Solar power tax will be discouraging for homeowners
Department of Finance officials have warned that attempts to tax homeowners generating solar electricity could lead to people thinking it was “not worth the trouble”. A submission to Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe pointed out that the cost of collecting the tax would also have been disproportionate to what Revenue would actually net from householders. It also recommended that householders, who will be able to sell excess electricity back to the…