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Occupant in care - council tax discount
Hi If a house is unoccupied due to the occupant in care you may be able to claim a 100% discount. My family recently did that and it was a (relatively) quick and easy process. HTH
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Weird VOA letter
Hi We bought our house in 2014. It has an annexe flat above the garage, converted in 1997. We only found out _after_ purchase that it has a separate council tax - band A - even though there was one title, one mortgage and there are only 1 set of utilities (gas, water, electricity, broadband) for our home and the annexe.…
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It does work
We are pleased to report that we challenged our council tax band of F after living here for 31 years . As long as you have researched and produced evidence it is fairly straight forward . We received £7200 back in a refund and lowered to Band E saving £40 per month . Result !!
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who gets billed council tax in HMO
My daughter is moving into a post-university shared house with friends. 5 people, 4 with jobs (some part time, some full time) 1 full time student. Council Tax will apply but who gets the bill? Also, as the moving in date is 1/7/21, I assume they will only pay part of the year? Thanks
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Claiming back additional 3% Stamp Duty
Hi all, Hoping somebody can share their experiences with HMRC on claiming back additional Stamp Duty within 3 years of selling a second property. The standard path to being able to claim back stamp duty would be: - buy new property - sell ‘old’ property - claim back stamp duty. HMRC have asked me to provide details…
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Small Claims Court No response from defendant.
I took a business owner to the small claims court, but she never responded to the court. I asked for a judgement to be made, which was granted by the court. A few weeks later the defendant has asked for the decision to be set aside as she says she never received any emails or letters from the court even though the contact…
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Council tax revaluation 4 years after purchase
I have just received a notice from the Valuation Office Agency that because the previous owner had made improvements then due to a recent sale a revaluation will be undertaken. Which is fine, except we moved in 4 year ago. Is there a limit as to when they must issue a notice and how far they can go back? Thanks
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How is Council Tax decided?
Hoping someone here might know, but how is an areas council tax rate set?
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Capital Gains Tax transferring equity?
Myself and my girlfriend have owned a joint property for 15years, it is our only property and main residence. I wish to buy her share of the property (as I make the monthly mortgage payments anyway) and she would prefer a cash amount now instead of building future equity. We have agreed a transfer of equity, I have…
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Annex council tax
Hi everyone, sorry there has been a few posts about council tax and annexes but couldn't quite answer my questions. I've recently bought a new house and found out since moving in that the annex is listed separately for council tax. There was no mention of this in the particulars, searches, sellers information or…
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Council tax
Just wondering if anyone can advise me would be most grateful. I applied to VOA to reduce my council tax as my property wasn’t worth the amount they said in 1991 and wasn’t worth the value till at least 6 years later. Got my reply after many weeks of waiting and they refused to change my council tax band still stating it…
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Council tax
Hi. I have a four bed house and am currently a band E council tax. My wife is working permenetly at home so we have has to convert a room into an office. Could we apply to have our band reduced to a band D like the other 3 bed houses on our road?
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Commission
I thought Martin said sometime ago that when a mortgage company takes over another mortgage company they get commission, which we should get back. Is that true?
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Marriage Tax Allowance
I am a 69 year old married pensioner and I pay tax on 3 private pensions. My question is: would i qualify for marriage Tax allowance. My wife is 65 and doesn't work and hasn't for over 10 years.
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Moved: Sexless marriage
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Halifax mortgage process
Hello, we have applied for a mortgage application a couple of days ago and have just received a notification that they have booked the valuation. Does this mean that they have approved everything else.. but now just waiting on the valuation? Does anyone also know the order of the steps that Halifax takes when approving…
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Inheritance Tax - property left to sole beneficiary
Hello, my parent has their property up for sale and sold subject to contract. My parent is also likely to pass away this year from cancer with myself being power of attorney and and main beneficiary. If sale is still going through process at sad time, will I still be eligible for the £175,000 property inheritance tax…
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Solar Panel mis-selling
It appears that Solar Panels often do not have the Financial Benefits that are advertised, or that people are promised when they sign up. There are companies that are now contacting Solar Panel Customers and offering to take up a mis-selling case. This seems to apply to customers who used a Finance agreement to pay for the…
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Solar Panels - Mis-sold Claim
I wonder whether anybody had any success claiming against their solar panel providers please? I have written to my provider to explain what I was told when buying the panels but they have written back to tell me their sales people go through extensive training and wouldn't have given me incorrect information. Where do I go…
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Council tax
I've just received a letter stating that I owe them over £400 from 2012, but usually when I receive the next years revised payments, if any payment is outstanding it has to be paid before the next years payments start. Failing that they usually start with the threats of extra charges. Any help please!
