Almost a fifth of homeowners eligible to pay the controversial property tax have yet to register on the day of the deadline.

The Campaign Against Household & Water Taxes (CAHWT) has claimed that the 2011 Census and an analysis by a Maynooth academic show that more than 1.8 million households must register for the Household Charge.

The Commission on Taxation has recommended taxing child benefit in a report containing radical proposals to raise revenue, it emerged today.