Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 December 2013
82. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 did not receive a local property tax letter; and if he will arrange for the Revenue Commissioners to contact this person regarding his or her LPT liability. [54829/13]
View answerI am advised by Revenue that it recently wrote to certain tranches of property owners in regard to their 2014 Local Property Tax (LPT) obligations. The persons contacted were property owners who filed their 2013 Local Property Tax (LPT) Returns and paid their liabilities by lump sum or by way of regular cash payments. Revenue did not write to certain categories of property owners including those on phased payment arrangements and those who had not filed LPT Returns for 2013. In the case raised by the Deputy, I am advised that the person in question made a payment of €200 but did not file an LPT Return for 2013.
The son of the person in question subsequently contacted Revenue on 20 November 2013 and received assistance in filing the 2013 Return. During the filing process he was unsure whether the €200 payment was for arrears of Household Charge or LPT, and advised that he needed to clarify matters further with the person and would revert. He also requested Revenue to issue a payment notification to the person in respect of 2014 so that he could bring all issues up to date. The payment notification issued on 13 December 2013.
Revenue was of the opinion that the person’s son was clarifying the outstanding issues and expected he would revert as soon as possible. However, in light of the Deputy’s representation, Revenue will make direct contact with the person in question in the coming days to bring matters to a conclusion.
