Previously the blog mentioned a new book being launched by the Common Law Society of Ireland. It is based on real experiences with troubled bank, Permanent TSB. The book will be launched in St. Finbarrs GAA Club, Togher, Co. Cork - Sat. 7th. September - 2pm to 5pm.
The public meeting will also feature an update regarding the ongoing litigation against the household charge and property tax.
An event for the diary. News from “Attack The Tax”
“Attack The Tax” will give an update on the events surrounding their High Court Case, and the Revenue Commissioners issues + plenty of Q&A.
The Common Law Society will present “Irish Life And Me” the book.
The Turf Cutters and Contractors Association (TCCA) will debrief everyone on how to protect & preserve one our most valuable natural and renewable resources, from the ravages of the State & Puppet Government.
This event is a NO COST and NO FEE event. It will be held on:
Saturday 7th. Sept., from 2pm to 5pm, at St. Finbarrs Hurling & Football Club, Togher in Cork.”
An important update from Attack The Tax
http://www.attackthetax.com/downloads.html
Revenue have finally broken their silence and contacted Acorn to Oak Communications. Please see the letter they sent below and our response.
Our final reminder about this upcoming event in Co. Roscommon. http://www.attackthetax.com/events.html
Shareholders Convention/meeting
Date: Sat. 20th. July
Times: 9am to 3pm
Venue: The Abbey Hotel, Roscommon
Book online: www.TheRealGathering.eventbrite.com
Cost: Free
Demand has been high for it so book your place today and check out http://www.attackthetax.com/poc.html
Please click this link to access a list of people who have kindly agreed to car pool or perhaps organise a bus if sufficient interest is expressed
From “Acorn to Oak Communications Plc.”. Do download the pdf and share with your friends.
http://www.attackthetax.com/downloads/NoticetoRevenue28June2013.pdf
Two vitally important pieces of information. Download, Share, Print Off, Use them.
http://www.attackthetax.com/downloads/LegalNoticeToBank.pdf
http://www.attackthetax.com/downloads/LegalNoticeToEmployer.pdf
A message from Attack The Tax
Hard Times:
We are living in a time that calls for ordinary People to do extraordinary things.
If enough People do the extraordinary, we all have a chance to make profound
and lasting change in our own lives, and that of our future generations.
The Best of Times:
We are asking ALL Present and Future Shareholders to participate:
1. Go to the Attack The Tax link below.
2. Download the letter.
3. Print Off the Letter.
4. Read the Letter.
5. Get the Letter to EVERYONE on the Island.
6. Via email, Print copy, Facebook, Twitter and any means at your disposal.
The letter spells out some of YOUR many Rights and Privileges as a Shareholder.
The letter was sent to all TD's, all County Councils and to Revenue. Our aim with
your assistance and support is to make sure EVERY MAN and EVERY WOMAN on
the Island know the facts, and know the Law. We will only be able to achieve this
with YOUR SUPPORT.
http://www.attackthetax.com/downloads/AllShareholdersLetter24May13.pdf
An article here from DDI.
http://directdemocracyireland.ie/why-the-government-spin-on-property-tax/
Posted on May 9, 2013 by Admin D
In yesterday’s Irish Independent article it is revealed that registration for the government’s Local Property Tax is currently between 25 and 30% . This is despite the passing of the deadline for returning the LPT declaration form.
It is still quite difficult to get an accurate handle on the real percentage because no two statements can agree on exactly how many households there are in Ireland. Figures range from 1.6 to 1.8 million. Whatever the true figure, it is still a dreadful return and a strong message from the people to the government. Indeed one year on, a third of the population have still not registered for the original €100 Household charge.
The government naturally prefer the lower figure to make the percentage registered figure look higher. Of course there is a good reason for this, and it is the same reason we saw the debate in the media last year disputing the numbers who registered for Household charge. Then the government engaged in a mass media offensive to convince the public that over 50% of the home owners had registered by the deadline, and we are seeing the start of that campaign again.
You see the government continually cites its ‘mandate’ to make these decisions, based on the general election vote (though the fact that FG run the entire country based on 25% of the electorate voting for them is another discussion). However, if more than 50% of the country simply does not register for the government”s new tax, that mandate reasoning evaporates. The government would then be forced to resign, although the history of politicians in Ireland resigning is not an honourable one.
So we can see the thinking behind the wall to wall media coverage. After last year’s problems the government are pulling out all the big guns this time. The Revenue have been called in and have had their ‘information’ campaign all over the media for many weeks now. In reality the Revenue’s message has been one of threat and really nothing else. They refer to people who don’t register as ‘offenders’ and use heavily loaded words to instill fear in normal honest people, and a sense of being unceasingly hunted as criminals. Indeed the article quotes the government on this theme by saying “Government sources say the rise in household charge payments is down to the fear of Revenue being on their trail”
There are still 3 weeks remaining for people to register for the tax online of course and we predict that in that time the media spin machine and the numbers game will hot up again. Undoubtedly the government will claim over 50% compliance (at the lower level figures) before the 28th May deadline. We will of course be seeking our own independent figures as, under the circumstances, it would be foolish to trust a government who has everything to lose to report the figures correctly.
DDI’s stance on this issue is clear. We are well aware that the government has slashed hundreds of millions from local government budgets over the last 2 years, and have diverted that money to paying unsecured bondholders against the wishes of the people. This new tax is simply filling that hole. For that reason we do not agree with this tax and propose that the two issues must be solved together as they are simple cause and effect, and both have been imposed without any recourse to the will of the people.
There is more than one way to stop an unlawful tax of course. The tax can be, and is being challenged in the courts over the last few months by the first man to be brought to court for not making a declaration This test case was reported in the Sunday Mirror on 5th May 2013. The established parties naturally all refute that this is even possible, and we can understand why they would say that. The oddity though is that the minority parties that get themselves directly involved in the campaign protests against the tax seem to be actively coming out against the legal route too. A route which could offer a definitive and binding legal determination on the government. Why these parties choose to ignore the courts is a question only they can answer especially as it is common knowledge that they ‘had’ a very large legal fund collected by tax protestors over the last year. If one were a skeptic one might wonder if they are just another form of controlled opposition to try to limit the effectiveness of the campaign.
In addendum, today at the Public Accounts Committee it has also been revealed that the rate of property tax can be increased by 15% at the start of 2015. This is despite the government having previously said the tax could not be increased for 3 years. The revenue also disagree with the government’s original line and say that it was always in the legislation that it could be increased within the first 3 years. Indeed in 2016 the councils will be able to increase it year on year at their own discretion.
We all remember how Enda Kenny’s government sold the Household Charge with spin like ‘It’s only €2 a week’ or ‘it’s less than a pint a week’. Well now in 2013 that has risen to an average of €8 per week. In 2015 that will be €9 per week, and in 2016 it is going to be over €10 per week and forever rising to the levels we see in the UK where bills of over €60 per week (€3,000 p.a. equivalent average home) are common. Have no doubt this is the goal. Like the boy with the finger in the dyke, if you take out the stopper and let that water trickle through pretty soon the dyke is gone and you will be flooded.
A notice from Attack The Tax
Your hardcopy LPT1 form needs to be returned no later than Tuesday, however Revenue indicated today on the Pat Kenny radio show, that if returned with Tuesday 7th post mark it would be accepted.
Please visit http://www.attackthetax.com/faqs.html for the return procedure.
See also http://www.attackthetax.com/events.html for upcoming meetings.
Letterkenny Details
Date: Sat. 4th May
Time: 10:30am to 12:30pm
Venue: Station House Hotel,
Glenfinn Suite, Lower Main St,
Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
Donegal Details
Date: Sat. 4th May
Time: 2pm Sharp - 4pm
Venue: St. John Bosco Centre
Station Road, Donegal Town
Wicklow Details
Date: Wed. 8th May
Time: 7pm Sharp to 9pm
Venue: The Grand Hotel,
Abbey St, Wicklow Town,
Co. Wicklow
Drogheda Details
Date: Sat. 11th May
Time: 11am Sharp to 1pm
Venue: Boyne Valley Hotel
Dublin Road, Drogheda
Dundalk Details
Date: Sat. 11th May
Time: 3pm Sharp to 5pm
Venue: Fairways Hotel,
Dublin Road, Dundalk
Co. Louth
Shercock Details
Date: Sat. 18th May
Time: 11am Sharp to 1pm
Venue: St Patricks Hall (School Hall)
Kingscourt Road, Shercock
Co. Cavan
Virginia Details
Date: Sat. 18th May
Time: 3pm Sharp - 5pm
Venue: Riverfront Hotel
Main Street, Virginia,
Co. Cavan
Kerry Details
Dates: 24th & 25th May
Times: To Be Confirmed
Venues: To Be Confirmed
Please check back as this page will regularly be updated.
If you'd like to help organise an event in your area,
please contact us and we will be happy to deliver a talk.
What To Do Next
With Revenues LPT1 Form and Letter
Instructions are Laid Out Below ... Step by Step
http://www.icontact-archive.com/6FnIU6Xpr7AsrExo_nHTm1TFu3cIyoBF?w=3
By now readers and supporters of Thought and Action will have heard of ‘Attack The Tax’, an excellent initiative in relation to the household charge and property tax. Thought and Action remains opposed to a tax on the family home.
The well attended meetings organised by Attack The Tax have been largely ignored by the media. The alternative media and the old fashioned leafleting and talking to people has worked. This is countering the blatant lies and spin from the likes of Michael Noonan and Revenue.
The Westmeath Examiner and the Derry Journal are among those regional newspapers to have given coverage to the campaign. Meetings of ‘Attack The Tax’ continue weekly and check out www.attackthetax.com for updates and a venue near you.
See http://www.attackthetax.com/ for a meeting in your community.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT (HOUSEHOLD CHARGE) ACT 2011
http://www.attackthetax.com/downloads/HouseholdChargeAct2011.pdf
FINANCE (LOCAL PROPERTY TAX) ACT 2012
http://www.attackthetax.com/downloads/FinanceLocalPropertyTaxAct2012.pdf
http://www.attackthetax.com/events.html
Enniscorthy Details
Date: Tue. 23rd April
Time: 7pm Sharp - 9pm
Venue: The Bailey Café Bar
Barrack Street, Enniscorthy
Co. Wexford
Dublin Details
Date: Wed. 24th April
Time: 7pm Sharp - 9pm
Venue: Radisson Hotel - Dublin Airport
Swords Details
Date: Thurs 25th April.
Time: 7pm Sharp - 9pm
Venue: The Pound - Bar & Lounge,
Bridge St, Swords, Co. Dublin
Galway Details
Date: Sat. 27th April.
Time: 11am Sharp to 1pm.
Venue: The Clayton Hotel,
Ballybrit, Co. Galway
Clifden Details
Date:Sat. 27th April.
Time: 3pm Sharp to 5pm.
Venue: Connection
Unit 1, Bridge St., Clifden
Co. Galway
Buncrana Details
Date: Fri. 3rd May
Time: Evening TBA
Venue: TBA
Letterkenny Details
Date: Sat. 4th May
Time: Morning TBA
Venue: TBA
Donegal Details
Date: Sat. 4th May
Time: 2pm Sharp - 4pm
Venue: St. John Bosco Centre
Station Road, Donegal Town
Drogheda Details
Date: Sat. 11th May
Time: 11am Sharp to 1pm
Venue: Boyne Valley Hotel
Dublin Road, Drogheda
Dundalk Details
Date: Sat. 11th May
Time: 3pm Sharp to 5pm
Venue: Fairways Hotel,
Dublin Road, Dundalk
Co. Louth
Shercock Details
Date: Sat. 18th May
Time: 11am Sharp to 1pm
Venue: St Patricks Hall (School Hall)
Kingscourt Road, Shercock
Co. Cavan
Virginia Details
Date: Sat. 18th May
Time: 3pm Sharp - 5pm
Venue: Riverfront Hotel
Main Street, Virginia,
Co. Cavan
Please check back as this page will regularly updated.
Upcoming meetings.
http://www.attackthetax.com/events.html
Mayo Branch Details
Date: Thurs. 18th April
Time: 8:30 pm
Venue: Broadhaven Bay Hotel,
Belmullet, Co Mayo
Kerry Details
Date: Saturday 20th April.
Time: 11am Sharp to 1pm.
Venue: The Stretford Inn - McHales
Causeway, Co. Kerry
Sixmilebridge
Date: Saturday 20th April
Time: 2:30pm Sharp - 4:30pm
Venue: The Community Centre
Teach na Cuirte, Sixmilebridge
County Clare
Dublin Details
Date: Wed. 24th April
Time: 7pm Sharp - 9pm
Venue: Radisson Hotel - Dublin Airport
Swords Details
Date: Thurs 25th April.
Time: 7pm Sharp - 9pm
Venue: The Pound - Bar & Lounge,
Bridge St, Swords, Co. Dublin
Galway Details
Date: Saturday 27th April.
Time: 11am Sharp to 1pm.
Venue: The Clayton Hotel,
Ballybrit, Co. Galway
Clifden Details
Date:Saturday 27th April.
Time: 3pm Sharp to 5pm.
Venue: Connection
Unit 1, Bridge St., Clifden
Donegal Details
Date: Sat. 4th May
Time: TBA
Venue: TBA
Drogheda Details
Date: Saturday 11th May
Time: 11am Sharp to 1pm
Venue: Boyne Valley Hotel
Dublin Road, Drogheda
Dundalk Details
Date: Saturday 11th May
Time: 3pm Sharp to 5pm
Venue: Fairways Hotel,
Dublin Road, Dundalk
Co. Louth
Shercock Details
Date: Sat. 18th May
Time: 11am Sharp to 1pm
Venue: St Patricks Hall (School Hall)
Kingscourt Road, Shercock
Co. Cavan
Virginia Details
Date: Sat. 18th May
Time: 3pm Sharp - 5pm
Venue: Riverfront Hotel
Main Street, Virginia,
Co. Cavan
Please check back as this page will regularly updated.
If you'd like to help organise an event in your area,
please contact us and we will be happy to deliver a talk.
On Holy Saturday there will be a meeting concerning the property tax in Trim, Co. Meath. The details are:
Our next talk is in Trim this Saturday morning (11am).
Trim Castle Hotel, Castle Street Trim, Co. Meath.
Saturday 30th. March 2013 --- 11am sharp to 1pm.
All the People of the Island are welcome.
See also: http://www.attackthetax.com/events.html
Dublin
Time: 7pm to 9pm
Date: Thur. 4th. April
Venue:Faughs GAA Club,
Wellington Lane, Templeogue
Beside the Spawell,
Junction 11 off M50Wexford Details
Date:Saturday 6th April.
Time: 11am Sharp to 1pm.
Venue: Talbot Hotel
The Quay, Wexford TownGorey Details
Date: Saturday 6th April.
Time: 2pm Sharp to 4pm.
Venue: Loch Garman Arms
90 Main St, Gorey, Co. WexfordCork Details
Date: Saturday 13th April.
Time: 10am Sharp to 12am.
Venue: Munster Arms Hotel
Oliver Plunkett St, Bandon, Co. CorkCork Details
Date: Saturday 13th April.
Time: 2pm Sharp to 4pm.
Venue: St. Finbarrs Hurling & Football Club
Deanwood Ave, Togher, Co. CorkKerry Details
Date: Saturday 20th April.
Time: 11am Sharp to 1pm.
Venue: To Be ArrangedGalway Details
Date: Saturday 27th April.
Time: 11am Sharp to 1pm.
Venue: The Clayton Hotel,
Ballybrit, Co. Galway
As you are aware the legality of the property tax is being challenged in court! A limited liability company (S.P.V) has been set up and already thousands of people have become a Shareholder. Here is an update and what you send back to Revenue. Shareholders are an “interested party” in the ongoing litigation. For information visit www.AttackTheTac.com/ or send us an email address and we will send you material. There will be a break for Easter but leaflets and information will be distributed in your community next week. T&A is happy to support this initiative against the tax on the family home. There has been a fantastic response so far.
