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Council Tax Long Term Vacant Premium
I purchased a small flat for retirement in November and I am currently serving my 3 months notice to retire at the end of April. My job requires me to live on-site and a flat is provided. I was expecting to pay £141.00 per month in council tax on my new flat, however, the Council have sent a bill for £3531.80 for 2024/25…
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Challenging your Council Tax Band - Lothian, Scotland - Tips - Help - Discussion
Throughout this forum we shall be giving tips on our experience when we challenged our Council Tax Band with the Lothian Valuation Joint
Board. If you are about to challenge your Council Tax Band, then please feel free to
join in. If you have already challenged your Council Tax Band, we would also
like to hear of your…
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Second home council tax on sole home in UK
I own a house in the UK which I have been paying a second home council tax premium on. I split my time between a holiday home in Europe and the rest of the time in the house in the UK. I intend to return to the UK on retirement and do not have a permanent right to stay where I am in Europe. I consider the UK house as my…
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Council Tax Appeals can I appeal a second time ?
We are living in a 2 bedroomed bungalow and we are in Council Tax Band C, two for sale around the corner have 3 bedrooms and I found out they are in Council Tax Band B !! We appealed our tax band when we first moved in some 10 yrs ago because we thought even then that we were in the wrong tax band but the appeal was…
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Council Tax Band Review
We challenged our Council Tax banding as we purchased our house in 1991 for £ 47500 which according to the table puts us in Band B. We are in Band C. Neighbour in identical house albeit with an extension is Band B Sent all purchase evidence to VOA and received this response What is our next step ? I have checked your…
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Challenging council tax banding
Hi have tried to challenge my council tax banding 3 times in the last 25 years but not got anywhere with it. The last recent reason is that I cannot prove the house price sales figures of my area between 1989 and 1993. I am unable to get this information that far back. I have requested it from voa and also looked on zoopl…
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wrong band of council tax
we believe our property is on a higher band, we were speaking to a friend at the weekend & his band is the same as ours. He lives in a large semi detached 4 bedroom house our house is a detached bungalow with 2 bedrooms. We live about 2 miles from each other so not sure if this would affect prices? On looking at our…
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New build estate - Neighbour's successful appeal, what next for everyone else?
I live on an estate completed in 2022 (so relative property sizing is an easy task as there are only a handful of house types) My neighbour successfully appealed the council tax banding recently (he has a larger house) Is the local council obligated to review all other houses of same or smaller size with the same band? Or…
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Council Tax Valuations - the true story
I'd like to correct some of Martin's comments about the valuations carried out for Council Tax puposes. I was one of the valuers involved in preparing these assessments in 1992, following the Local Government Finance Act of that year. Council Tax did not come into effect until 1st April 1993, but the valuations we carried…
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Reclaim overpaid council tax
Hi! This is the discussion thread for the Reclaim overpaid council tax guide Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply.
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Are you one of 808,000 households due a share of £141 million in overpaid council tax?
If you moved home and started paying council tax to a different local authority, you could be one of 808,000 households in England, Scotland and Wales who are owed a share of over £141 million in overpaid council tax, an investigation by MoneySavingExpert.com (MSE) has found. Read the full story: Are you one of 808,000…
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New build banding
Apologies if this is in the wrong part of the forum. i have recently moved into a new build 2 bedroom end of terrace home and today received my first council tax bill and they have put me in band E. i believe this to be totally wrong, the property is 79sqm and the new semi detached round the corner the same size and layout…
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Legislation or guidance on the duty of care and competency required of local authority tax units
What government legislation will address the the duty of care and competency required of a local authority; particularly with respect to council tax. We were granted an exemption by a local authority that was overturned almost a year later and we have been assessed a tax in retrospect. Although not admitted, their actions…
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Council Tax Cost Cutting: reduce your band and grab any discounts Discussion Area
This thread is here to discuss the content of the article on Council Tax Cashback: reduce your band and save £1000s. However if you have already followed the system, please use report them in the Council tax rebanding successes discussion. Note from Martin: Thank you to all the contributers to the initial thread, which…
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Council Tax - Sudden increase premium for unoccupied property
Hello. I'm renovating a property and the building work has unfortunately overrun. As a result, the property will soon have been unoccupied for over 1 year. I went into this project knowing that I would have to pay full council tax throughout (no exemptions or discounts anymore), and that I would even potentially need to…
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Council Tax discounts
I have to wonder how a student can be eligible for discount when a carer to their spouse isn't. I have needed to give up work to be a full time carer for my husband who had dementia. The only income I receive is carers allowance. However, if I was a student or claiming a benefit looking for work, I would be classed as an…
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Band change after renovations
Hello, we had some work done on our house a few years after moving in. We made one of the bedrooms bigger and added a bathroom. I think that our council tax band changed because of this. Please does anyone know if this is allowed? I thought it was only if you bought a new house that the band might change...
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How and where do I find out my house price in 1991
Hi I have been trying for weeks now to find out how much my council house was worth in 1991, the closest I can get is my neighbours house in 1995 as I am sure I am in the wrong council tax band. Have written to the VOA and they are saying I have not provided enough evidence. Any help would be greatly appreciated thank you.
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Council tax rebanding made me due for a rebate-council said I've already been refunded
My parents bought my property off me in 2002. They had the property rebanded not long after but I only found out last year. I email the council for a rebate and they keep giving me inaccurate information, such as they credited my ex. It took a while before I realised that I'd owned the property for a while on my own. Now…
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TPDO for CCJ - please advise me
Newbie so please bare with me as I try to keep it concise and clear. CCJ (>10k) issued against debtor at old address. They did an AoS form that address (parents still live there) but failed to send defence so judgement issued. I have since found new address and found debtor is a joint owner of a mortgaged property. I feel…