How much is your council tax?

[Simpo Two]

caziques said:

Valuation is 506,000 pounds, rates are 850 a year. Six bed, four bath, 400 sqm shed and a couple of thousand trees - 20 minutes into central Christchurch - or what's left of it after the recent eathquakes.

£850 a year for a half million pound home? Now that's more like it.

If NZ can do it, why can't we?

[philmots]

Band C Leeds City Council... Think it's 1180

[AMLK]

Ours is £1512, band D, in North East Fife - haven't been here too long, but service seem pretty good (apart from fixing potholes!).

[Busamav]

approx 2700

[h0b0]

jeff m said:

$7k per annum......not everything is cheaper in the States

Certainly isn't I'm on $9k a year having contested down from $12k.

Also in the States taxes paid don't always line up with property price. I was searching on possible houses and found this,

http://www.coldwellbanker.com/property?action=list...

I had to dismiss it because it is not in commuting distance to NYC but I still went on Zillow.com (great site) and found the taxes to be $40k

Another example is these 2 properties. The first was up for sale at $850k and the taxes were now going to be around $22k

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/9-Rockledge-Rd-M...

Whereas this one in the same town was up for sale at the same time and price and the taxes were $45k.

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/105-Upper-Mounta...

It seems it is a lot less predictable over here and the estate agents lie. They told us that ours were going to be $4k which we knew was complete crap but I am sure some people fall for it and then find a huge bill. We also saw a 40% rise in one year because the city I live in is so corrupt (Hoboken NJ)

[B17NNS]

Simpo Two said:

The Poll Tax (charge per head) was much fairer. More people make more waste and use more services.

^^^ This.

About £1200 for me, but to be fair I now have 3 bins instead of 1.

[R1 Loon]

Kin ell. Mine's £2819 a year

I just pay it in full at the start of the tax year, so not bothered recently to check

[Mojooo]

2 mentions for bins so far

Dont forget we pay for the rozzers with council tax, so we pay for speed enforcement, hehe

[birdcage]

£780 or so.....Westminster

Everything else IS expensive however

[driverrob]

Band D, NE Hants, £2100

[Adz The Rat]

£120 a month, Croston in Lancashire.

[bennyboydurham]

band C in Durham, £1377 a year. Used to live in a band G - £2500!!!

[Phooey]

R1 Loon said:

Kin ell. Mine's £2819 a year

I just pay it in full at the start of the tax year, so not bothered recently to check

Does anybody receive an incentive/discount for paying in full?

[andy43]

Simpo Two said:

The Poll Tax (charge per head) was much fairer. More people make more waste and use more services.

Not sure of our monthly payment without standing up and shuffling to the other side of the room to look at a bank statement, but whatever our cahnsil tax is, it's too much.

[Busamav]

andy43 said:

Simpo Two said:

The Poll Tax (charge per head) was much fairer. More people make more waste and use more services.

Full agreement with that

[russ_a]

£1900 a year - Band E in Mansfield!!

[anonymous-user]

£2500 for me - 4 bed in South Bucks

[blank]

£2,545.34


Thankfully shared between four.

[spud989]

Band B, Doncaster = 1,032. Less 25%. Could be worse.

[jeff m]

h0b0 said:

jeff m said:

$7k per annum......not everything is cheaper in the States

Certainly isn't I'm on $9k a year having contested down from $12k.

Also in the States taxes paid don't always line up with property price. I was searching on possible houses and found this,

http://www.coldwellbanker.com/property?action=list...

I had to dismiss it because it is not in commuting distance to NYC but I still went on Zillow.com (great site) and found the taxes to be $40k

Another example is these 2 properties. The first was up for sale at $850k and the taxes were now going to be around $22k

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/9-Rockledge-Rd-M...

Whereas this one in the same town was up for sale at the same time and price and the taxes were $45k.

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/105-Upper-Mounta...

It seems it is a lot less predictable over here and the estate agents lie. They told us that ours were going to be $4k which we knew was complete crap but I am sure some people fall for it and then find a huge bill. We also saw a 40% rise in one year because the city I live in is so corrupt (Hoboken NJ)

I guessed you were also in NJ before I got to the bottom of your post
Home rule State unfortunatly, I think we have 400 mayors, 600 fire chiefs, 300 Police chiefs and three lots of guys to fill pots holes (Municipal, county and State) Need I mention the schools
(Chews Landing, south of Cherry Hill.)