Houses in certain unfinished housing estates were granted a waiver from the Household Charge in 2012 In March 2013 – new smaller lists of unfinished estates that are exempt from the Property Tax were released . See more here about the Property Tax 2013 Unfinished Estates Lists . See more details of other Property Tax […]
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Household Charge Court Case Saga
There is (as far as we are aware) just one ongoing court case involving the Household Charge . Back in Nov 2012 Mayo Co Council issued a summons against a Peter Anthony (Tony) Keegan in relation to six units in Westport, for failing to make a declaration of the household charge.. Mr Keegan – did not […]
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How Many People have Registered for the Household Charge ?
Update : June 28th 2013 Latest figures on Household Charge registration. The latest figures from June 28th are that 1,286,802 properties have been registered for the household charge including those having waivers. The Household Charge was introduced in order to help build a national property database in preparation for the 2013 Property Tax – but […]
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Household Charge Final Demand Letters
About 50,000 final demand letters are to be sent to landlords and other second-home owners who have still not paid the household charge. These letters will be the third warning letter sent to these non payers – the first batch of just over 100,000 was sent in July. Almost all those who received letters are […]
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Household Charge Costs €6 million to administer
Figures supplied by Phil Hogan (Minister, Department of Environment, Community and Local Government) – show that the cost of administering the Household Charge is expected to be around €6 million in 2012. He told the Dail that the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) administers the household charge system on a shared service/agency basis for all […]
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