Mayo householders can pay Property Tax in local shops

Mayo householders offered option to pay Property Tax in local shops


Anton McNulty
antonmcnulty@mayonews.ie

HOUSE HOLDERS in two Mayo villages are being offered a new innovative way of paying the controversial property tax in weekly installments through a nationwide network of kiosks.
The service is being offered in more than 250 high footfall retail stores across Ireland by Omnivend, an Irish technology company that allows customers payment options through the next generation of multi-vend kiosks. Among the Mayo locations are Doherty Costcutters in Mulranny and Murphy’s Service Station in Knock.
Omnivend kiosks will allow householders to pay as little as one euro at a time off the Local Property Tax (LPT), budgeting repayments at a rate that suits them. Omnivend kiosks already offer payment options for phone and toll tag top ups, international calling cards and private refuse company yearly charges.
According to Money Guide Ireland, Omnivend’s kiosks are also the cheapest way to pay the property tax by instalments.
“Omnivend kiosks will be the cheapest option for weekly instalments. They will charge just four per cent of the payment amount - so they will be the cheapest option for anyone wanting to pay weekly.  A fee of just seven cent will be applied to a Property Tax payment of €1.73 a week - or €3.50 over a full year.”
This new service is a self service payment option which is anonymous and quick. Omnivend has been approved to take the payments by the Revenue Commissioners.
Omnivend’s Managing Director Fiona Dowd says adding the ability to pay the property tax through the network of kiosks is a natural extension to the company’s customer first approach.
“Paying the property tax through our Omnivend kiosk is an additional service to the phone top-ups, international calling cards and toll tag top-ups we already offer. Using the service couldn’t be simpler, you can pay as little or as much as you like as often as you like until you’ve paid in full.
“We’re encouraging home owners to choose the Option 5, Cash Payments when they’re returning the Local Property Tax form.

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