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Council Tax

chelseablue
chelseablue Posts: 3,303 Forumite
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Just received our Council Tax bill for 2017/18.... £1,846.


Seems a lot to me but we are in Berkshire, SE England


Anyone else had theirs yet?
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  • foxy-stoat
    foxy-stoat Posts: 6,879 Forumite
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    chelseablue wrote: »
    Just received our Council Tax bill for 2017/18.... £1,846.


    Seems a lot to me but we are in Berkshire, SE England


    Anyone else had theirs yet?


    If you live in Bracknell then its gone up by £81 a year.


    Its gone up everywhere.
  • richard2511
    richard2511 Posts: 49 Forumite
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    Ours is £2000. Up by £149.
  • chelseablue
    chelseablue Posts: 3,303 Forumite
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    foxy-stoat wrote: »
    If you live in Bracknell then its gone up by £81 a year.


    Its gone up everywhere.



    We moved towns and have definitely noticed the increase compared to where we used to live
  • artyclarty
    artyclarty Posts: 216 Forumite
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    Ours went up 4% which seems on the low side compared to a lot. Ours is now £1100, but then again we are only a band A property.
  • chelseablue
    chelseablue Posts: 3,303 Forumite
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    We're band E, 3 bed semi-detached
  • Gers
    Gers Posts: 12,028 Forumite
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    My bill was emailed to me at the very start of March - just going to leave it until the end of March.

    Bill has gone up by 3%. Band C - about a £40.00 rise. Discount for no mains sewage!!
  • theEnd
    theEnd Posts: 851 Forumite
    £462 Wandsworth
  • glasgowdan
    glasgowdan Posts: 2,967 Forumite
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    East Dunbartonshire, now £3000! Band G, gone up £400... Not too chuffed at all.
  • chelseablue
    chelseablue Posts: 3,303 Forumite
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    glasgowdan wrote: »
    East Dunbartonshire, now £3000! Band G, gone up £400... Not too chuffed at all.

    £3k :eek:


    I'll stop moaning about mine now :rotfl:
  • CIS
    CIS Posts: 12,260 Forumite
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    The higher bands, E and above, have been hammered in Scotland to raise extra monies. It's not reasonable and shows what a mess the current banding system is (and the ability of the government to use it as a revenue generation scheme)

    Craig
    I no longer work in Council Tax Recovery but instead work as a specialist Council Tax paralegal assisting landlords and Council Tax payers with council tax disputes and valuation tribunals. My views are my own reading of the law and you should always check with the local authority in question.
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