council want g/f name and previous address for council tax

CIS

At the end of the day the council have to be satisfied that the discount applies and that any council tax is correct - if they are asking for information its to make a decision, there are better things to be doing than chasing discount queries for fun.

If they reject your evidence then the only appeal you have is to a valuation tribunal who will make a final decision on the circumstances.

dixonh

hi CIS, thats why i never filled in the discount form for this year as she moved in full time, and if im paying full council tax why should the council care who lives with me, i can have the london symphony orchestra living with me, would the council want all there names and previous addresses, lol

lincroft1710

dixonh wrote: »

why should the council care who lives with me, i can have the london symphony orchestra living with me, would the council want all there names and previous addresses, lol

Having the LSO cohabiting brings up 2 questions :

1. Is this overcrowding?

2. Is this now a HMO.

And yes, the council probably would want their names and previous addresses.

grey_gym_sock

it may be a bit late now, but i think you'd have had less trouble if you had originally told the council that the single discount should be removed from date X. they will be more suspicious when the first specific info they have had is a tipping off by a third party. not claiming the discount for the new financial year is not quite the same thing as explicitly telling them. if you still haven't told them the exact date, i'd tell them asap, rather than waiting for them to ask questions.

John_Pierpoint

Wasn't it 1st April ?

Infidel

dixonh wrote: »

no im not living in china, its the uk

As a Westerner you'd probably have more 'freedom' in China than the UK.

dixonh

Infidel wrote: »

As a Westerner you'd probably have more 'freedom' in China than the UK.

true, very true

dixonh

grey_gym_sock wrote: »

it may be a bit late now, but i think you'd have had less trouble if you had originally told the council that the single discount should be removed from date X. they will be more suspicious when the first specific info they have had is a tipping off by a third party. not claiming the discount for the new financial year is not quite the same thing as explicitly telling them. if you still haven't told them the exact date, i'd tell them asap, rather than waiting for them to ask questions.

i know, i think i will get fined by the council for not telling them she moved in in january, will i have to pay the full amount for the whole of last year or just from january

CKhalvashi

dixonh wrote: »

i know, i think i will get fined by the council for not telling them she moved in in january, will i have to pay the full amount for the whole of last year or just from january

Be honest, and you may get away with just from January.

As I normally say with the council; tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

CK

Fire_Fox

dixonh wrote: »

hi CIS, thats why i never filled in the discount form for this year as she moved in full time, and if im paying full council tax why should the council care who lives with me, i can have the london symphony orchestra living with me, would the council want all there names and previous addresses, lol

Why on earth do you want to be obstructive when you know that you are in the wrong for not informing the council to cancel the single person discount from January? Full cooperation means you are less likely that the council will come down on your like a ton of bricks. Be obstructive and they may decide to assume you have been claiming FRAUDULENTLY for some time. To be clear council tax FRAUD can lead to prosecution not just an in house fine, can lead to black marks on your credit file and of course a conviction which could affect your job prospects.