€1 million property tax paid in single day

Revenue took in more than €1m in local property tax (LPT) payments in a single day after issuing 130,000 compliance letters to homeowners.

The haul related to unpaid LPT in respect of 2013, 2014 and 2015, as well as household charge arrears.

In excess of 30,000 calls were made to the LPT helpline after the compliance letters were sent out. A spokesperson for Revenue said the majority of calls related to property owners who paid their 2014 LPT but “who had not either paid or made arrangements to pay” their 2015 tax.