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<\/p>\nNew figures from the tax authority show that no payments and no local property tax (LPT) return has been received for 170,000 homes.<\/p>\n
They are among 390,000 properties that have yet to file a return with Revenue.<\/p>\n
At the end of last year, property owners were required for the first time since 2021 to revalue their properties and indicate how they were going to pay the tax.<\/p>\n
Revenue said in a statement that payments were being received for 227,000 of the 390,000 properties based on valuations from 2021. <\/p>\n
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Thousands have yet to pay the property tax.<\/p>\n
Today’s News in 90 Seconds – Tuesday, March 24<\/p>\n
New statistics from Revenue show that LPT returns and payments have been made for more than 1.9 million properties \u2013 but thousands have yet to pay.<\/p>\n
Revenue called on these property owners to complete their LPT return and ensure payment arrangements are in place.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn relation to the property owners of the almost 170,000 properties that have not filed their return or have a payment in place, Revenue will start its annual LPT non-compliance campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n
Letters are to go out this week to property owners who have yet to pay and are in a job telling them that they have a fortnight to file their return and payment.<\/p>\n
If they fail to respond, their employer will be instructed to begin deducting their LPT from their wages.<\/p>\n
Further letters to others who have yet to file updated LPT returns will follow.<\/p>\n
Revenue said that payment arrangements were in place for just over 227,000 properties where returns have not yet been filed.<\/p>\n
These property owners are currently paying their 2026 LPT estimate through recurring payment methods such as monthly direct debit or salary deduction.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese property owners still have to file their LPT return and update their valuation band \u2013 failure to do so will result in enforcement action,\u201d Revenue said.<\/p>\n
Revenue can impose interest of 8pc a year on unpaid LPT amounts. It can also impose a charge on the property if the tax is not paid.<\/p>\n
It can deduct unpaid tax directly from wages or pensions, or instruct a sheriff to seize goods.<\/p>\n
Kate Clair, manager of Revenue\u2019s local property tax branch, said all residential property owners were legally required to submit an LPT return to Revenue last November.<\/p>\n
A key part of the return is selecting the LPT valuation band that applies to the market value of the property on November 1 last year.<\/p>\n
Ms Clair said that even when homeowners had paid in full, or had a rollover payment arrangement in place, or even where they agreed with the \u2018notice of estimate\u2019 that Revenue had made for the property, they still must file an LPT return.<\/p>\n
This is to confirm the correct valuation band of the property.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur LPT compliance campaign starts this week. We are writing to property owners in employment notifying them that if they do not file their return and make payment arrangement within a fortnight we will instruct their employer to deduct their LPT from their wages,\u201d Ms Clair said.<\/p>\n
The LPT helpline is also available on 01-7383626.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New figures from the tax authority show that no payments and no local property tax (LPT) return has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363703,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3361,42,3362,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-363702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-charlie-weston","tag-headlines","tag-money-experts","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}