Budget 2013 Property: Campaigners warn of protests and boycott over property tax ‘provocation’

Campaigners have warned of deepening boycotts against tax on family homes as Budget 2013 heralded the much-anticipated new 0.18% property tax rate.

Despite assurances that it will not rise over the next three years, Socialist Party TD Joe Higgins said the level of opposition will soar.

“Half of homeowners continue to boycott household tax, that will be intensified as this new burden comes in. There will be massive resistance,” he said.