Help! UC Stopped, Council Now Want The Whole Years Council Tax

NedS

tifo said:

NedS said:

Many councils do work on GROSS earnings for benefit purposes - I know my LA will not allow deductions for tax, NI or pension contributions when considering earnings for council tax reduction.

I can see why you may think it would be different for a self employed person, but if those are the rules.

I mean actual business expenses, i've never deducted tax and NI from my earnings .... The point is in the past they accepted the accounts as they were, at the times i mention it's because the persons dealing with it didn't appear to know that business expenses can be deducted from business earnings. Those are the rules.

Then you should have no trouble making a successful appeal.

tifo

NedS said:

tifo said:

NedS said:

Many councils do work on GROSS earnings for benefit purposes - I know my LA will not allow deductions for tax, NI or pension contributions when considering earnings for council tax reduction.

I can see why you may think it would be different for a self employed person, but if those are the rules.

I mean actual business expenses, i've never deducted tax and NI from my earnings .... The point is in the past they accepted the accounts as they were, at the times i mention it's because the persons dealing with it didn't appear to know that business expenses can be deducted from business earnings. Those are the rules.

Then you should have no trouble making a successful appeal.

It was 5 years ago. And they didn't change anything at the appeal.