Not paying Council Tax - should I say nowt??

CIS

Will let them know and start salting away £100 per month for the bill when it comes. Knowing how lazy and inept the council is, it could be a long time coming !!!

The issue is with the VO -we submit properties for valuation and can wait 6 month for the VO to actually do it.

On registering, they can only be billed for upto 2 missed years of payment. I don't know if the same applies to council tax.

Council Tax can generally be billed back for 6 years.

Dummie_2

Sorry for hijacking your post but I was on the VOA website checking the banding of the houses on my street and my direct neighbour's house is not listed. Does this mean they are not paying their council tax???

CIS

Sorry for hijacking your post but I was on the VOA website checking the banding of the houses on my street and my direct neighbour's house is not listed. Does this mean they are not paying their council tax???

Not necessarily, they could be on a temporary banding, arranged by the council, until the banding is sorted with the VOA - usually only if its a newish property - if its an oldish property then their may be a problem - either its never been listed, its been given a temporary banding by the council but never fully listed by the VOA or its a glitch on the VOA's database.

lic

I can't beleive that people are so against Council tax. It's great value for money!
Not only are you paying £100's maybe £1000's a year to have your bins emptied. You are paying for the other great services a local council provides. These are not faceless organisations, charging you a fortune and giving you little in return. These are your locally elected representatives, accountable to the local people. They have your best interests at heart! Who else would ensure that if you park your car, that they fine your a large amount of money, and then give you a discount if you pay the ticket promtly. Who else would protect high street shops, by charging a fortune to park in the local car parks, driving customers away to large superstores with free parking, or outlet villages were the parking is also free; thereby destroying the high street.
Don't forget the great service provided in traffic calming measures, speed bumps that damage your car and impeed the emergency services, placed on as many raods as possible, costing £2000 a bump.
The local libraries which are rapidly changing from quiet areas for reading and study, to 'one stop shops'; where noise is generated.
Don't forget the schools playing fields they sell to pay for their crazy schemes and fancy pay cheques. Which make sport less accessible for our children, improving their health and social interaction.
I love Councils they represent us, where would we be without them. In the 70's they were small and accountable. Now they are major employers who care for their staff, ensuring that their needs are attended to before those of the local council tax paying public.
They're great if you are on benefits, but if you work, then you are considered to be a bottomless pit of money, to give them, every year with their inflation busting rises. I can't wait for April, so I can give them more of my hard earned readies to squander!!

Ross01

At some time the council will find out that the property exists and they bill you right back to the start. You are in a much stronger position if you inform them of the date you moved in and that the property exists. After all they will be reluctant to take your word that you only moved in recently, if you failed to inform them that the property ever existed in the first place.

Also not being on the valuation list will cause you big problems with bank accounts, credit ratings, changing your mortgage, benefit applications and most importantly you may not even be able to vote.

Also is it fair that you are not paying any Council Tax when the 80 year old down the street is?

You must tell the council. The valuation office will need to visit the property to confirm it exists, and work out its correct rating. My experience is this may take a couple of months, so write in ASAP.

whambamboo

Ross01 wrote:

Also not being on the valuation list will cause you big problems with bank accounts, credit ratings, changing your mortgage, benefit applications and most importantly you may not even be able to vote.

that's the electoral roll. Valuation list doesn't matter.