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Council Tax Rebanding SUCCESS stories
MSE Insert! Forumite lanerideruk successfully reclaimed 19 years' worth of council tax - £2,400! Join and let us know what you've reclaimed too. Read how to do it yourself: Council Tax Cashback This thread is especially for reporting your successes in getting your council tax rebanded plus refunds. The aim is to show…
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New to the Reclaiming Mortgage Fees, Council Tax, etc board? Start here
🏠 Some threads that may be useful * Council tax rebanding success stories 🏠 Useful links to MoneySavingExpert.com guides * Lower your council tax band (England and Scotland) * How to reclaim overpaid council tax * How to claim the 'severely mentally impaired' council tax discount * Complain and reclaim 💡 If there's a link…
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Council tax on 2 rented properties
Hi I signed a new tenancy with a social housing landlord in late February. I had to give 4 weeks notice on my then council property so I held 2 tenancies at the same time. I lived in the council property during the 4 weeks notice period so I could get decorating etc done on the new flat. The council tax on my council flat…
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Council Tax Band - Challenging based on HIGHER PRICED properties?
Hi there, first time homeowner here! I want to challenge my council tax band, but I can't meet the criteria Martin suggests and the VOA demands... My flat is listed as band D, which seems absurd for a 2 bed flat with less than 70sq m of space! The same goes for all the other flats in my building. Some of them are 1 bed,…
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Getting council To change banding
I’ve tried to get our council in Huntingdonshire to reduce our council tax band as I’ve found out that the four bed detached house next door to us that has many outbuildings and 7 acres is in a lower band than us with a four bed detached with 2.8 acres. The council say I have not provided evidence of a like for like…
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Scotland’s council tax freeze
So my brown bin doubled in price and had £4 added to my bill each month I wonder how they can call it a freeze?
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Council tax charges
My neighbour has a 3 bed house & pays around 1180 council tax band A I live in a band A house that has been converted into 2 x 1 bed flats but yet I pay 1064. Surely the council tax should be halved as I see it the council are charging each tenant near enough the same tax as if it was still a 3 bed house so are in fact…
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Council Tax banding appeal question
Hi there ... I am helping a neighbour make a council tax banding appeal and wondered what advice/experience can be given to overcome the valuation office objection that he has not made the appeal within 6 months of taking residence in his rented accommodation? I am sure I remember Martin Lewis stating that was an objection…
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Council Tax Rebanding
Hey can anyone advise please? I am in Scotland and bought a new build house in 2010 - council tax band was set as E However I have recently done research and have considerable evidence this should be a D in line with valuation regulations I submitted a proposal 2023 to local council - who rejected it based on "invalid out…
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Council Tax Long Term Vacant Premium
I purchased a small flat for retirement in November and I am currently serving my 3 months notice to retire at the end of April. My job requires me to live on-site and a flat is provided. I was expecting to pay £141.00 per month in council tax on my new flat, however, the Council have sent a bill for £3531.80 for 2024/25…
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Challenging your Council Tax Band - Lothian, Scotland - Tips - Help - Discussion
Throughout this forum we shall be giving tips on our experience when we challenged our Council Tax Band with the Lothian Valuation Joint
Board. If you are about to challenge your Council Tax Band, then please feel free to
join in. If you have already challenged your Council Tax Band, we would also
like to hear of your…
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Second home council tax on sole home in UK
I own a house in the UK which I have been paying a second home council tax premium on. I split my time between a holiday home in Europe and the rest of the time in the house in the UK. I intend to return to the UK on retirement and do not have a permanent right to stay where I am in Europe. I consider the UK house as my…
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Council Tax Appeals can I appeal a second time ?
We are living in a 2 bedroomed bungalow and we are in Council Tax Band C, two for sale around the corner have 3 bedrooms and I found out they are in Council Tax Band B !! We appealed our tax band when we first moved in some 10 yrs ago because we thought even then that we were in the wrong tax band but the appeal was…
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Council Tax Band Review
We challenged our Council Tax banding as we purchased our house in 1991 for £ 47500 which according to the table puts us in Band B. We are in Band C. Neighbour in identical house albeit with an extension is Band B Sent all purchase evidence to VOA and received this response What is our next step ? I have checked your…
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Challenging council tax banding
Hi have tried to challenge my council tax banding 3 times in the last 25 years but not got anywhere with it. The last recent reason is that I cannot prove the house price sales figures of my area between 1989 and 1993. I am unable to get this information that far back. I have requested it from voa and also looked on zoopl…
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wrong band of council tax
we believe our property is on a higher band, we were speaking to a friend at the weekend & his band is the same as ours. He lives in a large semi detached 4 bedroom house our house is a detached bungalow with 2 bedrooms. We live about 2 miles from each other so not sure if this would affect prices? On looking at our…
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New build estate - Neighbour's successful appeal, what next for everyone else?
I live on an estate completed in 2022 (so relative property sizing is an easy task as there are only a handful of house types) My neighbour successfully appealed the council tax banding recently (he has a larger house) Is the local council obligated to review all other houses of same or smaller size with the same band? Or…
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Council Tax Valuations - the true story
I'd like to correct some of Martin's comments about the valuations carried out for Council Tax puposes. I was one of the valuers involved in preparing these assessments in 1992, following the Local Government Finance Act of that year. Council Tax did not come into effect until 1st April 1993, but the valuations we carried…
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Reclaim overpaid council tax
Hi! This is the discussion thread for the Reclaim overpaid council tax guide Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply.
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Are you one of 808,000 households due a share of £141 million in overpaid council tax?
If you moved home and started paying council tax to a different local authority, you could be one of 808,000 households in England, Scotland and Wales who are owed a share of over £141 million in overpaid council tax, an investigation by MoneySavingExpert.com (MSE) has found. Read the full story: Are you one of 808,000…
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New build banding
Apologies if this is in the wrong part of the forum. i have recently moved into a new build 2 bedroom end of terrace home and today received my first council tax bill and they have put me in band E. i believe this to be totally wrong, the property is 79sqm and the new semi detached round the corner the same size and layout…
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Legislation or guidance on the duty of care and competency required of local authority tax units
What government legislation will address the the duty of care and competency required of a local authority; particularly with respect to council tax. We were granted an exemption by a local authority that was overturned almost a year later and we have been assessed a tax in retrospect. Although not admitted, their actions…