Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity)
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231. To ask the Minister for Finance the net cost of abolishing the local property tax and replacing it with a landlord tax for second and subsequent properties based on existing rates of local property tax plus an additional €600 for the second property and €1,000 on all subsequent properties. [34540/17]

Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity)
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232. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2018 of abolishing the local property tax. [34547/17]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 231 and 232 together.

In relation to Question 34540/17,  I am informed by Revenue that a tax on second and subsequent properties based on existing rates of LPT plus an additional €600 for the second property and €1,000 on all subsequent properties, would have an annual yield in the region of €284 million. This is based on those properties indicated to be non-principal primary residencies by their owners in their LPT returns.

In relation to 34547/17, I am informed that the estimated cost of abolishing the Local Property Tax (LPT) in 2018 would be in the order of €460 million, based on my Department’s latest official forecast of LPT receipts for next year.