"People who deliberately avoid paying council tax by moving between
local authorities are to be targeted by a government initiative which,
if successful, could net councils £100m nationally and reduce soaring
council tax bills."
'The idea with this is we have a national database which we can post
details on to when someone owing council tax moves out of their area.
Assuming they don't change their name, they can then be traced when they
move into a new area.'
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/cash/story/0,6903,1539380,00.html
Although with apparently £600m each year going uncollected, £100m even
if achieved, isn't exactly a staggeringly effective; and few of the
people quoted in the article were prepared to stick their necks out very
far as to whether the scheme would run at a net "profit" or not.
--
Roland Perry
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