Housing tax of €80,000 for landlord

ONE LANDLORD paid more than €80,000 to the exchequer due over the €200 non-principal private residence tax last year.

According to figures from Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan, one unidentified landlord owning more than 400 units of accommodation paid the €200 NPPR tax on each one last year.

The figures show in 2010 and 2009 a landlord had also paid more than €80,000, but do not show whether it was the same person involved in the three years.

Mr Hogan confirmed another landlord had paid between €40,000 and €60,000 last year for 201 to 300 housing units.

The figures, provided in a series of written Dáil replies to Deputy Gerald Nash (Labour), show the number of landlords registered for 101 to 200 housing units increased last year from 29 to 36. The 36 last year each paid between €20,000 and €40,000 to the State.

The figures show the number with 51 to 100 units also rose last year from 116 to 117, paying between €10,200 and €20,000.

Mr Hogan said 135,971 people paid last year for one unit. A total of €67.7 million was raised in 2011.