bin charges &tax

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cinderella

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If on state benefits & no waiver in operation for bin charges you are liable for full amount of bin charges - problem is if 1 was working 1 would b able 2 reclaim a proportion of amount paid but as on state benefit which is by nature decided to be a 'minimum amount to live on' am 1 expected to pay more than the employed workforce.

surely at the very least a waiver for the amount of 'tax' on bin charges should be applicable.

It seems daft that state benefit recipients pay in full with none of the amount waived/reclaimable.
 
Why do you not qualify for a waiver?

Unfortunately it seems that bin/service charges attract tax relief rather, which benefit only taxpayers, instead of tax credits which would benefit even those who don't pay tax is most/all cases (e.g. SSIA top-up tax credit, private health insurance tax credit granted at source, owner occupier mortgage interest relief tax credit granted at source etc.).
 
Bins are contracted out to a private company by the county council. No waivers exist for anyone. Either you have a disc displayed on the bin or its not lifted. No tags either, its just an annual charge which can be paid in full or by direct debit.
 
What local authority area? I'm surprised that they don't seem to have any waiver system.
 
Most Councils don't have a waiver system, and it is very unfair. Make your feelings known to your local representative by letter or at one of their clinics.
 
Do Health Boards maybe offer any assistance for this in cases of hardship? No harm in contacting Revenue to ask them why service charges tax relief is not granted by way of a tax credit at source that benefits even those who don't pay tax. Apart from that all I can suggest is optimising your own waste management to reduce the amount of landfill waste that you need dealt with (e.g. reduce the amount of packaging that you take home from the shops, try to reuse anything that can be reused, compost organic waste, recycle what you can etc.).
 
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