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Suspicions raised about Local Property Tax valuations

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By the time of publication the Local Property Tax (LPT) deadline will have come and gone. The date for filing submissions was extended to Wednesday (November 10) at 5pm.

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It has been reported that the LPT helpline received in excess on 80,000 calls in the past three days alone (at the time of writing) and that in excess of one million properties have thus far been filed, with 93% being done online. It is expected a further 800,000 properties will be filed before the deadline.

Reports this week suggest that some suspicions have been raised about valuations being submitted for the self assessed tax. This comes after it emerged that one-third of homeowners who had submitted a valuation by the end of last week said their home is worth less than €200,000.

Revenue have indicated it will not investigate further where it is believed a homeowner has made an honest assessment.

However, homeowners will have to provide documentary proof to back up their Local Property Tax valuations if Revenue suspects a property’s value has been dishonestly lowered.

Statistics from Revenue show 31% of property owners had submitted a valuation by the end of last week of under €200,000. They will face an annual LPT bill of €90.The figures show most homeowners who have valued their homes opted for the two lowest valuation bands; 21% told tax officials their property is worth less than €262,500. This means more than half of property owners who have so far submitted a valuation will pay less than €225 a year.The large number of homes that have been valued under €262,500 has raised eyebrows.Revenue have confirmed that where a property owner has made an honest estimate, and can provide supporting documentation, they will not seek to overturn a valuation.“However, where the valuation cannot be supported, Revenue will engage with the property owner to agree a revised valuation.”

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Newly released book documents Civil War politics in Kerry

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Kerry historian Owen O’Shea has released a new book detailing Civil War politics in the county and charting the turbulent and sometimes violent elections of the 1920s and early 1930s.

From Bullets to Ballots: Politics and Electioneering in Post-Civil War Kerry, 1923-33 has been published this week by UCD Press and will be launched at events in Tralee during the coming weeks.

Owen’s book is based on four years of research for a PhD at the School of History at University College Dublin.

Owen describes the Civil war in Kerry as the most divisive and longer lasting than any other county in Ireland.

He said: “Politics and election campaigns in the county were hugely influenced by the bitterness and hatred which the war created.

Elections brought underlying tensions to the surface and were often occasions of violence fuelled by fiery rhetoric from election platforms.”

In the book, the results of elections for the Civil War parties, as well as other parties who were not defined by the Treaty split, are considered in detail.

Key influences on electoral behaviour are examined, including party organisation, the role of party members, the dynamics of election campaigns, how the memory of the Civil War was used to persuade voters, and the crucial role of newspapers and their coverage of elections.

The book was launched by Professor Ferriter in Dublin bookshop Books Upstairs, on Tuesday.

There will be a Kerry launch on November 28 at O’Mahony’s Bookshop in Tralee with Minister Norma Foley as guest speaker.

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Soroptimists Public Speaking success

Sheila Casey pictured with the winners of the Soroptimists Public Speaking competition. Two winners advance to the Regional Final in Cork: Lily Ann Reen (Killarney Community College), who spoke on […]

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Sheila Casey pictured with the winners of the Soroptimists Public Speaking competition.

Two winners advance to the Regional Final in Cork: Lily Ann Reen (Killarney Community College), who spoke on ‘Life in the Fast Lane is it worth it?’, and Emma O’Sullivan (Pobalscoil Inbhear Sceine Kenmare), who presented on ‘If not us, then who, if not now, then when’. The Reserve winner is Anna Roche (St Brigid’s Secondary School Killarney), whose topic was ‘Fashions Dirty Secret’. The event marks 45 years of the Soroptimists promoting public speaking in Killarney.

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