Ireland's Department of Finance has announced that Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has decided to defer the valuation date for Local Property Tax (LPT) from 1 November 2020 to 1 November 2021. The valuation date is the date on which property owners are required to establish the market value of their properties. These market values form the basis for the calculation of property owners' LPT liabilities. Legislative changes in 2015 and 2019 retained the valuation date of 1 May 2013 for an …