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Council Tax Rebanding - 2 Years After Moving In - Question on What I Need to Pay
Hi Guys, Previous owner extended house. Expect band will go from D to E looking online at neighbours properties. FIne. My questions are: * Why have they got in contact over 2 years after moving? Wouldn't that be closer to purchase - usually 1-2 months? * Will I have to pay back dated council tax from the date of purchase…
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Council tax passed to Newlyn and they refuse to take the account back, can anything be done?
I posted the other day regarding an annoying issue I'm facing re council tax and Newlyn. I had around £600 owed to the council from an old property. The account went to court without me realising and I then agreed to pay £50 per month to clear the balance. I made these payments via direct debit from May until September. In…
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Council tax band seems low
Good morning, I had my first council tax bill for a new build house which isn't a provisional rating anyway they've put it into band D which while I'm not complaining I'd have estimated it to be near the top of band F and on a bad day could have been a G based on the current house values. How could this have happened?…
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Council Tax Single Person Discount Review
My local Council have written to me asking for info as I claim a single person discount. They are asking for detailed info about anyone under 18/due to become 18 in 2023: name, DOB, relationship to CT payer, if they are a student - Course title, start date/end date plus they want a student certificate from the college or…
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Council passed on my account to debt collection agency whilst an agreement was in place
Hi all, hoping for some advice here. I had liability for an old property with an outstanding balance. The council agreed to £50 per month to clear the balance. This went out of my account for 5 months, then suddenly stopped. They payments were going out in addition to my standard payment to the current property I live in.…
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Interest on reclaimed council tax?
my C tax was paid out of a savings account so when I got married, I forgot about it. Recently I’ve been in touch with them and they have refunded most of it and I’m proving why they owe the rest, it’s a considerable amount of money so can I claim interest over the 10 years?
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Council Tax bands- ‘historical’ data re bands for street
Hello, Is it possible to find out which bands houses in your immediate area, have been on over , for example, the previous 10 years? I know you can find current year’s band for any property online? But can’t find any historical data. many thanks,
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How quickly will HMRC refund the 3% SDLT additional property surcharge?
I am moving house, but for complicated reasons I won't be selling my current house until a few weeks after I buy my new house. This means that I will unfortunately need to pay the 3% SDLT additional property surcharge on my new house. I will of course be applying for a refund of the 3% surcharge (I have found the relevant…
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Non-UK wife & single occupier discount uncertainty
I was living on my own and claiming single person Council Tax discount. Then, my African wife was granted a spouse visa and arrived 10th November 2022 to join me in the UK. She can work (has a Biometric Residence Permit), but cannot vote until she is granted UK citizenship (I think after 10 years). I am uncertain of her…
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Council tax
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Success!
Thank you moneysaving expert - we’ve just received a payment for £5200 after successfully challenging our banding. We were in band F, 2 bedroomed house in an area where most of the houses are different to each other and with some other 3 bedroomed houses nearby in band E. We had thought about a challenge before but were…
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Council Tax - when should you start paying?
Hi all, I've recently completed on a property and am moving from my nearby family home. As it stands at the moment I haven't actually moved in and am currently moving between my nearby family home and the new property, measuring rooms and earmarking areas needing repair or painting. I was just wondering though at what…
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Deciphering the Valuation Office Agency responses to challenge - Any advice?
I've recently discovered that our property is in a higher band than our 2 immediate neighbours. We are all 4 bedroom properties; almost same size, character and footprint we're in F they are both in E. There are 2 much larger properties at the end of our street, few doors along, they have 2 more bedrooms each and 2 more…
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Data protection breach claims
Hi, Just wondering if anyone has claimed for a data protection breach? I'm in touch with a company called GDPR Helpline who say they can put in a no fee claim for me against my Easyjet data breach. Thanks Clare
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Council tax band reduction for disability
Hi, 7 years ago surgery left me disabled . I needed to convert my garage to provide an extra bedroom / bathroom ( I now have 3 stoma bags). This was done under council approval as building regs were required, it was classed as a disabled renovation. I never applied for council tax band reduction because I was told ( by a…
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Bailiffs called for Council Tax Debt I knew nothing about.
Hi! Tale of woe I am afraid and I need some advice. Purchased and lived in flat between 2005 and 2010. Moved out and let it out as I moved to a bigger place that I rented out. Moved again in 2018 and continued to rent as I moved back up north. Tenants in my original Flat moved out in June and I sold Flat in July. As I was…
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Challenging un-notified court judgement on council tax?
Hello everyone, I live in Germany (but am British) and recently found out that I have been taken to court in the UK for unpaid council tax for a flat I inherited from my mum in 2019 but sold in January 2022. The reason it took so long to sell was because for the first eight months the flat was inhabited by a violent…
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Council tax
I currently live in an end terraced house and have discovered that my banding is D and my neighbours is B. My house was extended previously before we bought it. I have looked into the process however I need to find properties in my area of a similar size which is proving difficult. There are houses streets away which are…
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Deceased parent's council house debt charges - are children legally responsible if they live there?
Hi. I am not sure if my question belongs in this subforum, so moderator - please move to the relevant section if required. My mother has passed away in early August. She was living in a rented 2 bed council accommodation with me (I am a single male in my 30s, currently in full time employment). The tenancy was given in…
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Council tax re-banding - can we claim for deceased parents also??
Hello all, I'm hoping may be able to help or advise before I submit my re-banding information. We purchased our property from husband's parents estate at an agreed price between siblings in 2014 so the house has always been owned by same family since bought originally as new build in 1974. Having gone through all steps in…
