What is inheritence tax? Inheritance Tax is a tax levied on an inheritance received under the Will of a dead person (know as the "Disponer") or the death benefi... Continue reading
Irish Income Tax Schedules Individuals pay income tax on any taxable income earned or received in a calendar year. Both these incomes are classified under a numbe... Continue reading
The Thornhill Report The link to the Thornhill report is here, it is the founding document of our new property tax Continue reading
DIRT rate increased to 33% The normal DIRT rate will increase from 30% to 33% with effect from 1st January 2013 onwards. The DIRT rate applying to deposit tracker... Continue reading
What will your property tax bill be? The Department of Finance have put up a league table of how much less well off you'll be depending on your property value. You can find... Continue reading
Irish Property Owners Association budget 2013 response The Budget failed to address one of the key issues for landlords in the private rental sector, who are providing good quality homes for... Continue reading
Making property tax relevant to local expenditure Patrick King of Dublin City Chamber and I presented a paper to the Dublin Economics Workshop this year about how we could match a prope... Continue reading
Disintermediation – can you beat the banks with alternatives? Banks take money from depositors, lend it to borrowers and keep the difference between what they pay the depositors and what they lend ... Continue reading
Talking property tax on WLR FM We spoke to WLRFM yesterday (sound file here) about some of the contentious issues with a market value based property tax. Using values... Continue reading
‘Wat’er rip off! Yet another downside of market value based property tax Not linking a property tax to the cost of running a local authority means we will have no idea of exactly what we are paying for. When ... Continue reading