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THE MAJORITY OF Dublin city residents want to see their local property tax (LPT) reduced.
Figures from a consultation process undertaken by Dublin City Council ahead of tonight’s council meeting, in which councillors will move to formally resolve to vary the basic rate of LPT for residents, shows that 97.1% wish for the basic rate of the LPT to be reduced.
Cut basic rate
Councillors have the power to vary the basic rate of the LPT by up to 15%. A number councils from around the country have already voted to reduce the basic rate.
Over 85% of the 899 people surveyed called for a reduction of 11% – 15%, while 9.6% called for a reduction of 6% – 10%. Just 5.2% called for the lowest reduction rate of under 5%.
Over 95% of respondents said they would not like to see the LPT increase, with 20% (or 129 respondents).
Calls for the abolition of the LPT were made by 5% of those surveyed.
The burden of tax was mentioned by 20% of those surveyed, who said it was making it difficult to pay the LPT.
Services for the city
Over 50 people surveyed commented that the LPT collected in Dublin should go towards providing services for Dublin only and should not be held by Government to fund services in other counties.
Over 116 residents said they felt there was a fundamental inequality of the LPT against urban householders.
Ahead of a Special Meeting of Dublin City Council tonight, Fianna Fáil Concillor Paul McAuliffe has said he is confident the majority of Councillors will support his party’s motion reducing the local property tax in Dublin City by 15%.
“Despite a proposal put forward by city officials which would see a reduction of only 5% each year for three years, we believe it is possible to pass on the full decrease in 2015,” said McAuliffe.
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I call for 100% reduction in property tax. This is a tax on Dublin (and Cork/ Galway) to subsidise the country as a whole. This is a most unfair and disgraceful tax….abolish it now!
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It truly is a tax on residents in the cities. They should be charging those who commute in causing traffic.
The pay less property tax and then block up the roads for those living closer. That is combined with the less they paid for the property and stamp duty. Then their area get subsidy from property tax.
Voted majors with control over this fund and congestion charges are coming
Yes a big stroke on city homeowners, Then reward the clown that introduced it by making him the saviour of farmers in the EU.
The distain and disrespect this government has for the electorate is despicable. Tax after tax after tax. Its good to see council’s finally realising the people are being unfairly screwed. Scrap l.p.t. and scrap the water tax. If you don’t, you’re getting the backlash come 2016
This is how the government care for the country…there are 2500 staff too many in the new water company and 2000 staff too many in the Department of Health….that’s nearly a quarter of a billion per year in salaries to people who are surplus to requirement in the public service. This government and all other governments before it have no intention of working for the tax payer. They see themselves as our leaders and not as the people we elected to run our services responsibly and prudently.
Talk to the unions.
They are the ones who blocked compulsory redundancies.
yeah and it would have been the bottom rung, the ones who cant afford another unjust tax that would have been thrown to the lions.
Business Cat… the unions don’t run the country but I get what you’re saying alright.
If I bought a house in Dublin at the same price someone bought theirs outside Dublin and the prices have risen significantly more Dublin why should I have to pay a higher tax? This is a tax on speculation; not on wealth or income.
100% spot on
Given the current trend in house price increases a 15% decrease will be almost irrelevant to most people with many people’s rate set to double.
Ha! You just have to spend a few hours sitting outside the Concorde and eugenes to see why the kids aren’t being fed at home. booze and bookies more important
Mayo have already voted to cut it -
is the result of the consultation available on the DCC website, im looking for it….
Housing. A priority of Local Government.
The Dublin Councils with the most need to build Social Housing and now with LPT the revenue to build housing decide to provide a tiny tax cut to residents when they could use the much needed revenue to start solving the housing problem in Dublin.
It amazes me that no journalist have drawn this parallel or asked this question!?
How about the make people in council houses pay a property tax use that money to build more houses.
That’s a very neo Liberial statement. Rising property prices and rents negatively effect a the macro economy by reducing disposable income and reducing labour mobility through a narrowing of the housing choices of potential workers.
There is your neo Liberial response
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