Ways to avoid paying the €100 Property Tax

starbelgrade

Can you come with any inventive suggestions to avoid paying this tax?



First person who posts "rent" is a geebag.

MagicMarker

Sell your house.

Sky King

Raise it 12 inches and put an axle and a pair of wheels under it.

alwaysadub

Live on the streets

Fishooks12

Pay it. No one forced you to buy a house

The whole supposed status of being a home owner in Ireland has us ****ed

No wonder most of the Germans rent

My name is URL

Just don't pay it.. like the thousands of others that won't pay it.

Dr.Silly

Rent it

Dr.Silly

Dr.Silly wrote: »

Rent it

you're such a geebag

starbelgrade

Fishooks12 wrote: »

Pay it. No one forced you to buy a house

The whole supposed status of being a home owner in Ireland has us ****ed

No wonder most of the Germans rent

Wah, wah, wah, wah.

WoollyRedHat

starbelgrade wrote: »

Can you come with any inventive suggestions to avoid paying this tax?



First person who posts "rent" is a geebag.

Pay them..... with chocolate euros. They'll never know!

foxinsox

Firstly, I like your sneaky geebag line..

Secondly, is it just for residential property?

Could you declare your property a wildlife sanctuary/zoo?*

Would that work?














* You may need to buy some lions, tigers, bears and ****! T&C may apply.

My name is URL

A window tax would have been much fairer

Still daylight robbery though =p

Sky King

Pay it, but steal €110 worth of heating oil to compensate.

Fishooks12

starbelgrade wrote: »

Wah, wah, wah, wah.

Nice retort :rolleyes:

I could have easily done the same to your OP.

TeddyTedson

This property tax is a load of crap. I don't own my own house, I doubt I'll ever be able to in this country anyway. But why didn't they raise the property tax on peoples second homes and then introduce larger and larger tax on every additional home they own.

Daith

"The government can't control the sky! What if you lived in a balloon?"

Dr.Silly

My name is URL wrote: »

A window tax would have been much fairer

lol... I read that first as a Widow tax ..
but hey, that may come in next year !!!

WoollyRedHat

My name is URL wrote: »

A window tax would have been much fairer

Still daylight robbery though =p

People in glass houses and all

holystungun9

My name is URL wrote: »

A window tax would have been much fairer

Still daylight robbery though =p

QI much?

Sky King

TeddyTedson wrote: »

But why didn't they raise the property tax on peoples second homes and then introduce and larger and larger tax on every additional home they own.

I think P Flynn could answer that one for you.

eth0

Fishooks12 wrote: »

Pay it. No one forced you to buy a house

The whole supposed status of being a home owner in Ireland has us ****ed

No wonder most of the Germans rent

If you rent you still pay property tax (its passed on to you). In France they have two separate property taxes, one for the owner and one for who actually lives in it

Its fcuking stupid that you have to pay every year to be allowed continue living in your "own" house. A mad popular idea by governments because its hard to avoid paying but I still think its morally wrong that governments would make people pay every year for their own house.

To answer the question, become a member of our friendly travelling community. They'll probably give you a free council house (property tax exempt) to stop you causing trouble

Dr.Silly

TeddyTedson wrote: »

This property tax is a load of crap. I don't own my own house, I doubt I'll ever be able to in this country anyway. But why didn't they raise the property tax on peoples second homes and then introduce and larger and larger tax on every additional home they own.

because the amount of extra resources it would take for this dumb bunch of idiots to this, we'd end up wasting even more money !

cjmcork

adopt the Fr. Ted defense - it's not my house, I'm just resting in it!!!:D

biko

Remove the roof.

Oranage2

'Sorry bud i don't live here im just fixing the plumbing'

foxinsox

My name is URL wrote: »

A window tax would have been much fairer

They tried that before... and people put bricks where the windows should have been according to the plans, you see many of these old buildings around Dublin.

QUOTE:

Window tax was introduced in England, Ireland and Wales in 1696 and in Scotland in 1748. It was actually a tax on houses, scaled according to the number of windows in the house. In 1696 the occupier of every inhabited dwelling was charged a flat rate of 2s per year. In addition those with 10-20 windows paid an 4s, and those with more than 20 windows 8s.

Cottages, that is houses too poor to pay poor and church rates, were exempt. From 1709 the tax increased for large houses: those with 20 to 30 windows were to pay 10s, and a new upper band with over 30 windows paid 20s. There were increases in the tax in 1747, 1758, 1761, 1766, 1784 and 1825, before protests led to its abolition in 1851. The qualifying level also dropped in 1766 to 7 windows before rising slightly to 8 windows in 1825.

The revision of the tax in 1747 aimed to counter those who had sought to evade the tax by building two or more windows within one frame. Each light was to be counted as a separate window if the partition between them was more than 12 inches wide.

Mrmoe

Fake your own death

eth0

foxinsox wrote: »

before protests led to its abolition in 1851

Dr.Silly

-snip-

gazahayes

They had a tax like that years ago and the only way people got out of it was take out the windows and take the roof off. Ruined some of the best houses around.

starbelgrade

biko wrote: »

Remove the roof.

Or leave the roof & remove everything else....

http://cdn.archdaily.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/1318454605-1-concept-idea.jpg

Sky King

starbelgrade wrote: »

Or leave the roof & remove everything else....

http://cdn.archdaily.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/1318454605-1-concept-idea.jpg

Architects eh?

Engineer: But this building isn't touching the ground!

Architect: Pft... You're the engineer. Make it happen!

InTheTrees

Keep a cow in the front room and call it an "agricultural building"?

:rolleyes:

Wetai

Dr.Silly wrote: »

Dr.Silly wrote: »

Rent it

you're such a geebag

:rolleyes::pac:

My name is URL

foxinsox wrote: »

They tried that before... and people put bricks where the windows should have been according to the plans, you see many of these old buildings around Dublin

*encysts self with bricks*

foxinsox

InTheTrees wrote: »

Keep a cow in the front room and call it an "agricultural building"?

:rolleyes:

Or as I am female, can I change my status to COW?

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1206/breaking56.html

From above article:

The charge will be waived for people on mortgage interest supplement as well as those living on unfinished housing estates which will be named by the Department of the Environment.

^ Knock down a random house in the estate, remove a few lamposts

Result = unfinished estate?

pavb2

Try painting it black & white

My dad bought a black & white dog once... he thought the licence might be cheaper boom boom

Kat1170

Fishooks12 wrote: »

Pay it. No one forced you to buy a house

The whole supposed status of being a home owner in Ireland has us ****ed

No wonder most of the Germans rent

For ****s sake,every second thread, the Germans do this, the Germans do that, they killed 6+ million people in the gas chambers, should we do that as well :mad::mad:

electrictrad

Daith wrote: »

"The government can't control the sky! What if you lived in a balloon?"

Great idea!! . . .I, for one, will be the first to wish you the best of luck with this venture! . . .

. . .I'd also like to take this opportunity to remind you that accommodation for your family in B&B's when the temperature is below 0 degrees, when it's raining, icy, snowy, or windy, may slightly exceed the €100 saving. . .

electrictrad

Kat1170 wrote: »

For ****s sake,every second thread, the Germans do this, the Germans do that, they killed 6+ million people in the gas chambers, should we do that as well :mad::mad:

Most of the French rent also, if I'm not mistaken. . .it isn't about whose idea it is, it's about how good is the idea. . .

Sky King

But who owns the houses all these French and Germans are renting? That's right....rich people!

Lets all buy houses and rent them out!

LighterGuy

I know this is nothing new about taxes.
But its funny when you stop and look at it ... paying tax for something you own :rolleyes: and we're not talking about something that cost a few hundred euro. but something that can cost a few hundred grand :rolleyes:

washman3

Kat1170 wrote: »

For ****s sake,every second thread, the Germans do this, the Germans do that, they killed 6+ million people in the gas chambers, should we do that as well :mad::mad:

No, not possible, we only have 4 million.!!!

Kat1170

washman3 wrote: »

No, not possible, we only have 4 million.!!!

Yeah, like they stopped at their own :rolleyes:

Sky King

LighterGuy wrote: »

I know this is nothing new about taxes.
But its funny when you stop and look at it ... paying tax for something you own :rolleyes: and we're not talking about something that cost a few hundred euro. but something that can cost a few hundred grand :rolleyes:

IT's for the services that you get... or at leat that's what they tell you. Not that strange either....Businesses pay thousands or sometimes even tens of thousands in rates on buildings they own.

Kat1170

electrictrad wrote: »

Most of the French rent also, if I'm not mistaken. . .it isn't about whose idea it is, it's about how good is the idea. . .

I think you'll find that millions of French, Germans or whatever own their own houses.

washman3

Refuse to pay it,plain and simple. many developers owe millions,even billions and will never have to repay it, so why should anyone pay a measly €100. stand up for a change. if we dont it will eventually be €1000

foxinsox

I've been reading up on this..

So far the axel and wheels seems to be the best option..

Unless..


This €100 property tax is for homeowners.

I don't own my home (yet).

So when the bill comes, I'll forward it on to my bank.

:cool:

Chris Doherty

Great, now I know I am Bono's equal. I pay 100 for my 4 bed house he pays 100 for his mansion. very fair I should think.
If I have a mortgage with the EBS Im I the owner or are they the owner. Solicitors need only reply.

electrictrad

Kat1170 wrote: »

I think you'll find that millions of French, Germans or whatever own their own houses.

True. . .and millions don't. . .tends to happen in countries with populations over 60 million. . .

baddebt

starbelgrade wrote: »

Can you come with any inventive suggestions to avoid paying this tax?



First person who posts "rent" is a geebag.

if every single household owner in this ****ehole of a country refuses to pay, there will be absolutely nothing the dail eireann wanchers could do.

High time we all stood together ...strength in numbers