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Back date Stamp Duty changes
Hello, how difficult would it be to ask the government to back date Stamp Duty Land Tax Reduction Threshold Changes? In todays financial climate, everyone has been affected, including those who paid Stamp Duty since in was re-introduced after the Stamp Duty holiday. By back dating the new Changes, it will potentially help…
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Reclaiming property management service charges (FirstPort)
I bought a freehold property (May, 2011) on a street with leasehold properties that have FirstPort as the 'property manager. My transfer document states that for some of the exterior shared grounds, I am due grounds maintenance services, for which I pay £90 pm. However, each time I have spotted a gardener, they have…
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Council tax band refund
thanks to Martin I put a claim in to rochford council as after checking the banding in my street there was errors. All the homes on my side of the road are all the same but some was C band and the others was D bands. Mine was a D so I contacted the council and gave them the relevant information in March 2022. After a…
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Changes to council tax valuation band for a property we lived in 9 years ago.
Hi, I’m not sure if this is the right forum or not but hoping someone can provide clarity. We have just had a council tax bill for a property we lived in between 2012 and 2013 because of a change to the valuation band on that property that has been applied retrospectively on the property from 2007 so we now owe money. I…
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Council Tax Banding advice for a property built in 1995/96.
So, we live in a close of around 60 properties (a mixture of Detached and semi detached houses), of which 16 are Band F, 4 and Band D and the rest are band E. The new build price was clearly used to determine this banding, but as this is a price as of 1995/96, do i have a case to challenge the banding? if memory serves me…
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Stamp duty
Good morning, I hope you are well! My partner and I are currently buying a property together. He is a first time buyer, while I am not. I currently own a property, which I lived in for a while until I decided to move back home and rent the property out. I have recently remortgage this property and changed the mortgage from…
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Delays with voa
Has anyone any info of timescales for voa to investigate info you provide them in relation to a council tax proposal? i supplied various pieces of evidence in February 2021. They tell me it will go to the next appeal panel and that an assessor will contact me to discuss my proposal prior to the hearing. I feel they are…
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Time limit for council tax increase
Does anyone know if there is a time limit on council rebanding your property after sale? We bought feb 2019. Previous owner did work. Didn't hear anything till nov 2022 with council raising band. We challenged and they said was due to work done before sale and it just took them a bit of time....almost 3 years!! From what I…
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New Build House Council Tax Appeal
Hi Everyone We live in a 2015 built house and we're Council Tax band G, as are the majority of houses on the estate. We've had a lot of back and forth with the VOA with similar local properties outside of our estate sitting at Council Tax band E. Our requests for review (6 separate enquiries) always included 5-10…
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Reclaimed Council Tax
I’ve been lucky enough to get quite a substantial refund on my council tax as I have been in the wrong band for over 20 years. I was wondering if interest should also be paid on the refund?
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Forgot to tell the council I was moving out
A few months ago I sold a property and bought a new one. I cancelled my council tax direct debit but forgot to tell the council where I lived before. I've been paying council tax in my new place but now I have started wondering if I should have told the council I was moving out when I sold my property. Or is the new owner…
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Clarity on higher Stamp Duty on new (2nd) home?
Hello, Just looking for a bit of clarity re stamp duty fees if
anyone can assist please! I currently own a flat worth circa £90K. I have a normal
repayment mortgage on this not buy-to-let. When expecting our first child, my partner and I moved out of this property
in 2016 and moved into a rented house which we are still…
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Court Summons For Late Council Tax Payment
Yo, I've been summoned to the Magistrates. I pay my Council Tax over 12 months. I was short by one payment by £10 one month and I've been summoned. I plan on telling them that I can make the late payment and current payment on one of my paydays this month (of which I have two extra, plus extra income from a PT job I've…
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Am I too late to appeal a Council Tax Band increase?
Hopefully someone can advise me on here, I'd be really grateful for some help. In November 2020 I received a letter stating that our Band was changing from F to G, I received a letter at the time stating that the coded reason for the alteration was 9 (‘Other reason’). At the time I presumed this was due to a previous…
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Council tax appeal
hi all I am hoping to get a bit of information on appealing my mother in laws council tax band. She currently is in a 2 bedroom flat in Cupar, Fife, Scotland. She paid £180,000 for it back in June 2020. When she moved in she was told that the property was in council tax band E and that 17 of the other residents had…
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VOA Appeal frustration!
I’m in here as I thought I’d let you all know about my council tax journey. I made contact with the VOA back in March as myself and the 23 other apartments shared in 4 blocks are all band B and when I read up on the process, I sent in an basic appeal. A reply back asked for evidence so I put in a four page detailed run…
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Landlord not passing on cost of living rebate
I have a question regarding the recent cost of living council tax rebate.I am a single occupier of a 1 bed flat. In addition to rent I pay council tax monthly to my landlord who then pays it in their name. I’m not sure why this is the case as in previous rentals I have always paid directly to the council myself. But I did…
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Council tax banding tribunal
We have a tribunal hearing in July to appeal our council tax banding and the valuation office haven’t submitted their evidence with the required 6 week deadline. I need to submit mine shortly to meet my required 4 week deadline. Shall I just base my evidence on refuting their initial decision evidence?
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Tax reclaim companies
First time poster here. My wife just handed over my name, address, email, job title and NI number to a company called Money Back Helpdesk. They offer a "service" to reclaim tax for working-at-home from the government scheme available through their own website. However this third party company charges 48 percent for doing…
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Stamp Duty Reclaim
We moved house but got a bridging loan and had to pay additional Stamp Duty as we owned 2 houses for a short time. The additional Stamp Duty is reclaimable if you sell the first house within 12 months. We applied for the refund a month ago - does anyone know how long it should take for the money to arrive back with us?
