RTÉ Brainstorm – 10 things you may not know about the Local Property Tax

Whitaker Institute member Dr Gerard Turley, of the Performance Management cluster, has written a new article for RTÉ Brainstorm. The piece looks at things we may not know about the local property tax.

10 things you may not know about the Local Property Tax

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Analysis: some of the things which may surprise you about the tax on residential properties introduced in 2013

We all know about the Local Property Tax (LPT). Indeed, this time last year, the government yet again deferred the revaluation date for the tax, and by doing so, avoided the inevitable increases in liabilities for owners of residential properties. Aside from this headline, there is much we don’t know about our LPT (and may not want to know but that’s for a different day!) This is a list of facts about the LPT that you may not know, but may find interesting or surprising. Continue reading…