Local Property Tax — there is a better and fairer way

The Government should adopt a system based on area of property. As the benefits and facilities available to residents in some local authority areas are far greater than in others, a zoning adjustment could be applied.

The current system lends itself to anomalies, inconsistencies and subjectivity. A tax based on valuation takes no account of ability to pay or indeed of income

IN 2013, the government introduced the Local Property Tax (LPT) which is payable by most people who own Irish residential property. The amount people pay depends on the market value of the residential property. In my opinion a property tax based purely on value is unworkable and should be replaced by a clearer more objective system. A value-based tax did not work in the past and I don’t believe it will work now.