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New to the forum so thanks for any help. My mum died last year and left no will. Myself and my brother applied to be the administrators and we got probate on the 15th May last year. She owned a flat which myself and my brother inherited. Due to the buyers being very slow, we did not sell the flat for 9 months. All of the guidance I can see says that local authorities give an additional 6 months after probate as free of council tax. But the authority here have said
"We understand that the property was transferred into the names of yourself and Graham Beardmore on 11.05.23 so the exemption ended on this date and you became liable for a full Council Tax charge." The 11th was the date probate was granted so myself and my brother had official permision to administer her estate. My understanding is that we should be given the additional 6 months as we did not inherit the flat on the 11th (the deeds, land registry etc remained in her name) we become the administers of her estate. Grateful for any comments as I'm putting together the formal complaint letter.
"We understand that the property was transferred into the names of yourself and Graham Beardmore on 11.05.23 so the exemption ended on this date and you became liable for a full Council Tax charge." The 11th was the date probate was granted so myself and my brother had official permision to administer her estate. My understanding is that we should be given the additional 6 months as we did not inherit the flat on the 11th (the deeds, land registry etc remained in her name) we become the administers of her estate. Grateful for any comments as I'm putting together the formal complaint letter.
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