True or false can someone tell me?.....
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Ph, one of my associates who does a bit of work in the building trade has just told me something, that i can fully believe. I
Is it true that if you build a structure (shed or such like)/building in your garden, and declare it as a place of worship, is it true that you do not have to pay council tax on your house?
Or is he talking b
ks?
Is it true that if you build a structure (shed or such like)/building in your garden, and declare it as a place of worship, is it true that you do not have to pay council tax on your house?
Or is he talking b
ks?Edited by pies1981 on Thursday 29th January 17:15
Depends!
You don't pay Council Tax on a Place of Worship, it would actually be liable for business rates, but if it has a Certificate of Worship it is then exempt from business rates. I am not sure how you get a certificate of worship though! C of E, and I think Roman Catholics automatically apply, some of the less popular religons have to apply and not all our successful.
It is not your decision to grant it a Certificate of Worship though. I know there was a building in Rochester High Street used as a Church which was rateable as it had no certicficate of Worship.
You don't pay Council Tax on a Place of Worship, it would actually be liable for business rates, but if it has a Certificate of Worship it is then exempt from business rates. I am not sure how you get a certificate of worship though! C of E, and I think Roman Catholics automatically apply, some of the less popular religons have to apply and not all our successful.
It is not your decision to grant it a Certificate of Worship though. I know there was a building in Rochester High Street used as a Church which was rateable as it had no certicficate of Worship.
Just pulled this off the net,I guess he means number 8
Exempt Properties
Some properties are exempt and fall into the following classes:
1. Empty properties that are under construction, or which require structural alteration or major repair and less than 6 months has elapsed since works were completed (maximum 12 months)
2. Unoccupied furnished properties owned by a charity (exempt for up to six months)
3. Properties empty and unfurnished or unoccupied caravans (exempt for up to 6 months)
4. Properties which are left empty by an owner or leaseholder who has gone to prison
5. Properties which are left empty by someone who is resident in a nursing/care home or hospital
6. Properties where owner/tenant has died and there is less than 6 months since probate or letters of administration were granted
7. Properties which are empty because their occupation is forbidden by law
8. Properties which are waiting to be occupied by a minister of religion
9. Properties which are left empty by someone who has moved elsewhere to receive non-institutional care
10. Properties which are left empty by someone who has moved in order to provide personal care to another person
11. Unoccupied properties where the owner and last resident is a student
12. Properties which have been repossessed
13. Student halls of residence
14. Properties occupied only by students
15. Armed forces accommodation owned by the Secretary of State for Defence
16. Accommodation for members of visiting forces
17. Properties which are left empty by someone who is bankrupt and which are the responsibility of the bankrupt's trustee
18. A dwelling consisting of a pitch or a mooring which is not occupied by a caravan or, as the case may be, a boat
19. Properties that are occupied solely by people under 18 years of age
20. Properties unoccupied which form part of another property but cannot be let separately
21. Properties where all the residents are severely mentally impaired
22. Properties occupied by diplomats as their main home in the UK
23. Self contained annex occupied by a relation of the main dwelling aged over 65 or disabled or severely mentally impaired
Exempt Properties
Some properties are exempt and fall into the following classes:
1. Empty properties that are under construction, or which require structural alteration or major repair and less than 6 months has elapsed since works were completed (maximum 12 months)
2. Unoccupied furnished properties owned by a charity (exempt for up to six months)
3. Properties empty and unfurnished or unoccupied caravans (exempt for up to 6 months)
4. Properties which are left empty by an owner or leaseholder who has gone to prison
5. Properties which are left empty by someone who is resident in a nursing/care home or hospital
6. Properties where owner/tenant has died and there is less than 6 months since probate or letters of administration were granted
7. Properties which are empty because their occupation is forbidden by law
8. Properties which are waiting to be occupied by a minister of religion
9. Properties which are left empty by someone who has moved elsewhere to receive non-institutional care
10. Properties which are left empty by someone who has moved in order to provide personal care to another person
11. Unoccupied properties where the owner and last resident is a student
12. Properties which have been repossessed
13. Student halls of residence
14. Properties occupied only by students
15. Armed forces accommodation owned by the Secretary of State for Defence
16. Accommodation for members of visiting forces
17. Properties which are left empty by someone who is bankrupt and which are the responsibility of the bankrupt's trustee
18. A dwelling consisting of a pitch or a mooring which is not occupied by a caravan or, as the case may be, a boat
19. Properties that are occupied solely by people under 18 years of age
20. Properties unoccupied which form part of another property but cannot be let separately
21. Properties where all the residents are severely mentally impaired
22. Properties occupied by diplomats as their main home in the UK
23. Self contained annex occupied by a relation of the main dwelling aged over 65 or disabled or severely mentally impaired
john_p said:
evenflow said:
Number 14 on that list...if my OH and I signed up for an open uni degree (part time) would we be students?
Yes but you'd have to pay for tuition fees 
Plus of course I'd have the benefit of knowing where my money was going, rather than it falling into a black hole of middle management civil servant wastage.
evenflow said:
john_p said:
evenflow said:
Number 14 on that list...if my OH and I signed up for an open uni degree (part time) would we be students?
Yes but you'd have to pay for tuition fees Plus of course I'd have the benefit of knowing where my money was going, rather than it falling into a black hole of middle management civil servant wastage.
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