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Whole streets receive tax refund | |
(about 10 hours later) | |
Residents of three streets in the Borders are to get council tax rebates after years of being wrongly banded. | |
Anyone who has lived on Primrose Bank, Marigold Drive and Aster Court in Galashiels since 1993 is entitled to some cash back. | |
Scottish Borders Council had initially declined to name the streets involved. | |
The error has already cost the local authority about £100,000 after the homes were given the wrong banding some 15 years ago. | The error has already cost the local authority about £100,000 after the homes were given the wrong banding some 15 years ago. |
Last year, after a successful appeal to the local assessor, the homes were rebanded from band B to band A. | Last year, after a successful appeal to the local assessor, the homes were rebanded from band B to band A. |
The council had to give back about £100,000 to residents who had overpaid. | The council had to give back about £100,000 to residents who had overpaid. |
We have amended every council tax account on every property which was rebanded back to April 1993. Council spokesperson | |
Letters and cheques have gone out to those who live in the street now. | Letters and cheques have gone out to those who live in the street now. |
Former householders who have moved on are also entitled to the refunds and officials must now try to trace them all. | Former householders who have moved on are also entitled to the refunds and officials must now try to trace them all. |
A council spokesperson said: "We have amended every council tax account on every property which was rebanded back to April 1993. | |
"Where a council tax payer was due a refund and we could trace them a letter was issued to them advising them of this which was followed by a cheque. | |
"Where council tax payers were not due a refund but had their liability reduced new council tax bills were issued to them." | |
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