Penalties on quarterly and half-yearly renewals of motor tax worth €48m

50 per cent of all payments of motor tax in the country were paid on a quarterly basis in 2018

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Additional charges incurred due to quarterly or biannual payments of motor tax are worth €48.4 million to the exchequer.

Information obtained from a Freedom of Information request to the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport showed that 50 per cent of all payments of motor tax in the country were paid on a quarterly basis in 2018.

Over 57 per cent of all motor tax payments were made on a quarterly basis for ...