 Don't Register - Don't Pay
We won't pay to bail out the bankers and speculators
From January 1st 2012 the government are introducing a new Household Tax of €100 for all households, whether you own a modest bedsit, or a massive mansion. From there it will rise in 2013, before splitting into a Water Tax and a Property Tax on the family home in 2014, according to Labour & Fine Gael's programme for government. From €100, it will quickly rise to €1,000+. Far from improving services, this will just go to paying off the gambling debts of the very bankers and speculators who caused this crisis.
The Socialist Party, as a founding member of the Campaign Against the Household and Water Taxes, believes a mass campaign of non-payment can defeat this unjust tax, just like we beat the water tax in the past. If millions of people boycott this tax, as part of an organised movement, we can make the charge uncollectable, and threats of court appearances and fines unworkable. This is our chance to not just defeat an attempt to further rob ordinary people, but to strike a blow against the entire failed austerity policy.
Below we publish the latest news and analysis from the Socialist Party about this important struggle. For more information as to how the tax is being brought in, and the issue of registration, we suggest this article by Joe Higgins TD. For a more general outlining of our strategy to win, check out this article from September, so missing some of the exact details, but which explains how we can defeat this tax. Finally, to get involved in the campaign, check out nohouseholdtax.org
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Written by Councillor Mick Barry
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Thursday, 09 February 2012 13:00 |
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 Campaign Against Household and Water Tax public meetings held this week in Waterford (700), Carlow (400) and elsewhere clearly show a growing mood of angry opposition to the Government's household tax.
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Written by Limerick CAHWT
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Tuesday, 24 January 2012 08:33 |
 Household Tax is Highway Robbery
Minister Phil Hogan visited Limerick last Friday, and was confronted by a masked robber who exclaimed: "Stand and Deliver: Household Tax, Highway Robbery!" The protest, organised by the Limerick branch of the Campaign Against Household & Water Taxes got great media coverage locally and nationally, and ensured Hogan's didn't go unchallenged on his trip to Limerick.
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Written by Councillor Mick Barry
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Tuesday, 24 January 2012 08:00 |
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 The Irish Independent reported over Christmas that the government are planning a mass state-wide leaflet drop in early February encouraging people to register for the household tax and threatening them with dire consequences if they fail to do so.
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Written by Councillor Matthew Waine
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Wednesday, 18 January 2012 09:00 |
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 One hundred people attended a meeting on the Household Tax in Galway, 700 in Donegal, over 80 in limerick. And all these before the government’s legislation was passed and the issue came centre stage in the media. Already in January, 120 attended a meeting in Gorey, Wexford. 400 met to discuss the Septic Tank Tax and the Household Tax in County Limerick. 90 people protested outside Galway City Council in early January.
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Written by Socialist Party Reporter
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Tuesday, 20 December 2011 16:24 |
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Fingal County Council's Finance Director has stated that the proposed Household Tax will be of "no benefit" to local councils as it goes "straight into the Local Government Fund". The categorical statement from Mr Pat Keane came when presenting Fingal's Annual Budget (20 Dec) and directly contradicts Minister Hogan's claim that the Household Tax is to fund libraries, fire brigades and other local services.
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Written by Cllr Ruth Coppinger
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Tuesday, 20 December 2011 12:00 |
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 Alarmist media headlines over the past week give the impression that €2,500 could easily be deducted from the wages and welfare payments of householders boycotting the registration and payment of the new household tax. In fact such legislation does not even exist at this time. Nor does any legislation allow for the tax itself to be deducted.
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