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Almost €5 Million In Local Property Tax Foregone In Kildare.

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Its as thousands of homes in the county were exempt.

The exemption of over 7,700 Kildare homes from the Local Property Tax next has cost €4.7 million.

All of these homes were built between 2013 and 2020, and were not, in that period, liable for LPT.

They have been absorbed in to the tax net, and are liable for the levy from November 1st.

The amount of money foregone by Kildare County Council in that period is higher than all other surrounding counties, bar Dublin.

The Minister for Finance, Pascal Donohoe, responding to Kildare North Social Democrat TD, Catherine Murphy, says "The figures provided are based on valuations returned by property owners for their exempt properties. "

Local Authority Total LPT Exempt 2013-2021 (€ million)
Carlow County Council 1.1
Cavan County Council 1.3
Clare County Council 2.0
Cork City Council 5.3
Cork County Council 7.3
Donegal County Council 2.4
Dublin City Council 21.3
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown CC 12.4
Fingal County Council 7.8
Galway City Council 1.3
Galway County Council 3.2
Kerry County Council 3.3
Kildare County Council 4.7
Kilkenny County Council 2.4
Laois County Council 1.3
Leitrim County Council 0.7
Limerick City and County Council 4.4
Longford County Council 0.8
Louth County Council 2.1
Mayo County Council 2.0
Meath County Council 3.7
Monaghan County Council 0.8
Offaly County Council 1.0
Roscommon County Council 1.2
Sligo County Council 1.8
South Dublin County Council 5.3
Tipperary County Council 3.2
Waterford City & County Council 2.4
Westmeath County Council 1.4
Wexford County Council 3.0
Wicklow County Council 3.9
Total 114.8

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