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Can you 'whistleblow' an incorrect council tax band (neighbours)
Sillychuckie
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A house around the corner from us was raised to the ground and rebuilt a few years ago. It is now a stunning house (one of the best on the street).
Oddly, it still has the lowest council tax banding of all the properties on the street (it stands out like a sore thumb, with 98% of the houses being in band G, but theirs is in band F, lower). Even more odd, the banding website doesn't show an "Improvement Indicator" against the property.
I just happened to stumble across this whilst browsing the bands in our area, but it is clearly wrong and unfair.
I can't challenge my own band (which is probably fair and accurate), but is there a way to tell the council about this other property? I guess I could query my own band, using theirs as reference, but it seems a round-a-bout way of reporting it.
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Oddly, it still has the lowest council tax banding of all the properties on the street (it stands out like a sore thumb, with 98% of the houses being in band G, but theirs is in band F, lower). Even more odd, the banding website doesn't show an "Improvement Indicator" against the property.
I just happened to stumble across this whilst browsing the bands in our area, but it is clearly wrong and unfair.
I can't challenge my own band (which is probably fair and accurate), but is there a way to tell the council about this other property? I guess I could query my own band, using theirs as reference, but it seems a round-a-bout way of reporting it.
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Another thread that I rather think comes under the heading of "why do you want to concern yourself with the neighbour?".
Add that, for all you know, it's a single person living there. Thus, even if they are paying too low a band of CT - they will still be paying more than 50% of the CT applicable to a higher band place (as single people pay 150% of what "half of a couple" pay).0 -
Surely the council already knows about the other property, the band they're on, and if planning permission was stuck to, what the house now looks like.
Sounds like sour grapes to be honest.0 -
Sillychuckie wrote: »
I just happened to stumble across this whilst browsing the bands in our area, but it is clearly wrong and unfair.
I bet you're a hoot at dinner parties.0 -
Were you the kind of kid that liked to take his ball and go home?
I do believe in karma. If it were your house and you were lucky enough to be in a low band, would you be phoning up begging to pay more?
How does them paying a bit more make your life better?Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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Troglodytes were they??Sillychuckie wrote: »A house around the corner from us was raised to the ground and .........
It is surely the duty of all citizens to report apparent tax evasion to the relevant authorities.0 -
I don't think it gets rebanded straight away. Not sure if there's a time limit or if it's only when they sell. Bands are not based on current prices.
Jx2024 wins: *must start comping again!*0 -
If I cant have cheaper council tax, why should they? All me myself and I.
It's not your business."It is prudent when shopping for something important, not to limit yourself to Pound land/Estate Agents"
G_M/ Bowlhead99 RIP0 -
You could contact the Valuation Office / Scottish Assessors Office and tell them but it's up to them to look in to the banding of their own volition - They do however have a legal requirement to ensure the council tax lists are correct.
Whether or not you do so is purely your own decision.
There are, as pointed out already, some justifiable reasons why a lower band could be in place but an indicator would usually be in place.
CraigI no longer work in Council Tax Recovery but instead work as a specialist Council Tax paralegal assisting landlords and Council Tax payers with council tax disputes and valuation tribunals. My views are my own reading of the law and you should always check with the local authority in question.0 -
I hope you get everything you deserve Sillychuckie0
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The council set the band, not the owner. So it's not tax evasion. OP sounds like a meddling envious neighbour . None of the OPs business at all.0
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