What are British Council taxes?

Hi,

I heard Tony Blair referring to high Council taxes. It is clear to me
that the Council is some unit of government, but I my searching has not
revealed what unit that is. Since many of you live in the UK, I am asking
on this "Help" NG.

TIA

 

Bill Schowengerdt said:

The council are those who are in charge of the town hall and rob you blind with
local taxes.
Council tax (renamed from poll tax, renamed from something else to make it sound
like something kinder) is what you pay for being allowed to continue breathing
after the age of 18.

 

A "Council" is the seat of 'local' government, as distinct from
central (Whitehall) government. They levy 'Council taxes'
to finance local issues; housing, environment, education,
etc.

 

It is a Council Tax Bill based on the value of your home, which is
placed in a Property Band.

For instance in 2003 a married couple who live in Solihull in the West
Midlands, whose home is in Property Band D, would have to pay £996.98.

Like everything in life there are exceptions.

Regards,
Emrys Davies.

 

"So, Mr Slumpy you *really* are the perpetual comedian, aren't you ?" I
threw back my head and roared with laughter as Bill Schowengerdt
continued:

It's yet another way for beaurocracy to peel another layer of my skin
away.
Well it feels that way, my wallet is very tender ;-)

 

Try living in Wolverhampton, or any metropolitan borough councils. £1100 per
year, just for the pleasure
G.

 

Gordon said:

And they reckon prostitution is a crime.

 

Yes, but you have got faggots, mushy peas and Banks's bitter!!

Regards,
Emrys Davies.

 

Emrys Davies said:

Er.. before people get the wrong end of the stick, faggots are meatballs.

 

Ummm... "wrong end of the stick"? Poor choice of words, in this case, I
would think

 

Perhaps they mistook you for an onion...?

 

Sentient Fluid said:

 

Quite cheap then, here in Hampshire I pay £1600/year
for not a lot
..jrm

 

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|| Bill Schowengerdt said:
||
||| Hi,
|||
||| I heard Tony Blair referring to high Council taxes. It is clear to
||| me
||| that the Council is some unit of government, but I my searching has
||| not revealed what unit that is. Since many of you live in the UK, I
||| am asking
||| on this "Help" NG.
|||
||| TIA
||
|| The council are those who are in charge of the town hall and rob you
|| blind with local taxes.
|| Council tax (renamed from poll tax, renamed from something else to
|| make it sound like something kinder) is what you pay for being
|| allowed to continue breathing after the age of 18.

Helpful again, as usual

 

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In Brian H¹© <> typed
|| Gordon said:
||
||| Try living in Wolverhampton, or any metropolitan borough councils.
||| £1100 per year, just for the pleasure
||| G.
||
|| And they reckon prostitution is a crime.

Huh? Who's soliciting?

You're not making sense, as usual.

||
||| |||| It is a Council Tax Bill based on the value of your home, which is
|||| placed in a Property Band.
||||
|||| For instance in 2003 a married couple who live in Solihull in the
|||| West Midlands, whose home is in Property Band D, would have to pay
|||| £996.98.
||||
|||| Like everything in life there are exceptions.
||||
|||| Regards,
|||| Emrys Davies.
||||
||||
|||| ||||| Hi,
|||||
||||| I heard Tony Blair referring to high Council taxes. It is clear
||||| to me that the Council is some unit of government, but I my
||||| searching has
|||| not
||||| revealed what unit that is. Since many of you live in the UK, I
||||| am asking on this "Help" NG.
|||||
||||| TIA

 

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In Brian H¹© <> typed
|| Emrys Davies said:
||
||| Yes, but you have got faggots, mushy peas and Banks's bitter!!
|||
||
|| Er.. before people get the wrong end of the stick, faggots are
|| meatballs.

Actually faggots are bundles of sticks

||
||| Regards,
||| Emrys Davies.
|||
|||
|||
|||
||| |||| Try living in Wolverhampton, or any metropolitan borough councils.
|||| £1100 per year, just for the pleasure
|||| G.
|||| ||||| It is a Council Tax Bill based on the value of your home, which is
||||| placed in a Property Band.
|||||
||||| For instance in 2003 a married couple who live in Solihull in the
||||| West Midlands, whose home is in Property Band D, would have to
||||| pay £996.98.
|||||
||||| Like everything in life there are exceptions.
|||||
||||| Regards,
||||| Emrys Davies.
|||||
|||||
||||| |||||| Hi,
||||||
|||||| I heard Tony Blair referring to high Council taxes. It is clear
|||||| to me that the Council is some unit of government, but I my
|||||| searching has not revealed what unit that is. Since many of you
|||||| live in the UK, I am asking on this "Help" NG.
||||||
|||||| TIA

 

Robert de Brus said:

^^^^^^^^^^^^^ TRUTH ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

^^^^^^^^^^^^^ TRUTH ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Absolutely, did you have anything helpful to say to the OP, or are you just out
trolling while the babysitter is drunk unconscious in the living room?

 

Rent Value > Rateable Value > Poll Tax > Council Tax
in that order, over the past 70 yrs or more
Ripped off from the time you wake up 'til the time
you go to bed

T B_Liar (alias Blair)

 

Isn't England the place where they have a tax on every window in your
house?

 

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|| Robert de Brus said:
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||| In ||| Brian H¹© <> typed
||||| Bill Schowengerdt said:
|||||
|||||| Hi,
||||||
|||||| I heard Tony Blair referring to high Council taxes. It is clear
|||||| to
|||||| me
|||||| that the Council is some unit of government, but I my searching
|||||| has
|||||| not revealed what unit that is. Since many of you live in the
|||||| UK, I
|||||| am asking
|||||| on this "Help" NG.
||||||
|||||| TIA
|||||
||||| The council are those who are in charge of the town hall and rob
||||| you
||||| blind with local taxes.
||
|| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ TRUTH ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
||
||||| Council tax (renamed from poll tax, renamed from something else to
||||| make it sound like something kinder) is what you pay for being
||||| allowed to continue breathing after the age of 18.
||
|| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ TRUTH ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
||
|||
||| Helpful again, as usual
||
|| Absolutely, did you have anything helpful to say to the OP, or are
|| you just out trolling while the babysitter is drunk unconscious in
|| the living room?

Well, bwian, I don't live in the UK, so I can't comment on the OP's
question.

However, I do suggest that there is no truth to:

"... is what you pay for being allowed to continue breathing after the age
of 18."

So you weren't actually telling the truth at all, were you.