council tax

janey70

hi just a quick post my 20 yr old daughter has recently moved into her own place which is a studio flat /bedsit with own bathroom she has just recieved a council tax bill for £500 odd pound ,the total for her band is £1041.39 she has read bill out to me on phone and it doesnt seem to mention 25% discount for a single person ? bit confused as ive worked it out at £ 260.3475 . plus this is a building with several rooms in owned by the same person managed by a letting agent does this make any diffrence just seems a little high to me ?

Hammyman

The council are not psychic and she will need to apply for the single person discount.

janey70

thankyou hammyman but wondered why the bill was only £500 odd instead of full amount? and letting agents notifed the council that she had moved there ?

DirtyDick

Presumably a 6 month lease. You have to inform the council of a reduction.

And CT is paid over 10 months for some reason, so will seem higher.

janey70

yes dirtydick is a 6 month lease so my caculations should be right ?

Fiver29

janey70 wrote: »

thankyou hammyman but wondered why the bill was only £500 odd instead of full amount? and letting agents notifed the council that she had moved there ?

6 months of the financial year have gone already, so there's only 6 months left to pay.

PasturesNew

£1041.39 per year is £86.78/month (12 months). Usually bills are paid over 10 months though, making it £104.14/month.

April to end of September is 6 months, so bill would be half of £1041.39, or £520.69.

Single person discount is 25%, so the bill due would be half a year £520.69 less 25% = £390.52. But, as has been said, you need to let them know a single person discount is to be applied.

janey70

thanks was working it out wrong as well :0/

Red_dog_Sam

just to clear up the last point in your post - having the same owner\letting agent won't make a difference because the flat is self contained - so the tenant is responsible for Council Tax. Owners are usually responsible where rooms are let out separately but facilities such as bathroom or kitchen are shared.

Hammyman

janey70 wrote: »

thankyou hammyman but wondered why the bill was only £500 odd instead of full amount? and letting agents notifed the council that she had moved there ?

It is £500 because there is only 6 months of the financial year left. I guess that getting a bill for £500 either she was up to date at the old address or wasn't a council tax payer.

In regards to the letting agents telling the council, Landlords are now required to tell the council when a new tenant moves in and the tenancy start date. If they don't, the landlord gets the council tax bill and is liable for it.

CIS

In regards to the letting agents telling the council, Landlords are now required to tell the council when a new tenant moves in and the tenancy start date. If they don't, the landlord gets the council tax bill and is liable for it.

Its not that there's a requirement for them to do so any more than there was when council tax was introduced - the issue that in the absence of any other details the landlord is liable until evidence is provided and councils are quicker on the ball with the budget cuts.