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74% OF LIABLE HOMEOWNERS HAVE REGISTERED THEIR PROPERTY FOR THE HOUSEHOLD CHARGE; THE CHARGE CAN STILL BE PAID UP TO 30 JUNE 2013

74% OF LIABLE HOMEOWNERS HAVE REGISTERED THEIR PROPERTY FOR THE HOUSEHOLD CHARGE; THE CHARGE CAN STILL BE PAID UP TO 30 JUNE 2013

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01/05/2013

Archived item. This item is published here for historical reasons. The information below may be out of date.

 

As of 24 April 1,198,091 residential property owners have registered their property for the Household Charge, equating to a compliance rate of 74% nationally. Local authorities thank compliant homeowners for their contribution to the provision of essential local services in our communities. .

The Household Charge applies to 2012 only. From 1 July 2013 it will be replaced by the Local Property Tax, to be administered and collected by the Office of the Revenue Commissioners.

“We thank all those  residential property owners who have registered for and paid the Household Charge in respect of 2012; your Charge is going directly to fund local services such as street lighting and  cleaning, playgrounds, parks and playing pitches, public libraries, swimming pools and many other vital local services that benefit all in our communities,” says Ms Jackie Maguire, Chair of the Household Charge Project Board.

Residential property owners should be aware that they will be required to demonstrate compliance with the Household Charge legislation when selling a property; non-compliance will complicate the conveyancing process.

 

Outstanding Household Charge liabilities can still be discharged by going online to www.householdcharge.ie, through your local authority office or by post.  The following charges (including late payment penalties and interest) apply for payments received up to the end of June 2013:

 

·       €130 to 30th April 2013

·       €144 to 31st May 2013

·       €145 to 30th June 2013

 

Under the legislation providing for the Local Property Tax, any outstanding Household Charge liabilities (or parts thereof) on 1 July, 2013 will become a charge of €200 to Local Property Tax which will fall to be collected by the Office of the Revenue Commissioners and which will be subject to Office of the Revenue Commissioners collection and enforcement measures. The local government system will not be processing household charge payments after 30 June 2013.

 

 

 

 

Residential property owners  can register for and pay the Household Charge up to and including the 30th of June 2013  by availing of one of the following options:-

 

·       online at www.householdcharge.ie;

·       by posting a registration form to PO Box 12168, Dublin 1; or

·       at County Hall, Tallaght or Civic Offices, Clondalkin – see www.sdcc.ie  for details.

 

 

For further information and to access FAQs log on to www.householdcharge.ie or LoCall 1890 357357.

 

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