Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 November 2013
194. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance if the client details and record of payment of the property tax in 2013 and for 2014 will be confirmed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, in view of the fact that they self-assessed in 2013 and paid by credit card. [49219/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraI am advised by Revenue that payments of Local Property Tax (LPT) are acknowledged in all circumstances where a person pays via the online service at www.revenue.ie. On the specific case mentioned by the Deputy I can confirm that payment for the 2013 LPT liability was received on the 29 May 2013 via the online service and is receipted on the person’s account under the appropriate Property ID number.
Revenue has further confirmed to me that in the original construction of the Property Register, the person in question was incorrectly allocated two Property ID numbers for the same property. The duplication was subsequently identified as part of Revenue’s data matching programme and one of the Property ID numbers was deleted.
There is no requirement on the person to confirm his payment method for 2014 until 27 November 2013 assuming that he again intends to meet his obligations through the online system. There is also no requirement on him to make the 2014 payment before 1 January 2014. However, the person should be aware that if he chooses to pay by credit card as he did for 2013 then that payment will be deducted immediately. This is the nature of credit/debit card payments.
