus far; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24499/13]

Photo of Kevin HumphreysKevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour)
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62. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the number of properties registered in Dublin City Council for the local property tax to date; the estimated number of liable properties; the aggregate amount of tax to be returned from those registered thus far; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24500/13]

Photo of Michael NoonanMichael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 61 and 62 together.

I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that in excess of 948,522 LPT Returns have been filed up to close of business Monday 20th May 2013. This represents 57% of the total Returns issued. Of the Returns received, 657,157 were filed electronically and 291,365 were paper Returns.

As the Deputy will appreciate, with returns being filed on a constant basis, the Commissioners' focus is on processing the returns, dealing with correspondence, telephone calls and payment processing. It would not be practical or particularly useful for the Revenue Commissioners to carry out detailed analysis on the final filing rate for liable residential properties, the value of the outstanding liable payments or the expected outturn until after the online filing deadline of 28 May 2013 has passed.

For completeness, the Deputy should note that in light of the arrangements provided for local authorities and social housing associations in the Finance (Local Property Tax) Amendment Act 2013, discussions are taking place on the most practical approach to securing LPT returns from those bodies.

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