Council tax increase

Bert Coules · 2017-07-18T10:23:36+00:00

Only peripherally to do with DIY, I'm afraid... Last year I had a loft conversion done on my bungalow: it was a long and messy job and I moved out for nearly six months. I decided to remove the property from the valuation register to avoid paying council tax while I wasn't living there. The property went back on the register in January, and naturally I started paying tax again. Now, I've just received notification that the banding has been increased from C to D - removing the bungalow from the register apparently allows them to revalue it when it goes back on. If I'd realised that, I would have continued paying at the old rate while the work was being done. Saving six months worth of council tax will cost me several thousand pounds in the future. Which is annoying.

Jul 18, 2017 45 Replies

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James Wilkinson Sword 9 years ago

What has 1991 to do with anything?

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James Wilkinson Sword 9 years ago

Only if you tell them you made improvements.

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Steve Walker 9 years ago

1991 was when the council tax bands were set up and the values of the houses then are what counts.

Houses built after that are assessed on the value they would have had if they existed then.

SteveW

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James Wilkinson Sword 9 years ago

I see. I shall tell my know it all neighbour she's talking s**te then.

This page confirms what you said, I assume the whole UK uses the same system as Cheshire?

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Peter Johnson 9 years ago

In this case it didn't happen but if if had those affected wouldn't have known who had instigated the change unless I had told them. The VOA could release the information as it is personal data.

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Steve Walker 9 years ago

Yes, it is a national system.

SteveW

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