Dáil Éireann Debate, Monday - 11 September 2017
83. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Finance the proposals being put forward by the working group established to examine and report on the tax treatment of landlords; if these proposals have been submitted to him for consideration in the context of budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38204/17]
View answerA working group to examine and report on the tax treatment of landlords (or rental accommodation providers) was established in January 2017 and chaired by my Department. This was on foot of a commitment contained in the ‘Strategy for the Rental Sector’, published by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government in December 2016. As part of its work, the Group conducted a public consultation over four weeks from Friday 10 March to Friday 7 April 2017. A preliminary output of the Working Group was presented in a Budget 2018 Tax Strategy Group (TSG) Paper and discussed at the meeting of the TSG which was held at the Department of Finance on 25 July 2017. The paper is available at the link: http://www.finance.gov.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/TSG-17-03-Tax-and-Fiscal-Treatment-of-Landlords-JC.pdf. The Final Report of the Working Group will inform my consideration of any potential measures relating to the tax treatment of rental accommodation providers as part of my deliberations for Budget 2018. It is envisaged that the Final Report of the Working Group will be published on the Budget website (www.budget.gov.ie) on Budget Day.
