Property tax boosts Abtran coffers

Cork-headquartered outsourcing firm Abtran, which operates the local property tax (LPT) customer helpline on behalf of the State, last year received fees of €1.94m from Revenue, writes Gordon Deegan.

Since March 2013, the company, which employs more than 2,000 people in Cork and Dublin, has received over €14.4m in fees for operating the service.