Apply for a Council Tax refund

If you have overpaid Council Tax on your account, or if your circumstances have changed meaning you are in credit with your Council Tax, you can use this form to request a refund.

Completing this form does not guarantee that you will receive a refund. We will check your account to see if you are in credit and whether a refund can be issued.

If you owe Council Tax for previous years or you owe Council Tax on another account, we will be unable to give you a refund and the money will be used to go towards the amount you owe.

All refunds are sent by BACS into a bank account.

This form will ask you to provide

Your name, address and contact details.
Your Council Tax account reference (this can be found on your Council Tax bill and starts with 61).
The address for which you are requesting a refund.
Why you are requesting a refund.
Sort code, account number and the name on the bank or building society account you would like us to send the refund to.

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Privacy Statement

To provide this service Thanet District Council will collect and process personal information. We may check some of the information with other sources (e.g. government departments and other councils) to verify your identity and ensure that the information you have provided is accurate.

Your personal information is being processed because it is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.

Please refer to our Corporate Privacy Notice for further details on how we process your personal information and your rights. This is also available in other formats (e.g. print).

Declaration

Please check the box below to confirm that you have read, understand and agree to the following statements before completing this form:

I confirm the information that I will give on this form will be correct and true.
I understand my data may be shared with other departments as permitted by law.

About you

Title (for example Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss)(Required)

First name(Required)

Last name(Required)

Contact phone number(Required)

Please provide a mobile number if you have one as we are now using text messaging (SMS) to contact some of our residents.

Email address(Required)

We will use your email address to send the receipt of your form, including the form reference number. This may include personal data. We will also use your email address to contact you about your Council Tax account.

Enter Email Confirm Email

Would you like to receive your Council Tax bills by email?(Required)

You can receive your Council Tax bills by email rather than post. We will send all future Council Tax bills to the email address you have given above. This service is only available to people who are named on the bill. If you change your email address you must let us know straight away. You can opt out of this at any time at thanet.gov.uk/paperless

Yes

No

About the refund

Please tell us why you are requesting the refund(Required)

Council Tax account reference for which you are requesting the refund(Required)

This can be found on your Council Tax bill and starts with 61.

About the address for which you are requesting the refund

Postcode(Required)

Search Postcode

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address(Required)

Address(Required)

House name or number Address line 1 Address line 2 Town or city Postcode

Your current address

Is the refund address the same as your current address?

Yes

No

About your current address

Address(Required)

House name or number Address line 1 Address line 2 Town or city Postcode

About the refund (continued)

Amount you are requesting to be refunded(Required)

Name of the account holder(s) to which the refund is to be sent to(Required)

Bank or building society name(Required)

Account number(Required)

This will be the 8 digit account number shown on your bank statement

Sort code(Required)

Please enter numbers only, for example 11-22-33

Do all the people responsible for paying Council Tax at this property give their consent for the Council Tax refund to be sent to this bank account?(Required)

Yes

No

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