Council denounces property tax for ‘not being truly local’

Bringing homes built since 2013 under the Local Property Tax (LPT) will raise more than €10m a year in the Dublin area alone, TDs have been told.

Almost 62,000 homes have been constructed since the LPT was introduced and including those currently exempted properties in the tax net will significantly aid the financial positions of local councils.

Dublin City Council members appeared before the Oireachtas Housing Committee yesterday and denounced the LPT for “not being a true local tax”.