13 April 2013

Local Property Tax

An annual self-assessed Local Property Tax (LPT) charged on the market value of all residential properties in the State will come into effect from 1 July 2013. It will be administered by Revenue and a half-year charge will apply in 2013. 
For more information log on to:

http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/lpt/. (Revenue website)
Citizens Information website
Money Guide, Ireland

News and opinion pieces:

Almost 65,000 calls made to property tax help-line (Irish Times, 13th April 2013)
Property tax demonstration (Irish Examiner, 13th April 2013)