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Selling, buying or transferring a property

  1. Overview
  2. You are selling a property
  3. You are buying a property
  4. You are transferring a property
  5. What is Revenue clearance?
  6. How to obtain general clearance
  7. What happens when there is more than one sale in a valuation period?
  8. You are buying a property from a local authority

Overview

When selling, buying or transferring a property there are certain obligations on both the seller and the buyer. Local Property Tax (LPT) clearance must be in place prior to: 

  • closing of the sale
  • or
  • the transfer of the property. 

As the seller, you must make sure that all LPT obligations have been met before completing the sale. This means that all LPT payments must be up to date and you must have submitted your LPT Return to Revenue. You can check your LPT record on the LPT Online Portal.

If you are the liable person for a property on the liability date, 1 November, you are liable to pay the LPT for the following year.   

  • Example

    Pat is the liable person for a residential property on 1 November 2021. He sells his property in December 2021. Even though he does not own the property in 2022, he remains the liable person for LPT and must pay the full liability for 2022. The buyer becomes the liable person for LPT on 1 November 2022 and must pay LPT for 2023 onwards.

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Published: 29 March 2022 Print this page

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