Council Tax - Moving House

katejo

My local council has adopted a similar approach but in my case towards landlords with lodgers. They refused to reinstate my single person discount when my lodger moved out in December last year unless I provided the lodger's new address. Then later in February, when I got a new lodger, they rang me to ask why I hadn't let them know. His previous landlady had provided my address. I pointed out that my liability for council tax hadn't changed as my house was not my new lodger's main address.
I really hope that someone takes the council to tribunal over this issue.

jjlandlord

vuvuzela wrote: »

...and what if you GENUINELY don't know the names of the next renters ? What if the estate agent refuses to tell you ? Seems a pretty miserable situation to find yourself in.

You reply that you don't know?

lincroft1710

vuvuzela wrote: »

...and what if you GENUINELY don't know the names of the next renters ? What if the estate agent refuses to tell you ? Seems a pretty miserable situation to find yourself in.

You give the landlord's name. The OP is referring to owner occ. houses anyway.

agrinnall

jmwardster wrote: »

thanks for the replies - can't find any other details discussions on this. Just find it incredible that they refused to proceed unless i supplied data on a 3rd party without their knowledge or consent. I have sold my house so i do know the names of the new owners - just don't want to provide this to the council for lots of reasons but mainly as i don't think its my legal responsibility to do so!

There was one a few weeks ago, it was about the granting of single occupancy discount but it was the same issue. And I think there was another one in which it came up, but I might be getting confused.

I tend to agree with you that if you know it and want to give it that's fine, but that for councils to try to insist that you must tell them or they will cause you difficulties just seems far too much like blackmail to me. There may be legislation to say they can do it (I seem to remember somebody quoted something in the other thread) but I'd be interested to see whether the courts agreed with it should somebody refuse to provide the information.

mazza111

As I said, I wasn't asked But if I knew I wouldn't have any problems giving them it. However, I've noticed any time I've moved into a property, the bill usually comes into the occupier in the first instance.