Property tax and second homes abroad

[setanta1]

Is there an greater detail available on the Government's plans for a tax on second homes? I'm assuming, perhaps with naive optimism, that it is not possible to impose a property tax on property outside the State.

 

[Lollix]

I can't see any way in which the Irish government can impose a tax in another jurisdiction; anyone with a home abroad already pays whatever taxes apply in that country anyway and the Irish govt can't be involved.

 

[setanta1]

Thats what I figured too, I pay property taxes to the French Government after all, once is enough!

 

[Steve D]

Surely anyone who is renting out an overseas property has to declare the rental income and pay tax on it in Ireland.

 

[Evolu]

rental income is calculated at home. 'Property tax' cannot be put on an overseas property.