Is the NPPR a new organisation or is it just part of the Dept of the Environment?

[Bronte]

Is the NPPR a new organisation or is it just part of the Dept of the Environment?

I see it says we have to pay by two months from July and states end of September as the deadline but this is not true as we have until the 31st October before any late penalties are due? Anyone contradict me on this?

I notice that the registration form is nearly exactly a copy of the PRTB form. Now I have rates to the council, fee to prtb and property tax to NPPR which goes to the council, wouldn't it just be easier if they all went to the one organisation instead of creating multiple layers of complication. I wonder how much of the fees collected by the PRTB go towards the running costs of the PRTB and ditto for NPPR.

Who will police this scheme? If you don't pay it for years will it come unstuck when you sell a property (like rates/water/bin charges)? There was something similar with the local authority about 5 years ago that lasted a couple of years but I never heard of anyone being chased for this and it wasn't a tax so I'm wondering is the NPPR similar?

 

[murphaph]

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Who knows but it is clearly another bureaucratic waste of money designed to scalp us for even more cash and at the same time inefficiently wasting the fees it collects on its own running! It's a PRTB job and no mistake!

 

[Bronte]

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I've just discovered having emailed the financial section of one of the councils that I have to pay the charge twice on one property as it has a separate granny flat. I wouldn't mind if the money went to better good local services.

 

[Zippy]

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Hi,my mum recently moved out of our old family home and into a new property which she bought, the house which she has vacated is now empty. She is the lifetime owner of this property but not the registered owner,my dad left it to my siblings and me upon my mothers passing. Question is my mother liable for tax on this property ? Are old age pensioners exempt from this tax?

 

[murphaph]

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Old age pensioners are not exempt in principle. Unless she has other mitigating circumtances then she's liable (but if it was my mum and me and my brother were due to inherit it I think we'd stump up the cash ;-) )

Bronte: That seems very harsh having to pay another 200 per annum because of an attached granny flat! I presume this means landlords with houses converted into bedsits are going to be hammered.

 

[sam h]

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Bronte: That seems very harsh having to pay another 200 per annum because of an attached granny flat! I presume this means landlords with houses converted into bedsits are going to be hammered.

I'd say you're right, bedsits will be hammers, these already have to be registered with the PRTB individually. I actually called the PRTB to be told that there is a 13 week backlog !! At least the NPPR has a fairly efficient website.

Who knows but it is clearly another bureaucratic waste of money designed to scalp us for even more cash and at the same time inefficiently wasting the fees it collects on its own running! It's a PRTB job and no mistake!

The thing is the PRTB is only for landlord - this is a second property tax. I think alot of people still think this tax only applied to people who recieve rent or income from a property. I was talking to someone the other day and they have a old cottage that they only go to once or twice a year for a long weekend & they never thought for a moment the tax would apply to them

 

[redwood park]

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Hi my mother in law (a widow) died some years ago. She left the house to her four children but gave one daughter right of residency for as long as she wishes. This daughter lives in the house. Probate was taken out at the time but name on deeds was not changed. Do we have to pay 200 euros to NPPR. Any advice appreciated.Many thanks

 

[Bronte]

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Bronte: That seems very harsh having to pay another 200 per annum because of an attached granny flat! I presume this means landlords with houses converted into bedsits are going to be hammered.

Well as SamH says we have to register separately with the PRTB as well for each unit. As least that fee is tax deductable, but it's not clear yet if the NPPR fee is. This is a new hefty fee for me this year. What with this, the 75% mortgage interest deduction reduction, rent decreases I can see a lot of properties being put up for sale. If they reduce the mortgage interest further next budget they will create chaos in the investor property market. Property will have to come back further if it is going to make any decent yield.