Property tax for caravans

bop1977

according to saturdays indo caravans are to be considered as a second home and hit with the $200.


http://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/property-mortgages/mobilehome-owners-to-be-hit-with-8364200-property-tax-1793433.html

Jo King

bop1977 wrote: »

according to saturdays indo caravans are to be considered as a second home and hit with the $200.


http://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/property-mortgages/mobilehome-owners-to-be-hit-with-8364200-property-tax-1793433.html

Your point being?

Ste.phen

Wasn't this expected? If it isn't on wheels it's a home, if you already have a home, it's a second home...

jetski

I can see the logic.

estreet girl

Come on,it is a bit rich in fairness.Of course we all know of the big fancy dancy caravns/mobiles that have sprung up along the souuth east coast during the boom years that cost a fortune to site,but what about the likes of the ole wrecks that have been sitting on sites down the west for example for 30 years.I have one of these,and whereas it is not a wreck:D and is on a much nicer site,the burren,than any other in my opinion,our site would have nothing near the amenities of the newer sites.
As far as I'm concerned,this tax should be on bricks and mortar and not caravans for the love of God.
Somebody made a valid point about holidaing in Ireland.How the #### can people be expected to take this seriously now.
I have been using a mobile home with my parents since I was 5 and now we have our own..
I will be very reluctant to be pay this tax.

estreet girl

Actually,I will put the wheels back on,just as well I kept them:)

astrofool

Might get some tax off the travellers yet!

estreet girl

Hilarious:D

Senna

estreet girl wrote: »

I will be very reluctant to be pay this tax.

You say that like you have a choice in the mater.:D
I though they were going to "catch" non payers by looking at ESB bills, would sites not just have one ESB connection for all?

Their looking at getting 1000e on average for every PPR, if they do, they will be really screwing anyone with a second home. I'd expect 200e to be more like 2/3000e by 2011 or so.

estreet girl

We have never ever got a bill in 30 years of the family having caravans sited! It all remains to be seen.Maybe the owner will just increase our yearly rent.At the minute we pay 600 so this most likely will rise.Whether or not the owner passes it on,who knows.
At least our site fees are not crazy like some I have heard.
Whats the world comin to,I ask ya!!:rolleyes::D:)

MG

astrofool wrote: »

Might get some tax off the travellers yet!

Tax is only on second homes

Victor

They can tax the site instead of the actual mobile home and exempt it for short stays.

estreet girl

I read somewhere that they did a U-turn and the tax has been scrapped on Mobile Homes.Hope this is true

D3PO

can anybody answer this for me.

do you pay VRT on a caravan ?

I mean surely the government cant chargae a vehicle tax and a property tax on the same thing. Surely it has to be classified as one or the other.

genuinely curious.

Senna

You dont pay VRT or car tax on a caravan.

D3PO

Senna wrote: »

You dont pay VRT or car tax on a caravan.

ok that ends that argument so lol. thanks senna

Nodster

Re the proposed 200 bucks stelth tax on mobilehomes - checked the official DOE site - www.nppr.ie and Mobiles are EXEMPT - TG cause I just bought one a few weeks ago!

estreet girl

Hope you have many happy years in your new mobi.
I'm delighted that is one tax I won't have to concern myself with:)

jmayo

D3PO wrote: »

can anybody answer this for me.

do you pay VRT on a caravan ?

I mean surely the government cant chargae a vehicle tax and a property tax on the same thing. Surely it has to be classified as one or the other.

genuinely curious.

A caravan is not a vehicle (don't know how to spell it as some Gardaí famously pronounce it) and thus should would not have VRT.

Don't worry because the government are going to come up with more ingenious ways of taxing us.
Perhaps they will bring in a wheel tax and thus catch caravans, bicycles, wheelbarrows, kiddies trikes etc. :rolleyes: