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Small correction, the council (municipal government) charges the occupant of the house, not the owner. As a renter in London I was paying council tax. Edit: Th
by spoonie 10y ago
Small correction, the council (municipal government) charges the occupant of the house, not the owner. As a renter in London I was paying council tax.
Edit: The biggest downside to the UK system is there isn't an obvious end of year review, so many people don't look at their taxes. I wonder how many people are overcharged?
- pjc50 10y agoCorrect, that's a detail I'd left out for simplicity. End of year: That's your P60 + end of year payslip, isn't it? PAYE overcharging is certainly possible when you change jobs if you lose the P45 or end up on an emergency tax code for some reason, but if you take the 30 seconds to check your payslip every month you're more likely to notice. What's more messy is the tax credit system. I hear that the way to maximise tax chaos for yourself is to have two self-employed divorced parents alternating custody of a child every month and claiming WFTC.