9 out of 10 Galway households pay property tax of 8 million
Galway Bay fm newsroom - An average 89 per cent of householders in the city and county have paid their local property tax to date, which is in line with the national average rate.
Dublin and Louth have the lowest payment rate of 85 per cent
Figures provided by Revenue show that more than eight million euro in the tax has now been collected throughout Galway.
In Galway, the highest compliance rate is in the county at 90 percent.
This represents over five million euro in local property tax payments and almost seven million in declared LPT.
In the city, the compliance rate stands slightly below at 88 percent.
This equates to just over three million euro in payments of the tax and three point nine million in declared LPT.
Nationally, more than 175 million euro has been collected with a further 60 million committed by way of phased payments.
One point five million returns have been filed to date.
Revenue is now writing to property owners who are in employment or have an occupational pension who have not yet paid the tax.
They then have seven days to file their returns online before action will be taken to deduct the estimate from their wages or occupational pension.
The LPT helpline can be contacted on 1890 200 255.