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Council tax and moving home, do they have a clue
Do they really know what their doing never mind trying to save money by putting it all I one envelop I moved home on 3rd of February and I informed the council before I moved and today received my new billing. It only took 4 letters in 4 envelopes and 4 lots of postage, 7 pages 3 different council tax reference numbers all…
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VAT reclaiming
Hello, I hope someone can help. I have had an extension built at my property, and intended to claim at least some of the costs back via my business re VAT as I intend to use one of the rooms as my office. The payment applications submitted by the builder all had an overall costs and included within this 5% VAT, which I…
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Council Tax Appeal. How to proceed from here?
I
have been enquiring about my Council Tax bands on & off for
several years now. I have received communications from the Valuation
Office Agency & from my local Council regarding this but nothing
of any help. I
can provide more details if necessary & if anyone here requests
them but in the meantime, here are the basic…
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Skyline Markets refund
I have received several emails from a company based in Holland called investorguard.org. They claim that they can retrieve my investment plus profit regarding the investment I made in 2016/2017 with Skyline Markets, MSE did report at the time that this company was a scam. Has anybody else had any similar emails, is it…
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Council Tax band changed when we moved but improvement indicator was set to No.
Hello, we purchased a house around 7 years ago and shortly after we moved in our council tax band was increased. At the time we had a toddler and were expecting again so we just accepted it really but ive since done some research and i think it is incorrect. My question is if on the original Council Tax certificate (the…
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SDLT Reclaim
Has anyone had success in reclaiming SDLT for main property? My main house was uninhabitable when we purchased it. We lived at my moms for 4 months until it was ok to move in. Because my husband has a previous property we paid additional Tax. Now i understand we could possibly claim this back from HMRC. Anyone done this…
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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
