The legislation to bring in the Household Charge came into effect on January 1st 2012. More details about Household Charge payment and penalty charges here. Owners of residential property were liable for the Household charge on each residential property they owned as at 1st January 2012. Tenants were not liable. The Household charge is not payable […]
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High Court Challenge to Household Charge has Failed
A High Court case challenging the validity of the Household Charge has been struck out this week. The case on March 7th was bought by a Peter Anthony Keegan who claimed ministers Phil Hogan, Alan Shatter and Michael Noonan were in breach of the European Convention of Human Rights. Justice Murphy struck out the proceedings […]
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How Many Properties are Liable for the Household Charge ?
How many properties are liable for the Household Charge (Updated Nov 2012 ) The exact number of properties liable for the Household Charge is not really known by anyone . Any figure given can only be an estimate. The Chief Executive of the Local Government Management Agency stated that he didn’t know how many properties […]
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Household Charge Final Demand Letters
About 50,000 final demand letters are to be sent to landlords and other second-home owners who have still not paid the household charge. These letters will be the third warning letter sent to these non payers – the first batch of just over 100,000 was sent in July. Almost all those who received letters are […]
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Household Charge Costs €6 million to administer
Figures supplied by Phil Hogan (Minister, Department of Environment, Community and Local Government) – show that the cost of administering the Household Charge is expected to be around €6 million in 2012. He told the Dail that the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) administers the household charge system on a shared service/agency basis for all […]
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