{"id":68492,"date":"2017-10-08T13:00:43","date_gmt":"2017-10-08T06:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/paying-too-much-in-council-tax-its-never-been-easier-to-check\/"},"modified":"2017-10-08T13:03:08","modified_gmt":"2017-10-08T06:03:08","slug":"paying-too-much-in-council-tax-its-never-been-easier-to-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/paying-too-much-in-council-tax-its-never-been-easier-to-check\/","title":{"rendered":"Paying too much in council tax? It\u2019s never been easier to check"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIt takes minutes to check your property\u2019s tax banding and a successful challenge could lower your bill and earn you a rebateThe tech whiz-kid Joshua Browder shot to fame two years ago with DoNotPay, an online \u201crobot lawyer\u201d designed to fight unfair parking tickets. It has gone on to successfully challenge more than 450,000 tickets \u2013 and now it\u2019s time for local authority council tax departments to watch out. That\u2019s because Browder, 20, has now created an online service to help households challenge their council tax banding.\u201cI\u2019ve developed technology which looks at your council tax band, your neighbours\u2019 council tax bands and historical house price data, and tells you whether you might get your band lowered. You can complete the process in 10 seconds,\u201d says Browder, who has moved from London to study computer science at Stanford University. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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It takes minutes to check your property\u2019s tax banding and a successful challenge could lower...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-hOI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":103865,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/fairer-ways-to-tax-property-letters\/","url_meta":{"origin":68492,"position":0},"title":"Fairer ways to tax property | Letters","date":"February 11, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Council tax needs to be completely revamped, writes John Worrall \u2013 and so does stamp duty, says Martin WealeSure, it would be nice if local councils got a slice of stamp duty on property purchases in their areas (Tycoon\u2019s property spree prompts calls for taxes to stay local, 9\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":95633,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bachcare-says-there-is-legal-basis-to-challenge-auckland-council-bed-tax-on-holiday-homes\/","url_meta":{"origin":68492,"position":1},"title":"Bachcare says there is legal basis to challenge Auckland Council 'bed tax' on holiday homes","date":"August 8, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Holiday home company Bachcare has advice that there is a legal basis forchallenging the Auckland Council's decision to hit holiday homes with business and targeted rates.Holiday homes are facing rates hikes of between 200 per cent...\r \r Source : nzherald.co.nz\/Property\r Read more...Bachcare says there is legal basis to challenge\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":81748,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/council-tax-should-be-fair-and-progressive-ours-is-neither\/","url_meta":{"origin":68492,"position":2},"title":"Council tax should be fair and progressive. 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