The new property tax to be announced in tomorrow’s budget will be reduced slightly as a result of the late addition of the so-called mansion tax for properties worth over €1 million.

Government sources yesterday confirmed that the levying of a higher tax rate on high-value properties will have a knock-on effect for middle and lower income households but conceded it would be marginal. The rate to be unveiled by Minister for Finance Michael Noonan tomorrow is expected to be 0.18 per cent of the value of the property, with a rate of 0.25 per cent for properties worth over €1 million.

The new rate would mean a tax bill of €450 per annum for a house worth €250,000 as opposed to €500 if the rate were 0.2 per cent.

Well, woop de bleedin’ doo.

Addition of ‘mansion tax’ will see reduced property tax (Harry McGee, Arthur Beesley, Irish Times)

(Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland)

It’s the time of year when parents have the ultimate sanction of a Naughty or Nice list to make their children behave.

Broadsheet code monkey web master Karl’s partner recalled to him a time when a lump of coal on the mantle would send children into an apoplexy of fear, regret and temporary good behaviour.

So rather than fixing theBroadsheet app in a few moments of his spare time Karl whipped up Santa Report.

Then kids’ mums from all around looked for their own copy and so up onto the iPhone app store it was thrown.

Since it is Christmas apparently we have 10 free copies available – just tap on one of the links on your iPhone

 

And yes, it is iPhone only, because, sez Karl: “those elves that make the toys can’t code”.

The Santa Report is available on the iPhone App Store for the Scrooge-friendly sum of 89 cents.

Have you a new app you would like to share?  Broadsheet@broadsheet.ie

The soon to be vacated Central Bank building on Dame Street, Dublin.

Any thoughts on a new tenant?

DoCoMoMo – the Irish committee for documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the modern movement – want to hear from you.

We’ve suggested a multi-storey car park but only for electric cars with a bar and diner (‘Chompsky’s) at the top.

Central Bank Competition (DoCoMoMo)

Thanks Spaghetti Hoop

Pic by dw

 

Members of the full-time taxi drivers’ association of Ireland [Tiomanai Tacsai Na HEireann (TTnH)] in Dublin city today.

The group wants to speak to the “relevant bodies” to reduce the numbers of taxi drivers by “buying back back taxi licences and supplying drivers, who do leave, with more training schemes so they can find work elsewhere”.

Black people (out of picture).

(Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)

Broadsheet.ie