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Changes to Council Tax, Business Rates and sundry
Council bills payment from 1st April 2010
The Council is closing its cashier's service at Queen's
Buildings Worksop and 17b The Square Retford. Our last day of
business will be 31st March 2010.
If you currently use the payment desks at the Council offices,
you will need to make plans to change to other payment options
soon.
The One Stop Shop will remain open as usual for face-to-face
enquiries, advice and support.
Our new payment options include:-
So you can still pay by cash at Post Offices
and PayPoints. Please take your bill with you as this carries a bar
code to identify your account.
We have a leaflet which shows you all
local Post Offices and PayPoints in Bassetlaw.
If you have any questions regarding paying using the Council
Cashiers, please read the frequently
asked questions. If you are unsure, or have any queries
please contact us.
The
Your 2009/10 Council Tax
Leaflet. (pdf 1.47 MB) is packed full of information,
including the 2009/2010 charges, benefit advice and other ways to
reduce your Council Tax bill. Also, how the Council Tax you
pay has been calculated.
More useful information can be found in
A guide to your Council Tax Bill. and in
A guide to Valuation Banding and Appeal.
What is Council Tax?
Council Tax is the way that Council's raise money to pay
for services such as refuse collection, education, social services,
libraries, planning, community safety, fire and rescue services and
much more. Council Tax is a charge on domestic dwellings for
example houses, flats and bungalows.
Who is responsible for Payment?
For occupied properties it is normally the responsibility of the
owner occupier or tenant.
The bill will be payable by the person(s) who comes first in the
list below, starting at the top and working down.
- Owner occupier
- Resident leaseholder
- Resident statutory or secure tenant
- Resident licensee
- A resident
- The owner (when the property is empty)
For example if an owner occupier was resident he/she would
pay. If not resident then the resident leaseholder will
pay. If neither of these are resident, the secure tenant will
be liable, and so on down the list.
In some cases the owner, and not the resident, will be liable
for Council Tax:
Houses in multiple occupation
Residential nursing/care homes and hostels
Second homes with domestic servants
Accommodation occupied by asylum seekers
Religious communities
Vicarages or other property where a minister of religion lives
and works
Special rules apply when a property is unoccupied and more
information can be found in our No-one at home?
leaflet.
The charges in the your 2009/10 Council Tax
Leaflet are based on TWO adult residents. If you live in
parts of the Bassetlaw District where no parish charge applies, the
last but one line of the table relates to you. This covers
residents in Askham, Bole, Carburton, Clumber and Hardwick,
Haughton, Scaftyworth, Wallingwells, West Burton and Worksop.
When looking at the number of adults living in a property
certain adults are disregarded (do not count). If after
disregarding all the adults that don't count, the number of adults
living in the property is one a 25% discount will apply. If
all adults are disregarded (do not count) then a 50% discount can
be given.
More information
about discounts and disregards is included in our Pocket Guide to Council Tax
No.2 discounts and disregards.
There is also some more
information on our page 'Council Tax Discounts and Disabled Relief'
Business Rates
Business Rates is charged on commercial premises such as shops
and offices. For more information regarding Business
Rates see our web pages.
Last Updated - 21/01/2010