Council tax refunds worth hundreds owed to huge number of UK homes

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Households up and down the country could be owed £100s in council tax refunds. The revelation comes after a Freedom of Information (FOI) request from The Sun revealed that over three million households in the UK could be owed £544 million together through council tax refunds alone.

Similarly, MoneySavingExpert's FOI shows that £141 million is owed in council tax refunds through 349 local authorities in England, Scotland, and Wales.

Generally, you are eligible for a council tax refund if it's discovered that you've been overpaying for a prolonged period. This usually occurs when your property is placed in the wrong council tax band.

You may also be owed money from council tax due to forgetting to cancelling a payment on a property that you no longer live in or, in the case that you pay for your council tax in advance, that your account has been closed prior to the date it was fully paid up to.