council tax

[dave.gsi]

im going to be moving in to a small flat soon and have been looking into costs etc...is it me or is council tax a complete and utter pull your pants down and bend you over,.. rip off?!

for a flat valued at £68,000 to £88,000 you pay £130 per month.. what exactly do i get for that? the bins emptied every 2 weeks? it'd be cheaper to take it to a private waste disposal firm :wtf:

and lets be honest, i'm not likely to need the fire brigade because im not planning on burning the place down and the police are a complete waste of time, i wouldn't even bother ringing them if my flat got broken into.

what else do you get for your money??

[auzzy2000]

Nothing

[floydy13]

i pay £111 a month on a 2 bedroom house what a rip off! the other day a bulb went out on one of the street lights in our cul-de sac, so i went to the town hall to tell them, took them 4 weeks to get a bulb slipped in. wasters!
its not the thing i would normally do but when you pay that money each month, why not!

[Andy]

council tax should be abolished.flytipping ftw!!!!
they fukk all but cunnts

[Fester]

Here is the answer. (http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/Council_government_and_democracy/Council_tax/)

Isn't it all fluffy and nice!

[dave.gsi]

These services include:


Schools
Community centres
Street lighting
Rubbish collection
Youth and sports centres
Libraries
Swimming poolsIt also pays for our contribution towards:

Police
Fire and civil defence
Public transport
Rubbish and waste disposal for the people of Merseyside
Protecting the North West of England against flooding

schools...i have no children
community centres...nope never been
street lighting...yep i'll give them that one
rubbish....yep they do that (twice a month)
youth/sports centres...nope, dont need them
libraries..no thanks
swimming pools..you have to pay to go swimming last time i went??

police...not worth calling
fire...not planning on needing them to be honest
rubbish...said that already surely?
public transport...you having a laugh? busses/peasant wagons....i think not! and again don't you pay for these when you get on?
flooding...my flat is at the top of a big hill?

so it costs me £1500 a year to empty my bins 22 times (they dont do xmas new year do they?) and to light up my street....

this sucks. massively :wtf:

[Bubba]

why should us southies pay to protect the northwest???

[Ben]

why should us southies pay to protect the northwest???

Cause they need all the help they can get!

[auzzy2000]

welcome to home ownership.or britain its great!!

[Andy]

Thats expensive for the size of property
Must be in a well posh area????

[dave.gsi]

why should us southies pay to protect the northwest???

lol, thats taken from the liverpool city council website....i'm sure if you checked your local council site it will say you're paying for your own area lol

[Andy]

Except Scarborough-Who pay for West Yorkshire to come and invade the town every summer

[auzzy2000]

Thats expensive for the size of property
Must be in a well posh area???? lollollollollol

[Andy]

Something i said?

[auzzy2000]

Something i said?you ever been therelol

[dave.gsi]

doesnt matter if its in a posh area...any house between 66-88k pays £130 a month then it goes up from there :eek:

[Andy]

Thats bolloks,my house is worth £160grand and we pay £133per calender month
Round here it goes on style of property aswell im almost certain it does

[auzzy2000]

is it posh tho

[Andy]

you ever been therelol
Some parts of merseyside are posh
Everybody stereotypes the area with Brookside and shellsuit clad tea leaves

[auzzy2000]

i pay£110.00 a month.my house is valued at £200 grand

[Andy]

is it posh tho Where i live??
Fukkin damn right it is,well its out in the sticks.....

[auzzy2000]

Some parts of merseyside are posh
Everybody stereotypes the area with Brookside and shellsuit clad tea leavesye i know but what do people say about milton keynes.im only giving what i getloljust having laugh.have been there had a few nights out aswell.not a bad place really.like everywhere it has its no go areas:thumb:

[Andy]

Ive never heard owt bad about Milton Keynes....seriously

[auzzy2000]

well say when i go on holiday people allways slate it!! but hey ho i dont care really.i say im from mk but was born in newport pagnell.some people think im from london.no wot i mean.lol

[dave.gsi]

from wirral council website...


Band A up to and inc. £40,000 - £960.11
Band B £40,001 - £52,000 - £1120.12
Band C £52,001 - £68,000 - £1280.15
Band D £68,001 - £88,000 - £1440.16
Band E £88,001 - £120,000 - £1760.20
Band F £120,001 - £160,000 - £2080.23
Band G £160,001 - £320,000 - £2400.27
Band H more than £320,000 - £2880.32

i'm guessing a 1 bed flat away from the dodgy areas will be in band D, maybe E....that would be £120 per month for band D or £146.68 per month on a band E

[Jack]

Isn't it the value of the property in 1991 or something daft like that?

Meh. I pay something like £1160 a year, had a minor reduction (like a couple of quid) because we don't have the green bin collected (garden waste), mainly as the garden is only about 12' square :tard:

I'd happily pay the fire service. Just in case my house caught fire I wouldn't want them to turn up and demand a few thousand pounds before they turn on the hoses lol

[novaguy08]

Call them and see if you can "Remove some options" on your council tax!

Fire & police are always usefull to have. Even if you dont plan on calling them you dont wanna have to one day to be told that you have removed their help from your council tax bill.

[Stuart]

fire and to a lesser extent the police are like an insurance policy really.

RJ, yeah its the value in 1990ish that dictates the price.

Looks like I'm better off in the sarf as ours is a band E by the wirral and a D here lol.

When I take stuff to the dump (oops recycling centre) and they want me to sort it into xyz bins they get it dropped on the floor as I pay far too much CT to bother doing their job for them!


While I think its too much money as lots gets wasted in the buerocracy (spelling), its about the only "fair" way to share the burden of the costs rather than only charging for what is/isnt used lol

[Southie]

why should us southies pay to protect the northwest???

- rep I'm a southie and live in the NW ;)

[Ben]

RJ, yeah its the value in 1990ish that dictates the price.

What if your house wasnt built then, is it free?

[Jack]

What if your house wasnt built then, is it free?
LMFAO good point :p

Just thinking, the population of the town where I live is about 43,000 - lets call that about 25,000 private dwellings, each paying about £1200 a year council tax. Hmm, £30m a year income for the local council just from the residents of the town alone. No wonder the local council is full of overpaid wasters lol

[Stuart]

they 'work out' what the new price would have been in the 90's lol

RJ dont forget that scumbags dont pay it ;)

[Andy]

they 'work out' what the new price would have been in the 90's lol

RJ dont forget that scumbags dont pay it ;)
Im sure you can be sent down if you dont pay it????

And would you pay it recently if you were living in leeds where their binmen have been on strike for 3months??
I fukkin wouldnt

[Ben]

yeah you do get sent down for non payment but this does not quash the bill, you must still pay it on your release.

[Jack]

RJ dont forget that scumbags dont pay it ;)
Hmm. £3m from yeovil has I think just turned into about £30k lol

[Stuart]

scumbags = dole scum... They at the very least get "assistance" with it, if not waived completely

[Edd]

Council tax and road tax are a disgrace IMO.

You get feck all in return.

Round my town only thing the council does is cost cutting.

Roads are shocking to say the least, holes, sh*te surface ect.

The only people who don't pay council tax is dole blaggers.