ALMOST FORTY PER cent of households have not yet registered to pay the household charge, which represents a shortfall of €63 million in the total amount expected to be raised.

Of the estimated 1.6 million households in the country an estimated 986,676 have registered to pay the charge. A total of 962,283 have made the payment, there are 6,400 applications awaiting the resolution of queries, and 17,993 have registered for a waiver.

Sixty-one per cent of payments have been processed online, with the remainder coming via cheque, postal order, bank draft or credit/debit card payment.

Authorities began sending out reminder letters about non-payment of the €100 tax at the start of the month, and over 100,000 have been issued. However a number of complaints have been registered with the Local Government Management Agency  - 1,800 in the first week – after people who had already paid the charge received reminders.

Of the €160 million expected to be generated by the collection of the household charge, €96,894,986 has been received by the LGMA, the bureau in charge of processing the payment.

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