Read a few stories over the weekend regarding council tax and whether we (the population) have reached our breaking point. What do you think about the Sheffield council tax? Are you getting value for money? Personally I vote no. Where are the police? Why are the roads so pot-holed? Anyone else notice the mounds of rubbish slowly building up around the city centre?

Huzzah for geoff!! Good topic! I've already written reams of stuff on how bad this tax is so I'm not going to repeat myself!!:lol:

No. Thats my vote. It's nothing more than stealing my money.

The police... what a joke. When you need them they're nowhere to be found.

Where you dont need em, they're like fly's on poo.

The council (although they have started doing some good projects) on a whole are big sweaty brown pants.

The rise is way above inflation (every bloody year) and I for one am sick of paying this rip off!

Can we get an interview with a local MP or Councillor?

I don't think we are getting value for money and the procedures in place are crap.

We were unfortunate enough to fall behind with last years council tax and had set up payment arrangements to clear it - good fortune had seen us able to pay off the arrears.

Telephoned in got the outstanding amount paid it. Two weeks later ANOTHER bill lands on my doorstep telling me there is another £75 still outstanding on last years bill. Ring them up they say they will send details of what it is and where it has come from - recieve NOTHING.

Get another bill this morning for £12 for two years ago??

Where do they get their figures from? Wouldn't it be really helpful if they actually let us know what we are paying and what we owe at the time we owe it?? Just not ON.

According to the young lady I spoke to today aparently they are not always able to tell you how much they owe because of some different balance that is shows up.

i.e if we get far too many people who are not paying council tax we will charge the ones that do later by making up amounts out of thin air.

Moon Maiden

*sympathy*
I had the same with Derby city council - sent me a bill for July 2002 in august 2003 for £200 which I 'hadn't' paid - admittedly I did owe them £85 but it took me months to clear it up!!

Originally posted by Geoff
Read a few stories over the weekend regarding council tax and whether we (the population) have reached our breaking point. What do you think about the Sheffield council tax? Are you getting value for money? Personally I vote no. Where are the police? Why are the roads so pot-holed? Anyone else notice the mounds of rubbish slowly building up around the city centre?



News Item:The councils have been missapropriating the subsidies they have had from the Government.

I'll continue to pay my council tax without a word of complaint, if they will subsidise my buying a Landrover...the roads are so bad at the moment, anything else you drive is b*ggered in no time. I feel this is only fair as I pay through road tax and council tax for the state of the roads...so if it's easier for them to just buy me a landy, I will no longer growl about it.

I would also like to add to my collection of wheelie bins...red for plastic, orange for compostable rubbish, yellow for cast off clothes, green for glass, etc.

And just one more thing...if I could see a policeman doing something more useful than harassing people doing nothing wrong at least once a week, I'll add a fiver a month to my tax myself.:P

Council tax is a complete joke,i don't think anyone would really mind paying if they actually saw some improvements taking place,but nothing changes,oh apart from all these blue bins we have now! (well worth £150 a month!):evil:

£150 per month Mr Craig. Bloody Hell! Mines at £80 and I moan!

Originally posted by DaBouncer
£150 per month Mr Craig. Bloody Hell! Mines at £80 and I moan!

Oh belive me mate i do moan,a lot.I think most of my mates are sick of me complaining about it now,but it bugs the hell out of me,and i'm not even going to get a blue bin either!!!!:twisted:

Guys, you have no idea how bloody lucky you are. Having recently relocated to London, I've been confronted with paying council tax in the area of a small african nation's GDP.

AND it doesn't smell in Sheffield. Someone remind me why I moved...

Originally posted by waxy chuff
Guys, you have no idea how bloody lucky you are. Having recently relocated to London, I've been confronted with paying council tax in the area of a small african nation's GDP.

AND it doesn't smell in Sheffield. Someone remind me why I moved...

i'll remind you Waxy Bum Fluff: to go and get a job and pay me back the money you owe me.

Originally posted by tinajones
i'll remind you Waxy Bum Fluff: to go and get a job and pay me back the money you owe me.

Ooh, gossip and scandal! Tell us more!!!!!

Tax and 'spend' by a labour government? Surely not!

Tax and 'spend' by a labour government? Surely not!

... but they're not really a Labour government! They've got none of a socialists values... It's more like a failed experiment with Margaret Thatcher and John Major's offspring!!

Originally posted by alchresearch
Ooh, gossip and scandal! Tell us more!!!!!

sorry! me and the waxy one will not be participating in an online free to view battle of the wits for your entertainment!