Higher Payments for Dubliners, Commuters and Leesiders When Property Tax Restarts

The tax authorities analyzed the prices of real estate in every road, street, estate, avenue, park and car in the country. In great detail, Revenue provides an estimated property value in 18,600 small areas of the country, down to estates of 50 homes.

The in-depth level of micro-analysis of house price data has resulted in estimates in each county of how many homes will get their bills up or down – essentially by outperforming or underperforming the market. .

The starting point is the interactive map on the Revenue website. But this is only an estimate, it is still up to you to determine if this reflects the real price of the house. From there you can use your own knowledge, go to the Residential Property Price Register to see what homes in the area have sold for, take a look at what local auctioneers are selling homes locally. . Once you feel that you are in the general stage, that’s all you need.

Income brackets increase in increments of € 87,500. You just need to decide if your house falls in this general area.

The vast majority of homeowners will find that they are paying exactly the same amount as over the past eight years. However, it is difficult to determine if you are among those who will see a difference in your property tax bill.

If you live in Dublin, the suburbs and Cork, the news might be bad. If you live in Donegal, Cavan, and Monaghan, the news is probably good.

Due to an oversight in 2013 or a lack of political will, there was no way to bring in new houses built after the introduction of the property tax. This issue is resolved now and 100,000 new or exempt properties will now pay for the first time.

The starting point for building the new property tax brackets was to try to ensure that those who already pay property tax would always pay the same amount. The previous valuation period in 2013 was near the bottom of the market during the economic crash.

Since then, on average across the country, house prices have increased by around 75 percent. The bands are built to ensure that a person liable for the average $ 225 property tax bill always falls into this space. The bands take into account the increase in the value of your property, while ensuring that you are not penalized as a result.

In 2013, if your house was worth € 125,000, you would fall into the € 100,000 – € 150,000 bracket, with tax payable of € 225. Now this house is worth 218,000 €, because its value has increased, you therefore fall into a new 2021 valuation range of € 200,000 to € 262,500. The property tax account is the same at 225 €. However, there are exceptions to the rules and this is where homeowners will see their bills change. There are three types of homes to watch out for:

The net winners

A large number of homeowners, especially in rural areas, will benefit from the widening of the net at the bottom of the market. About three-quarters of homes in the country were worth less than € 200,000 in 2013. The new brackets group all those homes worth less than € 200,000 into a self-contained lower rate bracket where your property tax bill is not. than 90 €.

Even allowing for house price inflation, a group of houses will be lucky enough to get caught in this net. So, a third of the houses in Monaghan, Donegal and Cavan are now considering cuts, largely by moving to that rate of € 225 or € 315.

Land holders

When the crash happened, the values ​​of some properties exploded, as the specter of negative equity and phantom properties became a market staple. However, the value of some homes fell, but did not cross the ground. They held onto solid value and stuck it out. When the recovery came, their market value increased, but did not increase as much as the others as it was starting from a solid foundation.

Take a house that was still worth € 510,000 in 2013, when the market bottomed out. It’s not where it was during the days of the Celtic Tiger, but it’s still a big plus with a property tax payable of € 945. Now let’s say that its value has increased by 60% over the past year, bringing its price to $ 816,000. He now switches to a band with a tax bill of € 855.

This explains why Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown sees one in eight houses benefit from a reduction in property tax. This is not despite the most expensive average rating in the country – it is because of this that these homes are getting a discount.

Heavy bouncers

In contrast, some houses fell dramatically like a rock in the crash and have now rebounded at an even faster rate.

Take a property that fell to € 240,000 in the crash and has now risen to € 440,000. The leap took it from a bill of € 405 to € 495. The large number of properties in Dublin, Cork and the Meath, Kildare and Wicklow suburbs that are experiencing increases are trapped here. Worsened by a lack of supply, they exceed the average increase.

Remember, this is not the city or the county as a whole. In fact, Dublin City’s price increase over that eight-year period was the lowest in the country. These are the specific areas identified by Revenue that foot the bill.

Revenue’s estimates again raise the problem of the double whammy: Dublin and Cork and their suburban belts obviously have the most expensive property prices in the country – above the national average. As a result, they are already paying higher property taxes based on the value of the asset.

Now “real capital” and “real capital” are affected again as they represent the majority of homes subject to a property tax increase. Dublin’s four local authorities account for 60% of the houses receiving property tax increases: add the suburban belt and it’s 80pc, add the city and county of Cork and you hit 90pc.

Already paying much more than their rural neighbors, the imbalance leans more towards urban areas in this revaluation.