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Council tax bill

47 replies

AJ2009 · 10/03/2023 18:36

I receive my new bill yesterday and surprised to see my amount for the next year has actually gone down.
I'm surprised because I heard it was going to increase so really was dreading opening the letter.
It's around £9 a month lower. I'll be paying over 11 months.

Has anyone else received their and know why it costing less instead of more?

I'm band A

Thanks

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JustSoTired23 · 10/03/2023 18:38

Is it lower as paying over 11m rather than 10. Lots do it over 10?
If not that's fab. Must check mine

AJ2009 · 10/03/2023 18:41

Over ten months it would be £150 a month so a rise of £4. I can't remember from the last bill if that was paid over 10 or 11 months though

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dementedpixie · 10/03/2023 18:44

It's normally paid over 10 months so the monthly amount will be lower if you're paying over 11 months. Think its normally not paid in February and March

AJ2009 · 10/03/2023 18:45

Not sure why they've set up a plan for 11 months then.
It says one payment of so much then 10x the rest.
From April to feb.

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BCBird · 10/03/2023 18:46

Maybe there are more properties being built in.the higher bands so they are gettin more revenue?

AJ2009 · 10/03/2023 18:46

Do people mind me asking how much theirs has risen?
So if I was paying 10 instalments I would be paying £4 a month more.

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gamerchick · 10/03/2023 18:54

Mines gone down a quid I think. Pay over 10 months.

Notjustabrunette · 10/03/2023 18:57

Mine has gone up by 4%

GoodChat · 10/03/2023 18:59

Mines gone up 5.2%

Emmamoo89 · 10/03/2023 19:01

Mines gone down 40 quid

AJ2009 · 10/03/2023 19:03

Wow Emma that's nice

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BCBird · 10/03/2023 19:03

Up by 4 percent . Think it 60 pound a year as I pay over 10months and get 25% discount as live alone.

Okunevo · 10/03/2023 19:12

Up 5.45% 😔 , I'm a lone parent so paying 75% from one income too.

Twinedpeaks · 10/03/2023 19:13

5%, which is the maximum Hmm and it's London so have the GLA in there

OddBoots · 10/03/2023 19:16

Up by 4%

Okunevo · 10/03/2023 19:21

Twinedpeaks · 10/03/2023 19:13

5%, which is the maximum Hmm and it's London so have the GLA in there

I accidentally put one digit wrong in my calculation but mine is still up by 5.23%.

Council tax bill
AJ2009 · 10/03/2023 19:21

Just found my old bill and it has now risen by £51 for the year.
I just paid the last lot in 10 months though, not 11.
Everything has risen except for 'adult social care'

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Twinedpeaks · 10/03/2023 19:27

@Okunevo it is indeed! Not sure on how, the legal Max is 5% or so I thought

DanceMonster · 10/03/2023 19:29

Mine has gone up £10 a month to £267

Okunevo · 10/03/2023 19:29

Twinedpeaks · 10/03/2023 19:27

@Okunevo it is indeed! Not sure on how, the legal Max is 5% or so I thought

Could 5% be an average across all bands?

Badbudgeter · 10/03/2023 19:33

It’s going up 3.9% for a band d. I’m an E though, they have net told us quite how much but less than £20 a month. Which isn’t as painful as I thought it might be.

GoodChat · 10/03/2023 19:35

Twinedpeaks · 10/03/2023 19:13

5%, which is the maximum Hmm and it's London so have the GLA in there

I'm pretty certain 5% is the maximum that can be enforced without a vote

Namechangingagain111 · 10/03/2023 19:38

I've changed mine to pay it over 12 months, as it helps me budget better if my regular/predictable outgoings are the same every month

loudbatperson · 10/03/2023 19:43

Ours has increased by around £100 for the year, so an extra £10 a month (as we pay over ten months).

I was expecting worse, so not unhappy with that.

CeeJay81 · 10/03/2023 19:45

5% here, in Wales though, so I think some councils are putting it up even more here. We don't have the maximum 5% thing like in England, I don't think.