Billpayers urged to check if they're overpaying council tax ahead of April increase
manchestereveningnews.co.ukCouncil tax across the country is set to rise significantly in just a couple of weeks. The majority of councils will increase bills by 4.99 per cent in April - the maximum amount permitted by the government without a local referendum.
According to the County Councils Network (CCN), 128 out of 136 councils (94 per cent) will go ahead with this increase. It means the average house in Band D will pay more than £103 a year on average on council tax alone.
However, there may be ways to dodge the increase by simply checking if you're paying too much. Read more: Consumers could get 'boiler tax' refund after government kicks policy to 2025 One easy way of doing this is seeing if you're in a higher band than your neighbours who live in similar properties.
What makes this trick even easier is that you can simply check the ban by looking up the property on gov.uk. It's important to note that the property you're comparing your own to must be of a very similar size and value.
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