Southwark - have council tax rebates been paid yet?

[CPR Dave]

Those of you who were eligible for the ?150 council tax rebate from Southwark, have you received it yet?

I'm lucky enough to qualify but haven't seen anything.

Their website says "We expect to pay all eligible households who pay council tax by direct debit by the end of April. We expect our phone lines to be very busy so please avoid contacting us."

https://www.southwark.gov.uk/council-tax/150-council-tax-rebate

[ctovey]

We got ours a couple of weeks ago

[Spartacus]

I've had mine (or was it yours and mine is still to come)

Do you pay by dd and are you band a to d ?

[lilolil]

Haven?t had mine yet either. Band D and I pay by DD. I?ve sent a message via their website.

Most people I know have received the rebate already.

[Callie]

Where do you send the enquiry via the website? Can you put a link up please?

[hammerman]

It's ?150 but a lot to some people so Labour should be paying this out as soon as possible.

[lilolil]

https://myforms.southwark.gov.uk/COUNCILTAXENQUIRYSFORM/whoareyou

It was here but there is also an address on your council tax form

[Penguin68]

The original intention from the Treasury was that this was to be paid 'In April'. This has now been changed to 'From April'. So don't hold your breathe. The 'explanation' is that it is proving difficult for (some) council's to set up. Of course they aren't generally set up to make payments to individual households, just to receive them, and not everyone is anyway on direct debit or has bank accounts (particularly those most in need of the subsidy). All they can readily do is to identify those (in Band D or below households) who are eligible.

[IlonaM]

Received 8th April. Pay by DD, band C.

Perhaps rolling out band by band?

[dazeykat]

Still not received my ?150. Has anyone else still not received theirs?

[CPR Dave]

Still not received mine. They took their direct debit for this month already though :):):)

[lilolil]

Not received mine either. DD went out 25th April

[dazeykat]

Glad it?s not just me, then!

[PeckhamRose]

Got mine.

[zerkalo]

I haven't received mine yet either but since there was no Direct Debit taken out in April for me (after switching current accounts) I expect that I will be contacted by Southwark in July based on my postcode.

[Callie]

I don?t think they?ve done band D yet by looks of it

[lilolil]

They have done band D as all of my neighbours have had it.

[CPR Dave]

I am Band d and have still not received my refund

[lilolil]

Not sure how they?re working it out. When I rang to enquire, I was told it?s being done in batches. As I said, it doesn?t make much sense as most people I know and immediate neighbours had the rebate early April.

He couldn?t understand why I was querying it!

[CPR Dave]

Some people really do need that money. It's outrageous that the council just sit on it for weeks on end.

[Callie]

lilolil Wrote:

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> They have done band D as all of my neighbours have

> had it.

Im band D & I haven?t received it yet & know others in band D that haven?t too, so they definitely haven?t done all of band D.

[Nigello]

Does amount have a phone No for the council tax department? I rang but Southwark main reception must have been having a little lie down when I phoned. No reply from a previous email sent to me. (I pay yearly with a CC so don?t have the option of being paid via DD rebate.)

[Jenijenjen]

In that case, according to their website, they?ll be contacting you in July.

https://www.southwark.gov.uk/council-tax/150-council-tax-rebate

[Rockets]

It seems this is a problem across the country.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61421199

[CPR Dave]

Southwark should have let people know.

It's shameful that they are still sitting on money that they should have paid back in April.

If it was the other way round they would be threatening to take people to court