GOVERNMENT DON’T KNOW WHO HAS YET TO PAY
THE Government will have even less success collecting a property tax than the household charge, a leading campaign group has claimed.
The Campaign Against Household and Water Taxes, which includes TDs Joe Higgins, Clare Daly and Mick Wallace among its ranks, said the debate about what type of property tax to introduce misses the point as it cannot be levied if people continue to refuse to register and pay.
CAHWT spokesman Gregor Kerr said the Government would not even know who to levy the property tax on.
‘ Nearly one and a half million people – representing over 700,000 households – are continuing to boycott the registration process for the household tax,’ Mr Kerr said. ‘They seem to be missing the most important point – the majority of people are not going to pay. ‘ Even many people who have reluctantly registered for the household tax will have no option but to join the campaign against this property tax as they will not be able to afford it.
‘The Government claims that the Revenue Commissioners will collect this tax but in the absence of a central database of property owners, the Revenue Commissioners will not know who to levy the tax on.’
He added: ‘That is why the CAHWT has advised people and continues to organise and support people to refuse to register.’