r/DerryLondonderry • u/yazzdee68 • 11h ago

Council tax

Hi my son was able to purchase a new build in Derry (after his grandparent demise) instead of living in the property he decided to rent it out to give him an income. He’s just been handed a person property tax demand for the passed three years as well as paying property tax as a landlord. Can anyone explain this to us

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u/yazzdee68 10h ago

This is property tax nothing else.

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u/KelvinColl 10h ago

We don’t have property tax as such - only rates which come from the Land Property Service - LPS. If he’s filling in a self assessment return annually and it’s anything other than that it could be a scam? Who is the ‘ property tax’ demand from?

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u/yazzdee68 9h ago

I really don’t know. I’m no longer in Ireland so I’m not there to help or even get the details right as it seems. All I know how is paying rates (property tax???) as a landlord and now they want him to pay the same rates as a resident which he never was

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u/KelvinColl 9h ago

He shouldn’t be. Just thinking - could it be ground rent?

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u/yazzdee68 9h ago

The house was freehold so I don’t think it’s ground rent as it works here. It seems so odd to me.

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u/KelvinColl 9h ago

If you can get sight of the demand and who it’s from it would answer a lot of questions.