This article is from page 10 of the 2013-05-21 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 10 JPG
KILRUSH Town Council will be levied with a local property tax of approximately € 4,000 this year, a figure that will double next year.
It is as yet unclear however if this tax will be paid by the council or passed on to tenants with a rent increase.
The Kil rush local authority was a total housing stock of 185 units, and other properties including the town hall.
According to Liam O’Connor, Senior Staff Officer, Housing Social and Cultural Services, the details on how the council will pay the local property tax is limited at present.
He said that local authorities are still awaiting guidance from the Revenue as to how the registration of council houses will take place.
“All local authority property is to be valued on valuation band 1 (€ 0 – € 100,000). Properties for tenants with special needs are exempt from the tax. Local authorities will have to remit payment of the local property tax by year end,” he said.
“Cer tain issues have to be clarified such as are long-term voids liable for tax, and will local authorities recoup the charge from tenants. For further years local authorities will have to make a provision in their budgets for the payment of the LPT,” he added.
Kil rush town manager and director of Services Anne Haugh estimated that the payment this year will come to € 4,000, half of the annual property tax valuation.