Submissions to Inter-Departmental Group on Property Tax
The Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government, Mr. Phil Hogan, T.D. has established an Inter-Departmental Group on Property Tax.
This Group will consider the design of an equitable property tax, to be approved by Government, to replace the household charge. The property tax is to:
- meet the immediate financial requirements of the EU/IMF programme;
- provide a stable funding base for the local authority sector in the medium and longer terms; incorporating an appropriate element of local authority responsibility subject to any national parameters;
- be collected centrally by the most cost efficient and effective means;
- facilitate easy and/or phased payments by households;
- be easily determined (e.g. on a self assessment basis), and having regard to available information on residential property and/or house ownership details;
- ensure the maximum degree of fairness between and across both urban and rural areas.
The Group is also to consider the appropriate arrangements for:
- a robust audit function; and
- strong enforcement and penalty provisions for non-compliance.
Written submissions to the Group are invited from interested organisations and members of the public and should be sent before 16 March, 2012 to:
Property Tax, Local Government Finance, Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, Custom House, Dublin 1.
Email: Click to reveal email
Tel: 353-1-8882701
Fax: 353-1-8882643
Full details of the Terms of Reference and the composition of the Group are available here: Terms of Reference Group Composition
The guidelines for making submissions are available here:
Guidelines http://www.environ.ie/en/LocalGovernment/LocalGovernmentAdministration/LocalGovernmentFinance/Inter-DepartmentalGrouponPropertyTax/
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