Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 November 2013
213. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Sligo has not received a response from the Revenue Commissioners regarding the local property tax to attempts to have the band 3 on their property adjusted to band 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46811/13]
View answerI am advised by Revenue that a valuation band adjustment was not made to the property to which the Deputy refers because the original correspondence sent to Revenue in relation to the issue was not received. As a consequence, Revenue based the 2014 liability on the 2013 LPT declaration, which confirmed that the value of the property in question was within Band 3 (€150,000 to
€200,000) and as such was correctly liable to a €315 charge for the full year.
From discussions between LPT Branch and the Deputy’s office it appears that the email address used to submit the correspondence to Revenue contained an incorrect character and was not delivered to the LPT email address. Revenue has confirmed to me that the Deputy’s office has now provided copies of all the relevant correspondence. Revenue has also confirmed that a member of the LPT Branch has contacted the person in question directly and confirmed to him that the valuation has now been amended from Band 3 to Band 2 and that he is liable to a €225 charge for 2014 rather than €315.
Questions Nos. 214 to 216, inclusive, answered with Question No. 143.
