Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 November 2013
104. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the reason correspondence was sent from the Revenue Commissioners to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal requesting payment for band 2 with regard to the local property tax when this person made a self declaration on their property which they believe falls under band 1 and they paid accordingly last year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48192/13]
View answerI am advised by Revenue that the development of the Local Property Tax (LPT) Register required it to extract and consolidate data from multiple sources including various Government and non-Government agencies. The process involved consolidating data for approximately two million records, some of which were difficult to match because of variations in addresses and names held by different agencies. This was particularly prevalent in rural locations, which resulted in data capture and duplication errors in a relatively small number of cases. Revenue has confirmed to me that the 2014 LPT liability of €180 quoted for the case to which the Deputy refers in fact relates to two Band 1 properties rather than a single Band 2 property.
On foot of the Deputy’s representation Revenue has confirmed that the second property is a duplicate, which was associated with the person in error. The Property Register has now been amended to reflect that the person only owns a single property. Revenue has also assured me that the correct amount of LPT due for 2014, based on the person’s self-assessment of the valuation of the property, is €90.
Revenue will immediately contact the person to confirm his correct LPT liability for 2014 to him.
