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Council tax refund interest on over payment.
I recently received notification form the council that my property had been re-banded for an G to an F band. I was told i wold be repaid £4600 for the last 21 years. I looked back and found out that this is only the difference in the bands for 21 years. Am i entitled to interest on the over payment?
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Carer's Discount, Council Tax
Sorry If I've posted on the wrong board here. I have just read something about Carer's Discount for Council tax - possibly 25%. I wonder if it would apply in my case? I live alone so already get the 25% discount. But I have to spend 95% of my time caring for my old Mum 100 miles away in Essex and staying overnight, with…
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Single person & Council Tax
My son & his wife lived with me to save up for their own home so I did not claim single person discount. They found a home and paid full council tax immediately but continued living with me for another year (covid severely delayed the work) as the house needed full renovation (but deemed habitable so no CT exemption). I…
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Stamp duty on council land
We are looking to purchase some land from a local authority to extend our garden. Council have given the go ahead but unsure if we need to pay stamp duty on the land? The land is currently under local authority housing and would connect to our garden directly. We own our property and the land it is on. Its a small section…
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Given parents NIN to scammers? What now?
Please help me I am so so upset. I don't know how it has happened. I see myself as an intelligent person but I have given both my parents NIN to someone called 'Kelsey' from 'tax refund team' ovr the phone, clicked on a text link and given their signatures too. What the hell was I thinking and what can I do to stop…
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Single person discount
Could anyone clarify whether the 25% single persons discount on council tax is means tested/affected by level of savings? I have always thought it didn’t matter on this one with regards to savings in the bank but my Mother in law is being told go let the council know the date her savings went over £16k threshold amd shr is…
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Shared responsibility for council tax
Earlier this year, my mother moved permanently into a care home. The house she lived in became unoccupied, and as joint owners my brother and I put it on the market. The market is slow and the house remains unsold, despite a price reduction as advised by the estate agents. Over that period, I've been paying the council tax…
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Address not registered for council tax
Hi everyone, I wonder if anyone has been on a similar situation to me and could offer any advice. I moved into a privately rented flat in Hendon (Barnet council) recently and the address doesn't seem to exist on the council's database for council tax or royal mail. It's a newly converted house so In assuming that is the…
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Council Tax and Property Left Empty
My grandmother has moved into a care home, the council tax is now cancelled as her flat is empty. The property is next door to her care home. I don't live near her, and would like to come up to her a few days in a row once a month. Can I stay there?, I would only be using it for sleeping purposes. It's not on the market…
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200% CT Query
Hi, A quick noob question for the CT experts please. We are contemplating buying a flat that we would use occasionally but our daughter would live in full time.It would be a second home and it will be in Cardiff which as I understand it applies a 200% CT hike to empty properties.I'm not sure how Cardiff council evaluate…
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Second Property Stamp Duty Claim Refused
Hi, I'm hoping someone can help me. I bought a property with an ex partner, it was her second property (as we were waiting for her flat to sell) and I sold mine as part of the buying process. Given it was her second property, we had to pay second property stamp duty. I covered the cost of that. Our relationship…
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Housing Association - Credit Withdrawn
Hi All, This is my first post so sorry if this is not the most suitable forum to ask this question, I’m sure an admin can move it if not? So long story short… I’m a shared owner with Clarion Housing. In September 23 I get a letter from them with the actual service charges calculations for 2022-2023, the final sum was a…
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council tax amended
we applied for council tax band to be reduced from C to B through govt website in September. we got reply saying we were succsessful and would be rebanded to B. Had a letter from council today confirming this and altering our payments going forward but nothing saying about compensation for overpayment for past 30 years. My…
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Council tax appeal tribunal advice
Hi all I moved into a new build property in September 2022. The council tax was higher than I was expecting (Band E rather than Band D that I had hoped) based on my research prior to moving for budgeting purposes. I made an appeal and supplied 3 sample band D properties (which are almost identical size and design, same…
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Council tax sole occupancy
Hi everyone, I purchased a house on the 1st of May. I was out of the country at that time until 28 May. The house needed a lot of work and didn't have an indoor toilet or functioning kitchen so i couldn't move in until I'd made it habitable, which was mid August. During the period between me returning from my trip and…
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Council Tax Court Summons - but no reminders!
Hi all! I think this is the best place for this. Unfortunately I've received a court summons for unpaid council tax, from Birmingham City Council. I've recently moved out of the area to another town. Some time after I moved house I cancelled my direct debit to the council - I'd assumed that it was all paid as I'd completed…
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Stamp duty refund for accidental landlord
Hi everyone I was wondering if anyone can advise In 2019 we put our apartment up for sale and accepted an offer, and thus went through the process of buying a house, a necessity due to starting a family. Terribly, our sale fell through as our building had cladding which now needs to be remediated due to flammable…
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House fires & council tax
So, in March we had a house fire which meant we were rendered homeless and about 6/7 weeks later the insurance company finally found us somewhere to live. Cut to now we still haven’t moved back into our home and the work only started in august so there’s no hope of us returning anytime soon. During our stay at this…
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Council Tax - Disabled Band Reduction
Hi, earlier this year, I had a downstairs room (our former dining room) converted into a bedroom for my wife who has ME/CFS. This decision was an obvious one as my wife unfortunately had suffered a couple of falls using the stairs & we also don't have an upstairs toilet.We would be able to stay in our home for a few more…
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Is it possible to add my name to the council tax since April and pay what is owed?
Basically I want to show I have lived somewhere with a family member and it all ties up with what is the truthful reason. I forgot to add my name back in April. It is currently only showing single occupancy, so I want to make sure all my ducks are in a row and that the council knows I have been living there since April. I…
