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When do you start to pay Rates
BleepinHell
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Could anyone inform me when I become liable for paying rates on a house I have just bought.
I allready pay rates on the house I live in.
The work on the new buy will take some months.
Am I liable when I eventually move in?
Gratefull if you could help
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I allready pay rates on the house I live in.
The work on the new buy will take some months.
Am I liable when I eventually move in?
Gratefull if you could help
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Do you mean council tax? You'd need to confirm with your council but it is most likely straight away, they used to do a 6-12 month free version if you had no furniture in the house but most if not all councils stopped that now. So you could probably only claim the 25% single person discount and that's about it.MFW OP's 2017 #101 £829.32/£5000
MFiT-T4 - #46 £0/£45k to reduce mortgage total
04/16 Mortgage start £153,892.45
MFW 2015 #63 £4229.71/£3000 - old Mortgage0 -
I believe in N Ireland they still have rates....
Either way, your responsibility starts on the date you take ownership. whether the council provides a discount or charge-free period for an empty property depends on the council.
ask them or check their website.0 -
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pathtofreedom wrote: »Do you mean council tax? You'd need to confirm with your council but it is most likely straight away, they used to do a 6-12 month free version if you had no furniture in the house but most if not all councils stopped that now. So you could probably only claim the 25% single person discount and that's about it.
If you are not living at the property single person discount wont apply. You can't claim a person based discount if no people live at the property obviously !Spelling courtesy of the whims of auto correct...
Pet Peeves.... queues, vain people and hypocrites ..not necessarily in that order.0 -
Yes but depending on the council there may not be a no person discount, so single person is better that paying full council tax. It varies per council though as to what they will let you do.fed_up_and_stressed wrote: »If you are not living at the property single person discount wont apply. You can't claim a person based discount if no people live at the property obviously !MFW OP's 2017 #101 £829.32/£5000
MFiT-T4 - #46 £0/£45k to reduce mortgage total
04/16 Mortgage start £153,892.45
MFW 2015 #63 £4229.71/£3000 - old Mortgage0 -
Ealing council - in Oct 2013: we got a 2 week off council tax as we were doing some repairs on the new house we bought. That was the maximum they said we can get. We were living at the old house and paying full council tax though. Old and new houses were in different councils.SPC 08 - #452 - £415
SPC 09 - #452 - £2980 -
Be very wary of ending up paying double the council tax for empty properties, I believe it applies to the property so if it's already been empty for a while you may end up with a large bill xxx0
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pathtofreedom wrote: »Yes but depending on the council there may not be a no person discount, so single person is better that paying full council tax. It varies per council though as to what they will let you do.
Claiming that there is a person residing there where there isn't is fraud !Spelling courtesy of the whims of auto correct...
Pet Peeves.... queues, vain people and hypocrites ..not necessarily in that order.0 -
BleepinHell wrote: »Could anyone inform me when I become liable for paying rates on a house I have just bought.
I allready pay rates on the house I live in.
The work on the new buy will take some months.
Am I liable when I eventually move in?
Gratefull if you could help
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You are going to have to speak to you local council.
There used to be what were known as Class A and Class C exemptions from CT that related to unoccupied property. These have now been abolished, and it is now done to the Council to decide whether or not to give a discount, and for how long.0 -
When we bought our house just over a year ago we applied for and got a 50% reduction in council tax while work was being done.
The council have now decided they will no longer give reductions for Class A and Class C properties.
You'll be liable for council tax as soon as you own the property. Whether you can get any reduction will depend on your local council.0
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