Council Tax

I live alone, I get 25% discount on my council tax.
My nextdoor neighbours are 4 adults living in the same house.

Need I say more ???

One house further down the road has god knows how many adults and children living in it.

Should they pay the same council tax as the house with only 4 adults??

When I put my rubbish out it barely covers the bottom of the bin.
I've seen my neighbour put her excess rubbish into my bin when I put it out.

It is down to the services you get from the council tax, and should you pay more if there are more of you using them?
It has nothing to do with a medieval tax, that is just the name, poll tax, call it what you like it was not a new tax it was a fairer way of collecting council tax.

I dont think my windows are taxed.

 

They only froze council tax because the Government made them.


In the past Councils have been extravagant with our cash. As an example. About ten years ago I wrote to our top banana at the council and suggested instead of indulging in this annual ****ing contest with other local councils, over "Northwest in Bloom," where each local authority tried to out-do the rest for the best floral displays in parks, on centre islands on in-town dual carriageways and on roundabouts, they put some of the gardeners to work at filling the sodding pot-holes in the roads, or at least plant some flowers in them so they'd be easier to see.

I didn't get a reply.


"What were the chances of that happening?"

 

So what do you think is happening with the council tax?

One person in the household is responsible for paying, along with a subsidy from some of the neighbours.

Also it was the individual that was responsible for paying their own poll tax NOT the house holder

 

I live on my own in an in an 8th floor flat. I have no bin collection, my rubbish all goes down the same shute as the other 44 flats in my block and lands in a skip at the bottom which is emptied once a week. By rubbish I mean everything, we have no recycling facilities available to us at all.
Why should I pay the same Council Tax as someone who lives in a house with a garden who gets weekly bin and recycling bin collections.
We also pay a seperate bill alongside our rent which goes towards all communal areas/electricity etc and this also includes our estates roads etc . Surely we should be getting a discount for this?

 

My old place was Band C, my neighbours on either side with the exact same footprint of house were band B. When I submitted a claim to have mine changed, they refused and said mine was correct. How can my neighbours house, which was the exact same design, the a lower band than mine?

 

While some construction workers may well be gardeners, gardeners are not necessarily construction workers.

There is empirical evidence which would support the use of floral displays. They act as a positive means of raising the moral of the locals, encouraging visitors (ego the local economy) and, also, reducing crime. It isn't really about local authorities trying to out-do one another (although, there is an argument regarding healthy competition - especially in a capitalist environment - whereby foot-fall has an impact on local economy). It is far more subtle than that.

I would happily re-visit Swansea for the lasting memory it left me with last year. As a gardener, I thought this road side/verge display (paid for in Council Taxes) was truly beautiful:



A joy to see!

Did I spend that bit longer there? Yes, of course I did ... couldn't leave without a photo Did it make me feel good? Absolutely! Did I spend more? To be honest, yes! I wanted to "spend" time (and sheckles) *because* it made me feel good. Would I go back? Yes! Because it was a beautiful place to travel along and gave an optimistic sense of a great place to be!

Pot holes are, of course, an issue. Not one for gardeners though.

 

In 2013, my Council Tax was £1312.20.

I was shocked to find in the notice I received at the beginning of 2014 that this had increased to £2121.16.

So I was straight onto the council to register my disgust and dismay at such a huge increase.

I nice young lady in the valuations office, explained that if I checked the advice again I'd see the letters "CR" after the £2121.16.
I was actually going to get a refund of this amount due to me being put on the wrong band in 1996.

 

I worked in Warrington , the big roundabouts as you came off the M6 and up the dual carriageway , were all planted with meadow flowers . At the right time of the year this was amazing . We always need to put a bit of cash into keeping your locale a touch smarter.

 

My outlaws lived quite close to there! I'm no stranger to it

Quite!