Council Tax on New Property

iceman_2

I'm living in a rented property which I moved into a few months ago, the property was brand newly built at the time. I have not yet paid any council tax or received any correspondence about it, furthermore I don't really know which council is appropriate (there are 3 in the area it could be). My letting agents assure us they have informed the council.

My question is what should I do? should I do nothing and wait for the council to work out they should be receiving tax (surely the builder is required to register the property with the council or something?)?, should I phone various councils and hope I dont receive bills from more than one?

I'm not trying to avoid the tax, and have been putting away money each month in anticipation of having to back-pay it.

Many thanks

ts_aly2000

Don't worry, they'll come.

We moved into our newbuild at the end of January and have just had ours. £1500!!! for a 3-storey band-C. £270 backdated to the paid by the 27th, and then the monthly installments of £160 odd from the 7th July.

But don't worry. They will come after you. Luckily we have been stashing the bill cash away earning 4% on their money.

saver_sam

search on https://www.voa.gov.uk with your postcode. This should tell you the council and what band you are. Then contact the council in question to make sure they have got you down.

**purpleprincess**

If the property is newly built then they may be waiting for the Valuation Office to band the property................................. ......................... Which area is is that the property is in and i could let you know which council it is................................................................................................... also chances are the VO may not know about it as the council may not have sent them a report yet, so it's an idea to register with the council as well to get the ball rolling in case they haven't done already.............................................................. Make sure you've got some money put by each month from the time you moved in too as you can bet you'll get a big bill to begin with!!!......................Please bear with the lack of paragraphs, my formatting isn't working!! LOL!