Opinion: Local Property Tax system is wide open to constitutional challenge

For something that attracted such a public outcry when it was introduced, Local Property Tax — LPT — has become tolerated, if not fully accepted, very quickly.

One reason for this is that people knew what they would have to pay, right up to the end of 2016. LPT is predictable. People quickly lose interest in anything predictable.

The Revenue, however, remains fascinated by LPT, even though it is only a tiny component of the overall tax take.