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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Only the pebbles, and not the whole garden ? You'll be getting Duck taxed soon.
Cycleops
Legendary Member
- Location
- Accra, Ghana
Councils can be incredibly thick. The council where my house in the UK is sent me a bill here for council tax despite me living 2500 miles away. Even took me to court for it for non payment due to post here.
Reversed it but no apologies.
Reversed it but no apologies.
T4tomo
Legendary Member
woooshhhh!
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
QUick - get a kid's old dolls house and dump it in the middle
Then paint a duck on it and claim tax relief as a Duck House
I think that is how it works
Kingfisher101
Über Member
I thought if you had a property here even if its empty you have to pay the CT. It been raised loads of times that people who have inherited properties even though they don't live in it have to pay the CT straight away. Also its more than if it was occupied?. It must be different if you actually live abroad?
Alex321
Veteran
- Location
- South Wales
Even if you klive abroad, you need to pay the coiuncil tax on an empty property - and as you say, it will normally be more than the rate for an occupied proeprty. The amount varies by council, but here it is 100% premium (I.e you pay double the amount you would if the property was occupied).
There are some exemptions, but living abroad isn't one of them, unless you have moved in order to be a carer for somebody.
https://www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk/en/our_council/council_tax/Empty-and-Exempt-Properties.aspx
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
A new pond? Keep that quiet of they'll find a way to tax you on it.
Cycleops
Legendary Member
- Location
- Accra, Ghana
Yes, that's correct. It was empty for a few weeks after the last tennants moved out and I paid them for that when the new ones moved in. Instead of enquiring through the letting agents who paid or sending a demand to the new tennants they sent it to me here in Ghana. Weird.
Sorry for the thread hijack Posty.
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annedonnelly
Girl from the North Country
- Location
- Blyth, Northumberland
Get yourself some goldfish.
presta
Guru
I thought unoccupied houses were still subject to council tax.
Cycleops
Legendary Member
- Location
- Accra, Ghana
They are, and at a higher rate.
presta
Guru
A guy I worked with had a partner who was PA to a local property tycoon. Apparently, the way he avoided paying council tax on his empty properties was by smashing the toilet with a hammer to make the place 'unfit for human habitation'.
