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AndrewP said:
Good point, god knows then.

Might have had something to do with occupancy?
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Actually that's another bonkers idea about it. It's only paid to people who are liable for Ctax as at 1st April. So it's tough shit if you move out of your mates/parents/marital home on the 2nd April or thereafter.

f***ing Tory idiots.
 
FatCat2402 said:
A) you have to give £150 back to anyone paying by direct debit. The council have no choice, they can't offset it against the Ctax liability. So....Sunderland are going to deduct the first instalment from bank accounts and then have to pay it back. All by BACS, every transaction costing money. Why did the Government not say offset by default but give the money to anyone who wants it.

B) anyone not on DD has to apply. Most Council's have 60% on DD, so for Sunderland that'll be 40000+ applications. Not many Council websites will cope with that volume of traffic

C) The government have stated that checks need to be made where the name on the Ctax account isn't exactly the same as the name on the DD mandate....which will be administratively a pain in the scrotum. There'll be maiden names, spelling mistakes, parents paying, children paying, landlords paying etc

Why did the Government not instruct energy companies to rebate energy bills.?
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You probably know the reason for this.

Shareholders and tory donors will lose out.
 
Botchie said:
Me Dad pays his at the post office. What does he have to do?
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Probably complete an online application form. Looks like Sunderland's applications open around 11th April. Unfortunately, every Council will be different depending on which software provider they use for Council Tax
 
I’m confused then, do you get all the cheddar up front or do councils decide whether to take it off your monthly’s for the next year?
 
42 said:
There'd be loads of twisting if they kept hold of the money for a few weeks until after the election
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And rightly so, as they aren't allowed to do that. How would you feel if HMRC kept hold of a rebate you were entitled to?
 
TDalt said:
I’m confused then, do you get all the cheddar up front or do councils decide whether to take it off your monthly’s for the next year?
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If you pay by DD it's paid directly into the bank account where the payments are made from (assuming the Ctax payer matches the bank account name)

If you don't, you'll have to apply and state your preference
 
Botchie said:
And rightly so, as they aren't allowed to do that. How would you feel if HMRC kept hold of a rebate you were entitled to?
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Make your mind up, you were complaining about them paying it this month, complaining if they paid it next month.
 
42 said:
Make your mind up, you were complaining about them paying it this month, complaining if they paid it next month.
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I'm not sure what your whole point is tbh. I wasn't Complaining about anything. I was being sceptical at the fact it looks like a nice little sweetener to residents from a Council that will probably taking a bloody nose in the up and coming elections. If they want to give me £150 back I won't be complaining about anything. However, I won't be voting for them either, so it's win win for me. They've hidden it in the 3.5% rise anyway.
 
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Botchie said:
I'm not sure what your whole point is tbh. I wasn't Complaining about anything. I was being sceptical at the fact it looks like a nice little sweetener to residents from a Council that will probably taking a bloody nose in the up and coming elections. If they want to give me £150 back I won't be complaining about anything. However, I won't be voting for them either, so it's win win for me.
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But it's nowt to do with the council.
The government have paid councils money, for them to dish out to residents

Unless of course you live in a Tory area?
 
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