I recently got my ILR approved in June 2014. I was going through the guidance for British citizenship [link given at the end] and discovered that they check for council tax payments as a part of all the checks carried out for an application.
My main concern is about 2 years ago, I was renting privately with a landlord and was paying the rent inclusive of all bills including the council tax. However, I later discovered that the landlord had been claiming single person discount and I ended up moving out somewhere else subsequently.
My main concern is,
1) This incident would have happened within the last 5 years when i submit my application for passport.
2) The address where this happened would be on my application form
3) Even though I was paying all my bills and tax as far as I was concerned, will the landlord's misdeed get me in trouble?
4) Does anyone know what kind of checks are carried out with regards to council tax?
Please advise me as I am quite concerned about my passport application next year now. Thanks.
This is the snippet from the link below
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... annexd.pdf
6.4 Non-Payment of Council Tax
The decision maker will not normally refuse an application where the person has been unable
to pay Council Tax because of their financial position. This is particularly true if some sort of
arrangement is being, or has been, negotiated with the relevant authority.
However, payment of Council Tax is a legal requirement and non-compliance is a punishable
offence. Therefore, a decision maker will normally refuse an application where a person has:
a. unreasonably failed to pay, or
b. provided a false statement or statements – including failing to declare their full
circumstances – to avoid paying the correct rate.