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035			_a(Sirsi) u8499
041			_aeng
245			_aCouncil tax proposals have major shortcomings
260			_c1991
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490			_aRICS Press Release _vPR 67/91 12 June 1991 4 pages
490			_aBuilding _vvol 56 no 7701 14/6/91 p8 (5)
520			_aIn its response to the government`s consultation paper "A new tax for local government" the RICS highlights the shortcomings in introducing the new council tax . Includes firstly no provision for a periodic check on whether properties are still in the right band, secondly no right of appeal for challenging the banding of a property and thirdly an inconsistency in the bands which would result in some houses falling into too high a band. Explained further in tables attached. The Housebuilders Federation claims that the council tax penalises new homes as unless bands are adjusted regularly, new starter homes, valued at time of completion, may end up in the same bands as larger, but older homes which had their rates fixed years ago.
650			_aCOMMUNITY CHARGE
650			_aPROPERTY VALUE BAND
690			_aRATING AND VALUATION
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c5243 _d5243