Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 October 2013
131. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance how persons who overestimated their value of property last July may rectify this matter in January 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44138/13]
View answerThe Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 (as amended) sets out how the tax is to be administered and how a residential property is to be valued for Local Property Tax (LPT) purposes. As I told the House in my reply to the Deputy's Question No. 77 (44072/13) on 17 October 2013, Local Property Tax (LPT) is a self-assessed tax so it is a matter for the property owner to calculate the tax due based on his or her assessment of the market value of the property. I also informed the House that the Revenue Commissioners had confirmed that if a liable person had genuinely overpaid the tax through an error or mistake, then the person should write to LPT Branch, Government Buildings, Ennis, Co Clare, clearly setting out how the overpayment arose and providing the relevant supporting documentation.
I am further advised by the Commissioners that once the relevant documentation is received LPT Branch will make direct contact with the person. Should it transpire that the person did in fact overpay the 2013 liability then it will be possible to offset some or all of the overpayment to the 2014 liability, or make a repayment.
