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Council Tax
Chris91
Posts: 17 Forumite
in Cutting tax
I moved house in September into a different council tax area. I told my previous council that I was moving as well as my new one.
I never received a bill from my new council and therefore haven't paid. (I hadn't realised I hadn't paid until today). I just spoke to them on the phone and they said I owe £801.57. Which will be taken in 4 instalments from December 1st to March 1st.
Is there anything I can do to reduce this? I will really struggle to pay these.
I never received a bill from my new council and therefore haven't paid. (I hadn't realised I hadn't paid until today). I just spoke to them on the phone and they said I owe £801.57. Which will be taken in 4 instalments from December 1st to March 1st.
Is there anything I can do to reduce this? I will really struggle to pay these.
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Other than try and negotiate a longer period over which to pay, the answer is no. To be honest I doubt the council would agree but there is no harm trying.If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales0
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I moved house in September into a different council tax area. I told my previous council that I was moving as well as my new one.
I never received a bill from my new council and therefore haven't paid. (I hadn't realised I hadn't paid until today). I just spoke to them on the phone and they said I owe £801.57. Which will be taken in 4 instalments from December 1st to March 1st.
Is there anything I can do to reduce this? I will really struggle to pay these.
All you can do is ask - it's rare for a council tax spread arrears past 31 March without a liability order being in place but some are more agreeable than others.
If you can show you told the new one and they did not action it then it might give you a little more leverage to asking them to spread the monies.I 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 -
The fact is that if you had checked your account properly and realised you weren't paying it already you would either have told the council or put the money aside for when it was asked for. But you didn't do this, so spent the money instead. I think you'll be out of luck and will now need to cut your cloth to suit for a few months.0
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were you paying council tax over 10 months in your previous property? if so you may have an overpayment to be returned
assuming you paid April - September - 6 payments out of 10 this covered 60% of the CT for the year but if you were there 6 months you should pay 50% of the total0
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