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Council tax and outbuildings
pixiehelper
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How can this be fair local councils now charge landlords council tax if their property is empty even though they are not receiving a rental payment also if people have a outbuilding such as an annex their council tax will have increased from 2013 in order to charge council tax on any property that is owned but but a possible dwelling accommodation even if it is empty
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Can you use punctuation?Eat vegetables and fear no creditors, rather than eat duck and hide.0
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Its a deliberate policy in a time of housing shortage to discourage landlords from keeping property vacant. Most councils also have schemes to help fix up property which isn't habitable for the same aim.Adventure before Dementia!0
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I understand that is ok but my issue is as a landlord is it fair to expect me to pay council tax on an empty property as well as pay a mortgage on the property when I already pay that on my own home, and you can not always guarantee a tenant straight away when the property becomes vacated0
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Its a business expense - if you had a business property you'd be paying business rates on it even when vacant - this is the reason so many premises get let with rent free periods - its cheaper for the landlord to have the tenant paying the business rates and no rent for a few months than getting no rent and having to find the rates from their own pocket. If you are a landlord then you are in business and business style rules apply!Adventure before Dementia!0
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Exactly!pixiehelper wrote: »I understand that is ok but my issue is as a landlord is it fair to expect me to pay council tax on an empty property as well as pay a mortgage on the property when I already pay that on my own home, and you can not always guarantee a tenant straight away when the property becomes vacated
I run a business selling Elton John look-alike costumes. Sometimes whole months go by without a single customer sale, but npower still send me a bill for electricity! I can understand having to pay them on days when I make a sale, but I cannot always guarantee a sale every day! And I still have o pay for electricity at home too!0 -
Exactly!
I run a business selling Elton John look-alike costumes. Sometimes whole months go by without a single customer sale, but npower still send me a bill for electricity! I can understand having to pay them on days when I make a sale, but I cannot always guarantee a sale every day! And I still have o pay for electricity at home too!
G_M. Running any little side business over there?! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:0 -
Is this a spin off from your Elton tribute act?Exactly!
I run a business selling Elton John look-alike costumes. Sometimes whole months go by without a single customer sale, but npower still send me a bill for electricity! I can understand having to pay them on days when I make a sale, but I cannot always guarantee a sale every day! And I still have o pay for electricity at home too!0 -
Furnished accommodation, G_M, maybe?
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Hey don't mock. You should see me in my costume. And when I knock on tenants' doors for rent I even get tips! And knickers.
Oh no, that's my Tom Jones suit.0 -
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