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Council tax question
I currently live with my family (partner and two children) in a house owned by us. We pay council tax at 100% rate. For work reasons my partner will need to move to and live in another address for a few years (they will visit the current home frequently but this will no longer be their main residence apparently). Would I…
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Claiming Council Tax backdated
We recently claimed for council tax after seeing your show. We were able to get a reduction of over a £100 from Durham County Council. We did not know we could claim this until your show. We put a claim in for backdated council tax to the year that we started fostering. We were claiming from 25/07/2012 up to 14/05/2023. We…
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SDLT refund?
Hi all, Was hoping there may be some stamp duty experts out there that may be able to lend some advice... Last March, my partner and I bought a house together (property 'B'). This was deemed as an additional property as I decided to keep hold of my previous residence (property 'A') and switch it to a BTL. Of course, having…
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Council tax band increasing and they want to backdate it
We've received a letter from the Scottish Assessors advising our property is increasing a council tax band due to an extension done by the previous owners over 20 years ago. We accept the increase, while a bit annoyed. But our main issue is they're back dating the rate increase to when we purchased the property which was…
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Check my group limited
Hi anyone who done like I did check my group limited I just spoke to them and I am receiving my cheque from hmrc in a weeks time I been told today so it is a bradford number 01274 062751 get your money guys thankyou
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Refund of SDLT on uninhabitable house
I recently bought a house and I am unable to move in as the small works needed have now turned in to major works. I keep seeing adverts of no win no fee companies regarding claiming back your SDLT as you were unable to inhabit your property. Can anyone advise if this is true, and is there anyone like the HMRC I should…
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Council Tax
Hi, After helping out a family friend it was recently discovered that she had been paying her council tax bills for 7 years when she didn’t need to. She is a single lady on Pension credit. Upon contacting her local authority it was confirmed that she did not need to pay as a result of her financial situation. However they…
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Council Tax banding
Part of the challenging your banding process is to check you neighbours’ banding. What if you think that they are all too high ? How can you use this as evidence when they are all the same property and band but too high ? Also only 2 out of 29 properties have been re-evaluated although many have been sold over the 25 years…
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Council tax woes
I followed the procedure as per MSE guide, to get my council tax code changed as I am in tax band F, and all other similar houses to mine (4bed) are D or E. All 5 bed houses are F and £150k more to buy. I Challenged last month and got a automated response saying, I had not supplied enough information (I had 5 addresses and…
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Council tax banding
My council tax band is F. There is an identical bungalow about 100 yards away which was reduced from band F to band E back in 1996 however my local voa will not reduce mine as they say the other property is in the wrong band. I can’t appeal to the appeals panel as I didn’t make my proposal within 6 months of moving in. Is…
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Council Tax Band Challenge
I'm currently in the process of challenging my mother's council tax band (Authority to Act form completed). She purchased the property in 1984 and I have all the documentation relating to the purchase including the valuation at that time. The property was recently valued and the estate agent expressed surprise the current…
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Council Tax - history of payment or not?
Hi. My mother has just moved into a residential care home and out of a house I own and bought for her to live in some 17 years ago. Up until recently she has managed all her own finances independently, albeit living on just a state pension. She hasn't paid me any rent, as I wanted to support her as much as possible. While…
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My council tax band changed after I moved into my house
Hi, we have recently bought our first and we’re really happy until we had a letter through from the valuation office saying that due to alterations we need to reassess your Tax band. A few weeks later they come back moving us up a whole tax band meaning that we pay an additional £50 a month on our council tax. Is this…
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Council fund rebate for disabilities
My council has agreed a backdated refund of 6 years for disabilities of myself and my husband. They have decided though to keep most of the rebate and pay off our council tax for 2023-4 in advance so that we have no bills this year. There is about £350 left over that they will credit to our bank account. I am very angry…
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Council tax band reduction refused
Hello, I rent an end terraced house which hasn't been sold for more than 25 years.The house next door is built in front of mine so I have no front garden or parking space.I discovered that this house, detached and bigger, is in the same band as I am. On the other side, the house is also in the same tax band, but has…
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Council tax rebanding - help understanding Gov.uk guidance
Hello I am the landlord of a property that I believe should be in a different council tax band. I am going to appeal both as landlord but also on behalf of my tenant. However I am a little confused by what evidence is acceptable. I have found very similar properties on the same street on 2 different lower council tax bands…
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Council Tax - AGAIN!
Greetings all! This is a question for my parents really as I believe they have been over-paying Council Tax ever since they moved into the property back in 2003! The house they live in is the only kind in it's area and was Listed up until a few years ago. When they bought it initially it would have come with a rather large…
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Reclaimed £4000
Process was easy, took about 8 weeks for reassessment once I’d put my claim in. I was only house in our street on band D, sent evidence in, remanded to C and rebate received straight in bank account. Thanks Martin
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Campaign for Honest Council Tax Assessments – Lothian, Scotland - This Post is now closed
The public deserve an open, transparent and honest Council Tax Assessment. After a 3 year investigation, we uncovered 7 Senior assessing staff members all complicit in using misleading evidence in relation to our Case. When we first challenged our Council Tax Band, a Senior Technician came out to see us at our Cottage. We…
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Nervous about challenging Council Tax Band!
Hello there, long time MSE fan - first ever post! I have just been helping my parents pay their Council Tax online for the first time. I noticed that they and two other properties are on a higher tax band than the other 60 or so properties on the street. I followed Martin's advice and checked the 1991 value and one is…
