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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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SMI confusion
If a person is 100% SMI and this can be proven , lives with a carer who is his son ( so disregarded for tax) this means from what I have read a 25% discount and can be backdated. If his wife also cares for him but doesnt get any benefit as she is a pensioner and so is the disabled person , is it still classed as 25% off…
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Council tax in two places?
Hi we live in a small rented flat in London where we pay our Council Tax (My husband, son & I). I inherited some money after parental loss, and decided to buy a small house with my husband outside of London in East Sussex, a different council. As I will still work in London for most likely two years, we will keep the flat…
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Council Tax Single Person Discount – Proof My Son Was Living Elsewhere
Hi all, I’ve received a letter from the Council about my Council Tax. They had removed my single person discount because my son moved back in with me, and now they’re also asking for repayment for last year’s discount. I’ve explained that he wasn’t living with me the whole year, and they’re now asking for: * His name and…
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My PAD data for my house is wrong - very wrong - Paying too much Council tax?
* I’ve challenged the band G (£160,001–£320,000) since May 2025, arguing it should be band F. * Provided six comparable detached houses (built ~1930–1940, 139–180 sqm, £525,000–£700,000), all in bands F or E. These have similar or smaller sizes and higher valuations but lower bands. * VOA rejected my comparables, stating…
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No Rhyme or Reason.
I recently sent this application to the valuations department and after some time basically told that we needed to find similar sized properties on a lesser tax band for ours to be changed down. The value of our property in 1991 does suggest we are correctly banded currently but how can three, four and five bedroom be on a…
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Council tax on a deceased person's property
My mother plassed away in January this year and probate was granted on 4 April. She owned her house and there had been no one living there since my mother died. On 25th June I received a Council Tax Demand Notice for 2024/25 stating :- Council Tax 1/4/2024 - 3/04/2024 £17 Exemption Class F - Unoccuplied - Awaiting Probate…
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Council tax empty property
Hi My daughter lives alone in her own house, so she normally gets reduced council tax (only one person in the property. Currently she is having mental & physical health issues and is living with my wife & I. Is she liable to pay more council tax? Does anyone know what the situation is?
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Council Tax Upbanding
Hi everyone, New to the forum, and wondered if anyone had any advice on the recent up-banding of my council tax. In December 2024, I was sent a letter to advise that I was being up-banded from B to C. It stated in the letter that some information had come to light which had meant that the previous tax band was incorrect,…
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A perplexing problem - Please help
I have a property that I have bought, which consists of the main property and a converted outbuilding that the previous owner would rent out on an air bnb basis (the cottage). I have just received correspondence from the valuation agency telling me that I am required to pay council tax for it (in addition to what I pay for…
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Currently not paying council tax for new build property, need advice
Hi All, I have moved into a new build last November and since moving in I have not been charged council tax, I have called my local council and they deferred me to the VOA (Valuation Office Agency), upon speaking to them they never received something called a "Billing Authorisation report" and suggested I speak to the…
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Council tax help for parents.
Good afternoon, everyone, I’m reaching out for some advice on behalf of my parents and would really appreciate any guidance. They have lived in Daventry (West Northamptonshire Council) for the past 40 years. Only last month, my father managed to get their council tax band reduced from a C to a B. It turns out they have…
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Band E to Band D - All others same house style are all Band D
We have on our new estate 7 houses all same Housetype the 5 previously on development (exact as ours) have all been D - a neighbour has just had there banding as an E and we have just told council about the council tax to pay and they said we are "Unbanded" at the moment but will sort in 28 days. My question would be as my…
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Council Tax banding- help please!
Hello! I am new to the forum & am hoping someone might have some insight into a council tax question I have! I live in a new build. It was build around 2009 and I have owned and lived in it since about 2011. Before it was build there was a pub on the site. I'm very confused from what is on the government's website, whether…
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Baliff's fees on wrongly charged council tax?
Hi, I was wondering if anyone had any insight into this - in 2023, I missed a couple council tax letters (I'd been away, and thought I was ineligible due to being a student, so hadn't been looking out for them). When I finally opened them, it was a final notice and I tried to set up a direct debit, but was told it had gone…
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Granny Annex - council tax and exemptions
I have a granny annex on my property which was converted with planning permission in 2017. The granny annex has been used my by parents since this date (over 65 years old). The granny annex doesn't have a council tax band and the council placed a condition on the annex that it should not be sub-let, sold off or occupied in…
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Challenging Council Tax Band - Sqm same but 1 more bedroom as neighbours
Has anyone successfully challenged their Council Tax band when their property has more bedrooms but similar floor area to their neighbours? I’ve just submitted a Council Tax band challenge for our detached 5-bed house (Band F), based on clear evidence that five almost-identical homes on our street, all 4-beds, all similar…
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Best way to challenge council tax band
Hello there, I have been meaning to try and challenge the council tax of our two-bedroom flat (currently band C) for some time but have been and am still unsure how best to do that. We live on an estate built in the 80s and there are some other flats similar to ours but they are mostly tax-banded C as well, except maybe a…
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Council Tax band challenge - Delays in Response
I requested to a Council Tax band challenge and after submitting the evidence (i.e. 5 similar properties to mine or neighboring roads) back in July 2024 and I'm still waiting on a decision due to a back log. I have had several emails to that effect and now they have advised they will contact me once an officer is assigned…
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Council Tax problem? Ideas please.
Has anyone ever experienced anything similar to this. Long story but, basically I moved in with parent for a number of years. I paid Mum money as agreed to cover bills etc. I have now realised that I wasnt on the Council Tax bill ever. I just assumed she added me. Mum was excempt so the bill was 0. But I was living there.…
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Success Story - Council tax band alteration and refund received
Please can we share a recent success story relating to Council Tax reclaim for being in too high a band. Last summer, following a chance conversation with a friend when we discovered she was in a lower band to us in a similar house on the same, small housing estate, we followed Martin's guidance and challenged our council…
