• Home
  • Tax Law and Commentary Online
  • TCA1997 | Section 898 Returns of copies of rates and production of certain valuations
Change year: 2010

Section 898 Returns of copies of rates and production of certain valuations

Print_icon
Contents Previous section Next section |
Unlock_icon
Sign up to access full section commentary and legislation back years
subscription or 30 day access with no obligation

(1) In this section, "rating authority" means―

(a) the corporation of a county or other borough,

(b) the council of a county, or

(c) the council of an urban district.

What is meant by a "rating authority"?

(1) A rating authority means a county corporation, a borough corporation, a county council, or an urban district council.

(2) For the purpose of assessing tax chargeable under Schedule D, the secretary, clerk, or person acting as such, to a rating authority shall, when required by notice from an inspector, transmit to the inspector within such time as may be specified in the notice true copies of the last county rate or municipal rate made by the authority for its rating area or any part of that area.

What authority do Revenue have to obtain local authority rate demands?

(2) The secretary or clerk of a rating authority, if requested in writing by the inspector, must send the inspector within the specified time limit true copies of the last county rate or municipal rate made by that rating authority.

(3) The Revenue Commissioners shall pay to any such person the expenses of making all such copies, not exceeding the rate of [€2]1 for every 100 ratings.

Amendments

1 Substituted by Finance Act 2001 section 240(2) and Schedule 5 as respects 2002 and later years.

What will Revenue pay for obtaining a rate demand?

(3) Revenue must pay the rating authority the cost of making the copies at a rate not exceeding €2 for every 100 ratings.

(4) Every person shall, at the request of any inspector or other officer acting in the execution of the Tax Acts, produce as soon as may be to such inspector or officer, as appropriate, any survey, valuation or record on which the rates for any rating area or part of any such area are assessed, made or collected, or any rate or assessment made under any Act relating to the county rate or municipal rate, which is in that person's custody or possession, and shall permit the inspector or other officer to inspect the same and to take copies of or extracts from any such survey, valuation or record, without any payment.

What additional information can Revenue obtain from the rating authority?

(4) The inspector must also be permitted to inspect the survey, valuation or record on which the ratings are based, and to take copies of or extracts from those documents....

to read the full commentary
Print_icon
Contents Previous section Next section