Written answers

Tuesday, 6 May 2014

Department of Finance

Property Taxation Collection

Photo of Brian WalshBrian Walsh (Galway West, Independent)
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160. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners are erroneously seeking to collect household charge arrears in respect of a person and property (details supplied) in County Galway. [20161/14]

Photo of Michael NoonanMichael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that with effect from 1 July 2013, Section 156 of the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 (as amended) converted Household Charge (HHC) to LPT and made Revenue responsible for the collection of any arrears. Any outstanding HHC liability was increased to €200 and was included as part of the LPT liability for the property. Revenue received the Household Charge register from the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) and cross-referenced that register with the LPT register to identify a list of properties for which the Household Charge is still outstanding.

Revenue has indicated that the HHC arrears list is not fully accurate as the LGMA Register captured the name of the person who physically paid the charge rather than the property owner. In the specific circumstances of the individual mentioned by the Deputy, the person is the designated liable owner of the property in question, in accordance with the LPT1 Return for 2013, and consequently he is regarded as liable for any arrears of the HHC. There is no record of payment for HHC for this property. His contact address, for all Revenue matters, is the address of the property. He has submitted a query, with regard to the HHC arrears, through the online service and an email address has been provided. Contact will be made with the individual, by the LPT team, via the email address with a view to establishing his circumstances and updating his Revenue records, including the LPT Register records.

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