Written answers

Wednesday, 11 December 2013

Department of Finance

Property Taxation Assessments

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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40. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide clarification on a local property tax valuation received by a family (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53207/13]

Photo of Michael NoonanMichael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by Revenue that a key aspect of the work undertaken in regard to Local Property Tax (LPT) was the development of a comprehensive register of residential properties in the State. During the compiling of the Property Register matching difficulties were encountered when consolidating the various Government and non-Government data sources used, and as a consequence some properties were associated with persons on the basis of outdated address information. As part of its comprehensive LPT communications strategy, Revenue clearly stated that errors in the compilation of the Property Register were inevitable given the scale of the task and requested anybody who received incorrect information on their properties to contact the LPT Helpline immediately to have their records amended.

In the case raised by the Deputy, Revenue issued an LPT 1 Return for 2013 to an address previously used to correspond with the person in question in respect of other taxes. The person subsequently filed his 2013 LPT Return via the online system without using a Property ID and PIN and in doing so created a second property record. This resulted in the computer system incorrectly categorising the person as a multiple property owner for LPT purposes and assessing him on that basis for both 2013 and 2014.

Revenue has confirmed that the "duplicate" property has been removed from the Property Register and the address details of the person have been correctly updated. Revenue has made direct contact with the person to confirm his details and has also provided him with a new Property ID and PIN to facilitate future access to his LPT records.

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