Dan Neville
Ceist:151. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Finance if he will investigate the alleged non-payment of the household charge in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [27025/14]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 24 June 2014
Ceisteanna (151)
Freagraí scríofa
I am advised by Revenue, that with effect from 1 July 2013, Section 156 of the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 (as amended) converted arrears of Household Charge (HHC) to Local Property Tax (LPT), increased all outstanding liabilities from €100 to €200 and made Revenue responsible for the collection of those outstanding amounts. As part of the handover process, Revenue received the HHC Register from the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) and cross-referenced it with its own LPT Register to identify a list of properties for which the HHC was still outstanding. Once the list of properties was compiled, Revenue wrote to the property owners concerned advising them to either pay within a specified period of time or confirm the reasons as to why the liability was not due, for example if a property was exempt from HHC.
In regard to the specific case to which the Deputy refers, Revenue has confirmed to me that the person in question is fully compliant with his LPT obligations for both 2013 and 2014. However, according to Revenue's records, payment was not received in respect of the arrears of HHC and a liability of €200 remains outstanding.
Revenue has confirmed to me that a member of the LPT team has already been in contact with the daughter of the person in question and it has been clarified that the credit transfer payment of 3 February to which the Deputy refers related to a different liability and was not connected to either HHC or LPT. On foot of the conversation between the person's daughter and the LPT tem member, arrangements are now in place for the person to pay the €200 HHC liability through one of the approved Payment Service Providers.