brass monkey wrote:
Not quite the only thing wrong. When I paid rates it was ~£200/year

Rates *is* council tax reviewed regularly and charged as X-percent
of property value.

council (poll) tax is now ~£1500.

Council Tax != Poll Tax. Council Tax is one-per-property regardless of number of occupiers(*). Poll Tax is one-per-person regardless of value of property occupied. Both taxes are regardless of income of occupier(@).

(*)Bodged with a 25% deduction for a sole occupier.
(@)Council Tax Benefit is not a deduction of council tax, it's an benefit,
ie, an /income/ used to pay your council tax bill, in exactly the same way
that Child Benefit is an income, not a deduction in the price of children's
food and clothing.

JGH