Council tax banding

Kuga247

There were 3 properties in lower bands than ours ask for info which they couldn’t supply So the adjournment now we find the properties have had their tax bands raised !A law unto their selves still waiting for new tribunal date yet have dates for bundles to be exchanged is this normal practice 

lincroft1710

Kuga247 said:

There were 3 properties in lower bands than ours ask for info which they couldn’t supply So the adjournment now we find the properties have had their tax bands raised !A law unto their selves still waiting for new tribunal date yet have dates for bundles to be exchanged is this normal practice 

No they are not " a law unto their selves"!


If the VOA believes the CT band of a dwelling is too low it has a statutory duty to increase that band. Which in this case it is has done.


I left the VOA before the current rules of exchanging evidence came into force. However having previously read the advice from the VTS to appellants and respondents, it only seems to refer to what should happen regarding submitting evidence after a hearing date has been allocated and makes no mention of evidence submission where there is no hearing date. So there appears to be no precedent for the VT setting a date for evidence submission before a hearing date is known.

Kuga247

Well they have that’s what’s confusing my evidence is to be submitted two before case worker is that normal 

lincroft1710

Kuga247 said:

Well they have that’s what’s confusing my evidence is to be submitted two before case worker is that normal 

As I said, there is no precedent for it. I did ask if you could post a redacted form of the letter the VT sent you. 

jimbog

Kuga247 said:

There were 3 properties in lower bands than ours ask for info which they couldn’t supply So the adjournment now we find the properties have had their tax bands raised ! 

The owners must be well upset and will be wanting to know why

sheramber

Kuga247 said:

There were 3 properties in lower bands than ours ask for info which they couldn’t supply So the adjournment now we find the properties have had their tax bands raised !A law unto their selves still waiting for new tribunal date yet have dates for bundles to be exchanged is this normal practice 

The risk of querying your band on the strength of lower rated properties is that the investigation results in the lower value ones being found to be wrong and being raised.

Kuga247

After all them years in wrong band according to VAO  

TheJP

lincroft1710 said:

Kuga247 said:

There were 3 properties in lower bands than ours ask for info which they couldn’t supply So the adjournment now we find the properties have had their tax bands raised !A law unto their selves still waiting for new tribunal date yet have dates for bundles to be exchanged is this normal practice 

No they are not " a law unto their selves"!


If the VOA believes the CT band of a dwelling is too low it has a statutory duty to increase that band. Which in this case it is has done.


I left the VOA before the current rules of exchanging evidence came into force. However having previously read the advice from the VTS to appellants and respondents, it only seems to refer to what should happen regarding submitting evidence after a hearing date has been allocated and makes no mention of evidence submission where there is no hearing date. So there appears to be no precedent for the VT setting a date for evidence submission before a hearing date is known.

The issue is, the VOA are measuring based on an out of date system. In this case they are now making councils more money because in essence their process is flawed yet they win. Do the houses that were by VOA systems have to back pay the lack of CT they haven't paid?

Its a sh8t show of an organisation that's default is to always look at how they can make you pay more rather than be independent.

Kuga247

That sums it up a law unto them selves do you not agree from what you have said 

p00hsticks

TheJP said:

lincroft1710 said:

Kuga247 said:

There were 3 properties in lower bands than ours ask for info which they couldn’t supply So the adjournment now we find the properties have had their tax bands raised !A law unto their selves still waiting for new tribunal date yet have dates for bundles to be exchanged is this normal practice 

No they are not " a law unto their selves"!


If the VOA believes the CT band of a dwelling is too low it has a statutory duty to increase that band. Which in this case it is has done.


I left the VOA before the current rules of exchanging evidence came into force. However having previously read the advice from the VTS to appellants and respondents, it only seems to refer to what should happen regarding submitting evidence after a hearing date has been allocated and makes no mention of evidence submission where there is no hearing date. So there appears to be no precedent for the VT setting a date for evidence submission before a hearing date is known.

  In this case they are now making councils more money

Increasing banding of individual properties isn;t going to make the council any more money (apart from perhaps a statistically insignificant sum just in the year the banding is increased when the rates have already been set).

Council authorities work out the total budget that they need to provide their services for the year, and then divide that up across all the properties in their area according to the relative proprtions laid out for each council tax band so that the total revenue received matches the budget required.