Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

New build Development Levy

  • 27-03-2012 9:52am
    #1
    tred
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,473 ✭✭✭


    Anyone got thoughts on this. As Part of our build, the development levy incurred by us, was quiet substantial. close to 9k. With all this property tax talk, has anyone at all wondered, are the likes of our good selves, who have built recently, allready payed up to help maintain local services!!, are we being doubly taxed.


Comments

  • #2
    brdboard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56 ✭✭brdboard


    tred wrote: »
    Anyone got thoughts on this. As Part of our build, the development levy incurred by us, was quiet substantial. close to 9k. With all this property tax talk, has anyone at all wondered, are the likes of our good selves, who have built recently, allready payed up to help maintain local services!!, are we being doubly taxed.

    I suppose it's similar to your car. You pay vrt when you buy your car and road tax every year.


  • #3
    martinn123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,300 ✭✭✭martinn123


    brdboard wrote: »
    I suppose it's similar to your car. You pay vrt when you buy your car and road tax every year.

    Yea, then you pay, duty on petrol/diesel and VAT on top of that, then you pay VAT on repairs, maintenance, parts.


  • #4
    tred
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,473 ✭✭✭tred


    brdboard wrote: »
    I suppose it's similar to your car. You pay vrt when you buy your car and road tax every year.

    Its not really though. VRT remit is not going towards the maintenace of roads as is say Car tax supposed to be.


  • #5
    brdboard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56 ✭✭brdboard


    tred wrote: »
    Its not really though. VRT remit is not going towards the maintenace of roads as is say Car tax supposed to be.

    My understanding of development contributions is that they are a contribution towards capital costs of infrastructure that has been built or will be built.
    The household charge is for the provision of local services according to the Household.ie website.
    Whether these are 2 different things, I'll let you decide, but unfortunately it appears that we'll be paying some sort of property tax( or charge) for the foreseeable future. Having recently forked out development contributions, plus additional fees for water connections, I also feel like I've been double charged and feel your pain


  • #6
    muffler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,547 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    Listen guys, the posts here are about the household charges so Im going to lock it as it has nothing to do with our forum. If however you feel you wish to debate it further then find the appropriate forum and PM the details to me and I'll happily move it.


  • Advertisement
This discussion has been closed.
Advertisement