Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Act 2013

Deduction at source.

11.— The Principal Act is amended—

(a) in section 64 in the definition of “net emoluments” by substituting the following for paragraphs (b) and (c):

“(b) the Social Welfare (Consolidated Contributions and Insurability) Regulations 1996 ( S.I. No. 312 of 1996 ), of a contribution within the meaning of those Regulations,

(c) Part 18D of the Act of 1997, of universal social charge, and

(d) an order of a court where such order is made before the date on which a direction is given to an employer by the Revenue Commissioners under section 65, of any amount required to be deducted by the order,

and shall include the amount of any deduction that is referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this definition that an employer repays to a liable person after the deduction has been made;”,

(b) in section 67 by substituting “Where section 66 applies by virtue of paragraph (b) or (c) of that section,” for “Where paragraph (b) or (c) of section 66 applies”,

(c) in section 69 by substituting the following for subsection (1):

“(1) Subject to subsection (2), the amount of local property tax that the Revenue Commissioners direct an employer to deduct from a liable person’s net emoluments—

(a) shall, if section 66 applies, be—

(i) where that section applies by virtue of paragraph (a) or (d) of it, the amount that the liable person elects or agrees, as the case may be, to have deducted from his or her net emoluments,

(ii) where that section applies by virtue of paragraph (b) of it—

(I) the amount of the self-assessment, where a self-assessment is made, or

(II) the Revenue estimate, where it is due and payable in accordance with section 49,

and

(iii) where that section applies by virtue of paragraph (c) of it, the amount that has not yet been paid at the time of the default,

or

(b) shall, if section 68 applies, be the amount that the liable person elects or agrees, as the case may be, to have deducted from his or her net emoluments.”,

(d) in section 69 by deleting subsection (3),

(e) in section 78 by deleting “997A” where it last occurs,

(f) in section 87 by substituting “Where section 85 applies by virtue of paragraph (b) of that section” for “Where paragraph (b) of section 85 applies”, and

(g) in section 105 by substituting “Where section 103 applies by virtue of paragraph (b) of that section” for “Where paragraph (b) of section 103 applies”.