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Do you pay your council tax in one go? or month by month?

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  • sammyjammy
    sammyjammy Posts: 8,152 Forumite
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    Why would anyone pay up front when its free to pay across the year. I'd rather keep that money in my account earning interest!

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  • Fire_Fox
    Fire_Fox Posts: 26,026 Forumite
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    Monthly, band A, £850 per annum not including 25% discount.
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  • mark5
    mark5 Posts: 1,365 Forumite
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    £1418 band E
  • dimbo61
    dimbo61 Posts: 13,727 Forumite
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    You can check the Band and amount of council tax you will pay by checking the council website for your area.
    Little point in paying all at once as you get no discount.
    We pay in one lump sum for our TV licence each year and not by DD as they build up overpayments so you are 6 months ahead :-(
  • rosyw
    rosyw Posts: 519 Forumite
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    I pay mine monthly, after discount £1152 per year band D :(
  • kitschkitty
    kitschkitty Posts: 3,177 Forumite
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    Band B £1055.25 for this year and I always pay monthly.
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  • zappahey
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    dimbo61 wrote: »
    We pay in one lump sum for our TV licence each year and not by DD as they build up overpayments so you are 6 months ahead :-(


    Surely, by paying up front, you're a year ahead and it's still better to pay by DD.
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  • Moomum
    Moomum Posts: 958 Forumite
    We pay monthly, £260 a month, think we are band E or F
  • 00ec25
    00ec25 Posts: 9,123 Forumite
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    Galeeno wrote: »
    how many of you pay your council tax in one go? and how many pay month by month?

    and what is your council tax amount per year ?
    Galeeno wrote: »
    how did you get a discount?

    what is it that you do not understand?

    random numbers of people telling you how much they pay and whether its monthly or lump sum is all very nosey but hardly relevant to you understanding what you should/could do yourself since how much others pay makes no difference to how much you must pay

    either you pay all up front as a lump sum because you have the money to do so and are incapable of budgeting properly so cannot trust yourself to manage your finances on a monthly basis
    or you pay it in monthly instalments becuase you can budget properly and also recognise that this is also the cheapest way to do it since there is no discount given for a lump sum payment so all that does is lose you interest on te money you could have kept in your bank
  • Band E , £1790. I pay in 12 equal installments
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