Council Tax Banding and Reclaiming Discussion

jo_b_2

It Pays To Watch highlighted the issue of people's houses being placed in the wrong council tax bands, meaning that they have been overpaying council tax!

I've merged the threads discussing the process of checking council tax bands and reclaiming money on this thread, to help to keep the information in one place.

Good luck everybody trying to reclaim their money back.

chrisden_2

Can you claim for overpayment on council tax, due to 'wrong banding' on previous property you owned?

jo_b_2

chrisden wrote: »

Can you claim for overpayment on council tax, due to 'wrong banding' on previous property you owned?

AFAIK you can only claim for a council tax rebate on your current property.

Have a read through Martin's article on council tax which explains the process:
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/council-tax-bands-change

Bronze

Can anyone help me please.
I've just been onto the site and found out that it says my next door (attached so exactly the same) neighbours band is A and so to my surprise is mine. Yet I have my bill in front of me that says C.
This is the first time I've come on here to be completely honest I find money very confusing and tend to just spend what I have and try and stick there.
Anyway can anyone help me?

MSE_Martin

please go to http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/council-tax-bands-change for all the info

Bronze

It really doesnt answer my question. I'm suspecting its to do with it being an ex council property with my neighbours still being council tenants. Yet again I'm finding something too confusing so giving up and maybe losing out on money.

Browntoa

I would query it anyway as your neighbours are band A , the fact that they are council houses does not affect their banding

if the houses are the same then there is no reason that yours should be Band C and theirs A

juno

I found that we're a C, and all the neighbours are E with a few D. So I don't think I can make any savings there

Bronze

Thanks Browntoa I dont think it can cost us anymore so worth querying. I still don't understand why its showing ours as being A when its definitely C. May just ask one of my neighbours before I start announcing that they pay less and the council re-evaluate theirs to higher. All the houses in the road are showing as A some are bungalows the rest are much of a muchness.

Paranoid124

Hey Martin,

Loving the show! Only recently registered as a member to this board, but have been keeping an eye on the posts for a few years now!

Was very interested in your main topic tonight of tax rebanding as I bought my first flat last summer with my brother and we were shocked at how high our council tax was.

We used your site to work out whether we were in the correct band and it appears that all those around us are on band B while we are on C. Then by checking the valuation back in 1991 we do lie within the B bracket (quite comfortably so).

I left my brother to contact the council and ask for a re-evaluation (and I should add a disclaimer here in that he's not the most motivated of individuals), he's told me he did this last November or so and that its still waiting with them for a response.

Judging by your show tonight, the majority of people get a re-evaluation actioned over the phone - should we look to call up again? And how long should the entire process take in reality?

I should also mention our property is in Scotland.

Thanks for all your help!

i_need_help_5

The information provided says initial valuations were done in 1991 and indeed, this site goes on to suggest you need to work out the value of your house in 1991 in order to see if you can claim a refund.

But what happens if your house was built after 1991?

I think I'm in the wrong band but don't know, if because my house was built after 1991, if I'll be able to make a claim?

Any ideas ?