Property Taxation Exemptions

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 December 2012

Tuesday, 18 December 2012

Questions (132)

Pearse Doherty

Question:

132. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if any exemption will be given from the property tax to homeowners who have paid stamp duty in the previous nine years. [56461/12]

Written answers

Minister for Finance

There is no such exemption provided for in the Local Property Tax Bill. The Inter-Departmental Expert Group on the Design of a Property Tax (the ‘Thornhill Group’) recommended against allowances for Stamp Duty because such allowances would not be targeted at need.