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Tue 09 Sep 2009Property tax likely to be shelved but child benefit levy on agenda
THE FIANNA Fáil-Green Party Coalition is likely to shelve a property tax, as recommended by the Commission on Taxation, but it will adopt the proposals for a carbon tax and the taxation of child benefit, according to Government sources.
Ministers believe that the introduction of a property tax would prove politically impossible in the current climate and there is no stomach in Cabinet for a fight they believe cannot be won.
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