Pearse Doherty
Question:132. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if any exemption will be given from the property tax to homeowners who have paid stamp duty in the previous nine years. [56461/12]
View answerDáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 December 2012
132. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if any exemption will be given from the property tax to homeowners who have paid stamp duty in the previous nine years. [56461/12]
View answerThere is no such exemption provided for in the Local Property Tax Bill. The Inter-Departmental Expert Group on the Design of a Property Tax (the ‘Thornhill Group’) recommended against allowances for Stamp Duty because such allowances would not be targeted at need.