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Council Tax/Life Mess... Fraud?

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  • Weeone_3
    Weeone_3 Posts: 34 Forumite
    Looking for advice please.
  • RAS
    RAS Posts: 36,066 Forumite
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    Hi

    please can you answer the questions as none of us understand what sort of fraud you think has been perpetrated?
    If you've have not made a mistake, you've made nothing
  • gettingbetter
    gettingbetter Posts: 1,449 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    weeone
    a bit of a stab in the dark
    but could it be they are looking for
    the fees to pay for the care

    they were under the impression it was
    your mothers flat
    which she would have been made to
    sell unless she has money in savings

    dont know why council tax peeps
    are involved

    kas xx
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    i will lose weight :rolleyes: i will sort my house :o
  • Weeone_3
    Weeone_3 Posts: 34 Forumite
    Can anyone give me advice.. not sue how to deal with situation.
  • RAS
    RAS Posts: 36,066 Forumite
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    Unless you can explain what then problem is, we cannot help you.

    You may be better off talking to one of the debt charities listed here http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/loans/debt-help-plan#help
    If you've have not made a mistake, you've made nothing
  • Weeone_3
    Weeone_3 Posts: 34 Forumite
    The fraud i think I have caused,, Mum registerd house as hers... owner. Always was in my name on deeds. I've never really lived there. Just paid bills. can only prove to extent where I have lived over last 20yrs. Now concerned that if say it's my flat that mum will get int rouble being het second home. All a mess
  • RAS
    RAS Posts: 36,066 Forumite
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    Where did mum regster the house as her's?
    If you've have not made a mistake, you've made nothing
  • Weeone_3
    Weeone_3 Posts: 34 Forumite
    This address..probaly in 1989 or so



















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  • RAS
    RAS Posts: 36,066 Forumite
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    Mum registerd house as hers... owner

    Who did she tell she was the owner?
    If you've have not made a mistake, you've made nothing
  • CIS
    CIS Posts: 12,260 Forumite
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    I work in Council Tax.
    My name on the deeds but her home. Was always that way. My brothers and sis would visit her an treat it a her home. Me havin the mortgage was incidental.
    I spent best part of 18yrs living that way. Staying in work accommodation, friends/ famlies sofas.. wherever. Just as long as she was ok. Mum thought of it as hers too. Hence she registered as the owner/occupier and paid the council tax.
    So you own the home but your mother lived in it.
    My sister applied and got (thank god) my mum into a sheltered accommodation near her. Bfeore she moved she had another breakdown. Two since then. She moved into the new place but I kept the flat cause she wanted to go back there. Didn’t settle. Would go back for silly reasons.
    That’s the fraud part. The council assumed the flat was her second home. I still didn’t live there but kept it for her.
    So your mother left the property and moved to sheltered accommodation in 2006.


    So if I get you right, your mother lived in the property you owned until 2006 at which point it was left empty until 2009 when you decided that you would move in ?

    Who has been paying the Council Tax from 2006 to 2009 ? Has it been getting paid ?

    Was the property unoccupied from 2006 and was it furnished or unfurnished ?

    Could you please clarify further

    (by the way, regardless of who was listed as the owner with council, providing the correct council tax was paid then there is no issue)
    I no longer work in Council Tax Recovery but instead work as a specialist Council Tax paralegal assisting landlords and Council Tax payers with council tax disputes and valuation tribunals. My views are my own reading of the law and you should always check with the local authority in question.
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