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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 October 2013

Tuesday, 8 October 2013

Questions (141, 142)

Barry Cowen

Question:

141. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form a county breakdown of the total number of households who have made a property tax payment in 2013 to date; the total who have failed to make a payment; the percentage of households who are paying in instalments; the number of households who have availed of an exemption; the compliance rate to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41875/13]

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Barry Cowen

Question:

142. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form a county breakdown of the total revenue raised by the residential property tax to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41876/13]

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Written answers

I propose to take Questions Nos. 141 and 142 together.

I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that compliance data for the Local Property Tax (LPT) are compiled on the basis of the numbers of properties, and are broken down by City and County Councils nationally. The most up to date figures, including the percentage of properties for which exemptions and deferrals were claimed, are published on the Commissioners website at: http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/lpt/lpt-stats-0913.pdf. Work is on-going to refine the LPT Register, and more detailed data will be published in due course.

I am further advised that by the end of September 2013 approximately €200m had been transferred by Revenue to the Exchequer.

The LPT statistics in local authority areas are available by percentage compliance rate rather than by the total number of households, and are as follows:

Local Authority

Compliance Rate (Approx.)

€ Million LPT Declared*

*€ Million LPT Collected

Carlow

88%

1.6

1.6

Cavan

88%

2.2

1.9

Clare

90%

5.0

4.3

Cork City

90%

5.5

4.7

Cork Co

89%

20.1

17.1

Donegal

84%

5.2

4.7

Dublin City

87%

39.9

32.4

DLR

92%

26.1

21.0

Fingal

91%

18.9

14.8

Galway City

89%

4.0

3.5

Galway Co

89%

7.1

6.3

Kerry

89%

7.0

6.2

Kildare

90%

10.7

8.6

Kilkenny

91%

3.7

3.2

Laois

89%

2.5

2.0

Leitrim

89%

1.0

0.9

Limerick City

88%

2.2

1.8

Limerick Co

90%

5.7

4.8

Longford

88%

1.0

0.9

Louth

84%

4.7

3.8

Mayo

89%

5.1

4.6

Meath

89%

8.6

6.9

Monaghan

90%

1.9

1.7

North Tipperary

91%

2.7

2.3

Offaly

89%

2.4

2.1

Roscommon

90%

2.0

1.8

Sligo

88%

2.6

2.3

South Dublin

90%

15.8

12.4

South Tipperary

91%

3.2

2.8

Waterford City

89%

1.6

1.3

Waterford Co

89%

3.0

2.5

Westmeath

90%

3.2

2.7

Wexford

90%

6.0

5.1

Wicklow

91%

8.4

6.8

Overall

90%

241.0

200.0

The statistics on payments by instalment are available by the percentage of LPT collected rather than by the percentage of households, and are as follows:

Payment Type

% LPT Collected to Date

Card (credit & debit cards)

53.1%

Direct Debit

8.3%

Single Debit Authority & Cheque

31.1%

Deduct at Source

0.5%

Service Provider

7.0%

-

100.0%

Revenue has received in excess of 25,000 claims for an exemption from LPT, which represents 1.6% of all properties returned.

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