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Council Tax for last day of tenancy - Tenant or Landlord?
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There you go.If the landlord continues to refuse to return your deposit for the sake of 4 quid, raise a dispute with the relevant deposit protection service which *should* trigger a return of the non-disputed amount. Let him keep his day's worth of council tax and fight for it through adjudication
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Andreasz said:Council has confirmed that I don't have to pay for 20th. I will show to landlord and request him to return my money.
Thank you eveybody.
It might settle him but it appears that the council are taking a 'broad brush' with response - liability is not as straightforward as they would seem to make it (council tax legislation is full of nuances and little caveats that councils ignore). The landlord could, if he wants to, challenge it - personally it's not worth the argument over £5 or so but I've seen people argue council tax accounts over a few pence so...Where you in a periodic tenancy at the time ?
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 -
I forwarded him the council email. Landlord has said he will give my money back now. Thanks all.1
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Landlords are an absolute nightmare with Ctax. My council is taking the one month unoccupied/unfurnished discount away from April 2020 and I am honestly so happy to not have to argue with landlords about rent/vs council tax liability until I'm blue in the face ever again...1
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Try buying/selling a car on any day other than the first or last of the month. The DVLA get a double dose of road tax as the seller can’t claim back partial months, the buyer must tax from the beginning and road tax is no longer transferable.
Back on topic, what sort of landlord bickers over amounts like this?Signature on holiday for two weeks3 -
In my experience, a whole bunch. Many people (a good 95% of who I deal with) don't see landlording as a business. They see it only as someone paying them money to pay the mortgage and make extra money. There are no costs of business factored in. Its just purely 'ooh I can have two houses and someone else can pay the mortgage on the other one'Mutton_Geoff said:
Back on topic, what sort of landlord bickers over amounts like this?
Admittedly the ones who get the bill and say 'oh yup, void period, best get that paid!' won't be the ones I have to deal with so my numbers are skewed :P3
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