Part 12 of the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 (as amended) provides for a deferral or partial deferral (50%) of LPT where certain specified circumstances exist. These circumstances include 'Income Level', 'Hardship', 'Personal Insolvency' and 'Personal Representative of a Deceased Person'.
Once granted, a deferral normally remains in place for the duration of the 'valuation period', which is currently 1 May 2013 to 31 October 2019. However property owners can opt to pay the outstanding liability at any time and discontinue with the deferral. Where a deferral is in place, the outstanding liability remains as a charge on the property and must be paid before a sale or transfer can be completed. Interest is also charged on the deferred amount at a rate of 4% per annum.
The table sets out the numbers of deferrals that are currently in place in Counties Cavan and Monaghan.
Local Authority
|
Income Levels/Hardship
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Personal Insolvency
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Rep. Deceased Person
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Total
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Cavan
|
821
|
15
|
13
|
849
|
Monaghan
|
656
|
10
|
15
|
681
|
Finally, Revenue has recently published detailed LPT statistics in respect of 2016, which may be of interest to the Deputy. The information can be accessed via the following link. http://www.revenue.ie/en/about/statistics/local-property-tax-2016.pdf.