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Have I overpaid Council Tax
PeteWhite
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Hi, If this isn't in the right forum, please feel free to move it.
I moved into a rented flat in mid January this year, soon afterwards I got my council tax bill where they wanted payments for February and March. Not thinking about it i paid them.
Then I got the bill for 2017/18 and there are only 10 payments between April and January, surely the previous tenant (who was apparently in the flat for 5 years) would have paid the full amount already for the 2016/17 year.
Just wanted other people opinions before i call the council.
Cheers,
Pete
I moved into a rented flat in mid January this year, soon afterwards I got my council tax bill where they wanted payments for February and March. Not thinking about it i paid them.
Then I got the bill for 2017/18 and there are only 10 payments between April and January, surely the previous tenant (who was apparently in the flat for 5 years) would have paid the full amount already for the 2016/17 year.
Just wanted other people opinions before i call the council.
Cheers,
Pete
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But wouldn't the previous tenant have got a refund for February and March (which will have been paid within the 10 instalments)?
It doesn't seem fair to me they should pay Council Tax for your two months in the flat0 -
council tax is charged daily -however most people spread the annual charge which covers the full year over 10 months. When the previous tenant moved out his bill would would have been apportioned to the cover his liability (ie the dates he was responsible) and a refund given if he chose to pay over 10 months (some people pay over 12 months).
The bill you will have got would be the correct apportionment of when you moved in till the end of the council tax year (mid jan to end of march).Spelling courtesy of the whims of auto correct...
Pet Peeves.... queues, vain people and hypocrites ..not necessarily in that order.0 -
It's the not the house that pays the CC, so if it's already been paid, then that's that, it's the people living in it. If they paid more than they should have, then they can get a refund. You have to pay for your accessing the services that come with it.0
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Hi, If this isn't in the right forum, please feel free to move it.
I moved into a rented flat in mid January this year, soon afterwards I got my council tax bill where they wanted payments for February and March. Not thinking about it i paid them.
Then I got the bill for 2017/18 and there are only 10 payments between April and January, surely the previous tenant (who was apparently in the flat for 5 years) would have paid the full amount already for the 2016/17 year.
Just wanted other people opinions before i call the council.
Cheers,
Pete
You've been billed correctly.
When a council tax demand is issued it is issued on the assumption that the circumstances will stay the same until the end of the council tax year.
If you leave before the end of the council tax year then the initial assumption is revoked and a new calculation is made for the exact period you have been liable for the charge.
If you have overpaid for the exact period you were liable then you will be refunded the excess payments. The same process is repeated for each liable person who takes over the council tax charge for the property.
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 -
You can't pass council tax cover to a new tenant, like you used to be able to do with 'road tax' (no longer possible, of course).0
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April Fool Surely?!?0
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