Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 December 2013
72. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance the reason a local property tax letter was not issued to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; if same will be arranged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51604/13]
View answerI am advised by Revenue that a key aspect of the work undertaken in connection with the administration of Local Property Tax (LPT) was the development of a register of residential properties in the State. The process involved consolidating property address data, which was extracted from various Government and non-Government sources, in respect of almost two million records. In some instances the data matching was complicated by different variations in addresses and names held by the different agencies. In some instances these variations resulted in either duplications on the Property Register or people being incorrectly linked to properties for which they were not the liable person.
In regard to the case referred to by the Deputy, the 2013 LPT 1 Return issued to the address that Revenue previously used when corresponding with the person in question. The LPT 1 Return was returned to Revenue by the current occupiers of this property but no alternative address was supplied in respect of the person in question. The person did subsequently fulfill her 2013 LPT obligations through the online system but did so without using the correct property identification number. This resulted in a ‘mis-match’ between the person in question and her new property, which resulted in the 2014 payment request notification not issuing.
Revenue has confirmed to me that the person in question has now been correctly matched with her new property and her records are fully in order. Revenue has also confirmed that it will make direct contact with the person in the coming days in this regard and also to offer her any assistance she might require in meeting her 2014 LPT obligations.
