Council Tax liability appeal and I have no copy of the AST!
Urgent help- I am due to go to a tribunal to appeal my responsibility as owner to having to pay council tax.
Unfortunately I do not have a copy of the signed tenancy agreement as I handed it over to the tenant who urgently needed it for his benefits. We agreed he would copy and post me a copy. I only have text message exchanges where the tenant enquirers about the property, I ask about whose name the tenancy is going on and forward my bank details for housing benefits after the tenant requested them.
I also have evidence of a bailiff letter, a summons for non payment of council tax all of which are in the tenants name. I also have a copy of the email I sent to the council notifying them of the tenants.
Any advise with regards to this issue would be appreciated.
Adnan
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4:19 PM, 18th September 2016, About 10 years ago
Reply to the comment left by “CouncilTaxGuy ” at “18/09/2016 – 14:47“:
My AST continues as a contractual periodic after the fixed term. The tenant is thus responsible for Council Tax until the tenancy is formally ended, this means that if the tenant does a runner without giving notice he remains legally responsible for council tax.
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4:47 PM, 18th September 2016, About 10 years ago
Reply to the comment left by “David Price” at “18/09/2016 – 16:19“:
To to clarify my last post – by ‘In the case of above’ it refers to the first paragraph of my post and not Colin’s earlier post.
The contractual aspect covers your backside until the tenancy actually ends whereas the periodic doesn’t.
Craig
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11:37 AM, 23rd November 2022, About 3 years ago
Reply to the comment left by Mark Alexander – Founder of Property118 at 16/09/2016 – 12:50
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8:56 PM, 23rd November 2022, About 3 years ago
Reply to the comment left by Ray Doyle at 16/09/2016 – 09:56
I am afraid you are somewhat out of date there. I don’t think any councils are still exempting benefits tenants from council tax though some do charge reduced rates. In our area this has been the case for about five years.