CCI calls for site-value tax

The Chambers of Commerce of Ireland today called for the introduction of a site-value tax on all property (except primary residences) to ensure local authorities are properly funded and the business community to pick up the tab.

Speaking at a press conference to launch CCI’s campaign on Local Government Financing in Dublin this morning, CCI chief executive John Dunne said: “The Government has left local authorities to seek the necessary funds from the business community through commercial rates and Government-mandated service charge schemes that are blatantly loaded against the business community.”