Council Tax

Indy500 · 15 Sep 2009 at 12:58

Burnsy2023 said:
Special Constables in Southampton as of April 2010 get a 100% property discount.

So on top of housing priority, you get a full council tax exemption? Maybe I should become a police officer, hard work but at least I won't lose my job randomly and become homeless every 2 years :/

Ah well, I have the student exemption for now...

lemonkettaz · 15 Sep 2009 at 17:01

Woah... hold it ..

Seek what is this about an agreement with the landlord...

whaaaa?

Can I get out of paying council tax?

Just to clarify, 5 Bedroomed house, me paying council tax and 4 full time students

Rotty · 15 Sep 2009 at 17:17

is it a HMO or does one person rent the house ?

no idea if this matters but if one person rents it then the discussion doesn't matter in your case

lemonkettaz · 15 Sep 2009 at 17:41

We all pay rent, we all have an amount to pay each month

izzy eckerslike · 15 Sep 2009 at 17:44

meghatronic said:
The willingness of the public (i.e. us) to break laws so freely, dodge tax and general inconsideration mirrors all the wrongs with modern society.

Good enough for MP's tho

MrMoonX · 15 Sep 2009 at 17:59

council tax is a rip off they cant even collect the bins every week now, despite it going up every year, we all know we are taxed every which way, but sometimes you just have to pay up no matter how unfair it is

Van Hellseek · 15 Sep 2009 at 17:59

lemonkettaz said:
Woah... hold it ..

Seek what is this about an agreement with the landlord...

whaaaa?

Can I get out of paying council tax?

Just to clarify, 5 Bedroomed house, me paying council tax and 4 full time students

I can't really tell you anything more that I haven't written in previous posts, but basically you are technically not personally responsible for paying the council tax bill - your landlord is.

So you only have to pay if you have a private agreement to do so with your landlord. However, in most cases this will be mentioned in your tenancy agreement, or though some verbal agreement before you moved into the property, so you will probably still have to pay.

Just go down to your local council offices and explain the situation to them, I'm sure they'll be happy to give you the full details.

OzyOly · 15 Sep 2009 at 18:22

meghatronic said:
The willingness of the public (i.e. us) to break laws so freely, dodge tax and general inconsideration mirrors all the wrongs with modern society.

No, having 40% of your hard earned money being taken away from you by a government and given to those too idle to work is what's wrong with society. :mad:

Energize · 15 Sep 2009 at 19:28

meghatronic said:
The willingness of the public (i.e. us) to break laws so freely, dodge tax and general inconsideration mirrors all the wrongs with modern society.

Yes, the laws. Eg taxes not based on income such as council tax.

izzy eckerslike · 15 Sep 2009 at 20:12

1/5th of council tax is swallowed up by Council employees ever increasing pensions :eek:

Rotty · 15 Sep 2009 at 22:20

Energize said:
Yes, the laws. Eg taxes not based on income such as council tax.

more than enough taxes/benefits are based on income and in a very disproportianate manner

Energize · 15 Sep 2009 at 22:28

Rotty said:
more than enough taxes/benefits are based on income and in a very disproportianate manner

Nothing wrong with all taxes being based on income and scrapping vat and council tax. Stops council tax putting retired/disabled people out of their home because they can't afford it.