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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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NDR for Holiday let
Hi, We currently pay a council tax premium on our second property which is a holiday let. Do we have to meet holiday let conditions for a year before we can claim business rates? Thanks
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Stamp Duty Refund
Dear MSE Forum, Stamp duty Refund Help. I purchased my property with my then partner in November 2021, as we were getting divorced I needed his help to purchase the new property. In November 2021 my partner removed my name from our family home which we agreed. I then removed my partner’s name from the new house in May…
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Challenging council tax band after home improvements
Hi all I just read through the article about challenging your tax band with the intention of doing it today, but I'm not sure if I should proceed. We bought our house in 1996, for £47,500, tax band C. However, equivalent properties in our street are band B, and the neighbouring properties which are also band C have much…
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Paid Council tax, but Council says I haven't?!
I received a council tax bill in March 2024, I went to my online banking (Natwest) and set up a new payee... I entered all of the bank details correctly of Bedfordshire Council, sort code/account number etc... entered the full amount for the year, which was £1,770.52.. and sent payment. Saturday just gone (27th of April) I…
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council tax for part time student
just wondering my daughter is a student living in a HMO the HMO is over 4 floors and has 5 bedrooms on each floor with a communal living area / kitchen on each floor. My daughter is on a part time degree course but has been unable to secure a job, and thus her only income comes from family contributing, also with her…
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Ho do I find houses prices as at 1991, for council tax reevaluation
Could someone provide assistance, please? I'm attempting to determine the price of the house as of 1991. However, there's a challenge as the properties, only 5 in total, were built on previously demolished garages, and there are no houses with comparable age, size, construction time, or appearance. The valuation office has…
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Council tax new changes
As of April 2024, my local authority (not sure about others) quite slyly introduced a new rule that means any property unoccupied for more than one year will be charged double the annual standard council tax rate. We completed and got the keys on the 4th April as soon as this came into force - there was absolutely no…
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Diesel car compensation
Daft question but I stay next to a motorway which all the different law breaking cars drove past day in day out and would have thought twice about buying a house there if I knew my children were at higher risk of poor health outcomes due to the emissions cheating devices the manufactures had utilized, as such I would have…
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Council Tax refund
I have successfully appealed against my council tax banding and had it moved to a lower band with an effective date of 1st April 1993. Does that mean I can expect a refund backdated to then? I have tried council and .gov sites but just go around in circles.
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Tracing Lost Accounts
My mother in law for whom I am LPA, has Alzheimers. He has repeatedly told me that she has money in an account "in London" but has no more information than that. There is nothing in her paperwork referring to this but she has mentioned it on a number of separate occasions. I have tried my lost account but it needs more…
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Council tax increase challenge
Hi, I’ve received a letter from my council telling me they have done some investigating and they are increasing my band from D to E. there are other properties on the street built at the same time that are still on band D. I’ve got evidence of these properties and will be adding it to my appeal but wanting advice if there…
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Second home Council tax premium (Wales)
I had to buy a house in West Wales 3 years ago because I work here full time, in this time my second home council tax premium has risen from plus 50% to 200% for 2024-25. For my band C house, this means the council tax payment of approx £1600 plus a further £3200 per year. My wife can`t move here full time because of her…
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SMI ..Council Tax !
There's no forums on this so it appears it's one of the Local Councils hidden items. As I've just found out after 20 years. SMI: severe mental impairment you can claim Council Tax full rebate.If you have Severe mental impairment ie: paranoid pyschophrenia, and similar you just have to contact Council tax SMI dept and they…
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Detached domestic garage over 25 square metres
Hi, I wasn't really sure which section to post this in... but we have a detached garage with a ground floor area of approx 50 sq. m. It has a second floor which has been mostly removed. It was a commercial garage and is registered for Non-Domestic Rates. We use it for storage of our own vehicles and some domestic storage.…
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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…
