How much is your council tax?
Discussion
I live in a band A property and so the council tax is just under £1000.
Before today I hadn't really thought about the fact that
a) different councils charge different amounts
b) there are different bands
To be in the top band your house had to have been worth 320k in 1991 which would make it almost 1 million today (if the online calculator I used was accurate). Having said that due to the crazy way prices rose up I am guessing that actually the number of houses in that band is far less than the number of £1m+ houses in the UK. I think the avg tax band is D and is approx £1500.
Now whilst I am not a council tax hater like most of you lot, £1000 is a fairly sweet number but 3000 has got to hurt.
Now whilst I do enjoy the fact others are subsidising me it does feel a bit unfair.
What do you think on this issue? (but lets try to avoid slagging off our Council too much eh)
Before today I hadn't really thought about the fact that
a) different councils charge different amounts
b) there are different bands
To be in the top band your house had to have been worth 320k in 1991 which would make it almost 1 million today (if the online calculator I used was accurate). Having said that due to the crazy way prices rose up I am guessing that actually the number of houses in that band is far less than the number of £1m+ houses in the UK. I think the avg tax band is D and is approx £1500.
Now whilst I am not a council tax hater like most of you lot, £1000 is a fairly sweet number but 3000 has got to hurt.
Now whilst I do enjoy the fact others are subsidising me it does feel a bit unfair.
What do you think on this issue? (but lets try to avoid slagging off our Council too much eh)
Edited by Mojooo on Friday 17th September 21:58
captainzep said:
gmk666 said:
About £220 a month.
However, we don't mind because we live in the London Borough of Haringey, so we get an excellent level of service from our local council.
So, you're abusing a child and are laughing because you've not been caught?However, we don't mind because we live in the London Borough of Haringey, so we get an excellent level of service from our local council.
One a more serious note, I'm expecting council tax to reduce next year, as local resident George Michael won't be driving around as much.
£73 a month (with single occupancy discount) for a Band A property in Mole Valley.
That seems like a lot of money just to get my bins emptied, however of course I appreciate it isn't quite as straightforward as that.
Thank Heavens this is a true blue Tory area, and therefore I'm not paying for a One-eyed Lesbian Hunchbacks Against Nuclear Weapons support group.
That seems like a lot of money just to get my bins emptied, however of course I appreciate it isn't quite as straightforward as that.
Thank Heavens this is a true blue Tory area, and therefore I'm not paying for a One-eyed Lesbian Hunchbacks Against Nuclear Weapons support group.
Still done on a valuation basis here in NZ.
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.
Recycling rubbish is collected, water is another ten pounds a month (cost of power to pull it up out of the ground).
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