John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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52. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the property tax is being withdrawn in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [18675/14]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy will be aware that this case was previously raised by him under Question 44090 of 2013.

The initial difficulties in the case arose because the person in question failed to engage with Revenue in regard to the ownership of the property in spite of receiving a number of letters and reminders in regard to the issue. As a direct consequence of the non engagement, Revenue issued an instruction to her employer on 16 September 2013 to commence deductions from her salary in respect of the outstanding LPT liability. The instruction was subsequently revoked on 15 October 2013 on foot of Question 44090 and the Property Register was amended to reflect the correct ownership of the property.

From examining the person's 2013 P60 records it appears that the employer did not activate the deduction before receiving the revocation notice of 16 October. On that basis Revenue did not make any refund to the person. The person was subsequently contacted directly by a member of the LPT team who explained the situation to her and asked her to submit confirmation of any deductions made in respect of LPT by her employer.

Revenue has assured me that as soon as it receives the required confirmation it will investigate the matter without delay and will refund or offset any money identified as owing to the person.