What is your council tax band and how much do you pay?

[Comps83]

We are in band c at the moment
I've had my eye on a property for a while but I've realised it's in band F! So I think I'll have to write that one off
Just asking out of interest really .

Band D £2316 😢

@WombatChocolate

I think the figures vary a lot depending in whether you have a Tory or Labour council. Labour are likely to spend more heavily on services and result in higher tax at the upper end.

I've always wondered why we pay over 10 and not 12 months. It's fine, but I wonder why.

Gives council tax admin 2 months to collect in what is owed for that financial year. I used to work in CTax as we in the biz would call it.

If you pay weekly it is usually 40 weeks.

The thing with council tax is if you are struggling to clear the year you are in, the next year's payment rolls round in April and is higher meaning you can end up paying 2 years at once, sort of. The power that they have to collect the monies in directly from your salary etc, means pay what you can even if you cannot pay the monthly amount in full. It is a tax, just collected locally.

If anyone struggles, contact them immediately. We would bend over backwards to help everyone try to get it under control. Honestly, we were lovely.

I am in a band E which is £2000 a year. On the Council Tax website there is a marker if you have improved your home (granted planning or there are building regs on your property) and it is marked for re-banding when we move. It may go up to an F. Glad I won't be here to have to pay that

Band B £1323. Scotland so includes water.

Band E £2300 going up by 5% in April 😤

@WombatChocolate our council gives the option to pay in full, over 10 or 12 months.

So with council tax are you allowed to pay a lump sum at the start of the year to lower your monthly payments or is it pay all or pay monthly ?

As standard monthly is over 10 months (you don't pay Feb and March) but I think you can arrange to pay over 12 months instead.

You can pay as a lump sum instead, in fact I think they make you do that if you fail to keep up with instalments.

To add, paying a lump sum instead of monthly doesn't change how much you owe.

£3016 Band G

£2410 band E - Oldham. I get a single persons allowance as I live on my own but it’s fucking expensive.

YOUR Council tax is based on 'what your property would have sold for on the open market on April 1st 1991 (April 1, 2003 Wales) - even if , it has been built since then.

It is clearly time there was a revaluation - in which there will be winners and losers. Some properties will have increased in value (relative to others), some will have declined in value (relative to others).
We ought to be grown up enough to say, 'ok, fair enough, it's time that we did it'. But, no political party will have the courage to propose it, as the 'losers' (inevitably) will make far more fuss, than the 'winners'.

Would you vote for any proposal that might increase your Council Tax relative to your neighbours ?

Band D - £ 1,871

Rural properties tend to be undervalued (relative to others) - because the valuation was a rushed job, and the estate agents who (by and large), were entrusted with the task, didn't have the time to look at isolated rural properties - even if they had, their valuation would have been based on a drive by external view.
Time for a valuation based on 2021 values !

Band A £71 p.m. West Yorkshire

@Comps83

So with council tax are you allowed to pay a lump sum at the start of the year to lower your monthly payments or is it pay all or pay monthly ?

No, you can pay however you like. Some years we pay it as a lump sum, some years over the 10 months, in general I try & get it cleared in 6- 8 months so we have a bit extra for Christmas & the new year. You can write to/call them & ask to pay over 12 months. Councils don't care as long as it's paid.

G £2,930 which we pay monthly over 10 months.

Although now I am wondering if we are H at £3,520! Will have to see if we get a payment break or not.

Band G £3225. Will be over £3500 this year I think!

Ours is about £3k a year. Fantastically good value when you think of what gets delivered for it versus my parents who pay £5k across residential and water rates combined.

@HavfrueDenizKisi

Band H - around £3200

Depends on the borough - where I live in London Band H is only £1647

@Qc16 how come those bands are so cheap?

That’s Wandsworth - when Council tax first came in we had a few years with a £0 bill!!

Band A £1200 going up by maximum allowed this year. Paid in one sum and no discounts.

@Qc16

That’s Wandsworth - when Council tax first came in we had a few years with a £0 bill!!

That should say Poll tax not Council tax.

Band A, should be £105 a month, I pay 79 with single discount