How is Council Tax calculated?

[shortwoman68]

My father has a house which has what is classed as 6 bedrooms however one of the rooms is a what you call a box room as all you can fit in there is a single wardrobe and a single bed and a small chest of drawers. I have been watching Benefits Britain and recall that a man had one of his rooms measured for bedroom tax and it was said that it was too small to fulfil the criteria. Is this the same for council tax?

[Nystagmite]

I seem to remember that council tax has something to do with how much your house is worth, rather than the amount of bedrooms you have.

[shortwoman68]

Ok I will check on that. Thanks

[antone]

Yup - houses are assigned to a "band" between A and H, I think, based on their value. Band A properties are the lowest value, band H the highest. Each council then works out a rate for each band, and then applies any discounts or reductions that may be appropriate (for example, Single Adult Rebate) to work out how much is due each year. So while you might expect houses with more rooms to have higher CT bills because, in general, they're bigger and probably worth more, there's no direct connection between the two things.

 

So it doesn't matter how the small room in your father's house is classified for CT purposes.