Call me cynical but what loophole will be introduced so 56,000 can stay the way they are and won’t have to pay the tax…
The census data and CSO data place the figure much higher.
Not really surprising Paschal has gone with the lower figure.
Wonder what the definition of “vacant” is.
Owner in a nursing home? Owner in a hospital? Property stuck in probate? Property is a holiday home? Ect.
I went out for 15 minutes to buy a bag of Tayto Cheese & Onion Crisps. When I got back the government had seized my home, moved 400 Ukrainian refugees into it, and issued me a “vacant home tax bill” for 100,000 euros.
This is a true story that will happen in the future.
FYI for everyone, we already have a vacant tax that the council don’t enforce.
To me this just feels like more window dressing, another policy for politicians to sit there and shout ***”look what we did, see we don’t despise young people”*** , but without enforcement this is frivolous, if they can’t enforce the current vacant tax what makes this one special?
51,000
That’s a big number. I’m surprised. And aroused
More fear mongering, no specific details leaving the obvious fog around the whole sector.
How this will boost investment in the sector is beyond me. All it’s going to do is take whatever little value a degraded house has to nothing.
It’s just a trap, before another trap, landlords get the fuck out of dodge before the tenants secure full legal rights to you home/asset..
Houses up for sale are one of the valid reasons. So we can expect a large increases in the number of houses for sale for 4x what they are worth once it’s implemented…..
Arent Rentals and Air BNB’s classed as vacant?
I suspect the majority of these are derelict properties that are uninhabitable. It’s also very common on farms to build a new house and leave the old one standing empty. No-one’s going to want to live in that
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Call me cynical but what loophole will be introduced so 56,000 can stay the way they are and won’t have to pay the tax…
The census data and CSO data place the figure much higher.
Not really surprising Paschal has gone with the lower figure.
Wonder what the definition of “vacant” is.
Owner in a nursing home? Owner in a hospital? Property stuck in probate? Property is a holiday home? Ect.
I went out for 15 minutes to buy a bag of Tayto Cheese & Onion Crisps. When I got back the government had seized my home, moved 400 Ukrainian refugees into it, and issued me a “vacant home tax bill” for 100,000 euros.
This is a true story that will happen in the future.
FYI for everyone, we already have a vacant tax that the council don’t enforce.
To me this just feels like more window dressing, another policy for politicians to sit there and shout ***”look what we did, see we don’t despise young people”*** , but without enforcement this is frivolous, if they can’t enforce the current vacant tax what makes this one special?
51,000
That’s a big number. I’m surprised. And aroused
More fear mongering, no specific details leaving the obvious fog around the whole sector.
How this will boost investment in the sector is beyond me. All it’s going to do is take whatever little value a degraded house has to nothing.
It’s just a trap, before another trap, landlords get the fuck out of dodge before the tenants secure full legal rights to you home/asset..
Houses up for sale are one of the valid reasons. So we can expect a large increases in the number of houses for sale for 4x what they are worth once it’s implemented…..
Arent Rentals and Air BNB’s classed as vacant?
I suspect the majority of these are derelict properties that are uninhabitable. It’s also very common on farms to build a new house and leave the old one standing empty. No-one’s going to want to live in that