Manchester City Council

If you rent out a property, the responsibility for paying Council Tax will depend upon what sort of letting arrangement you have entered into. If the whole of the house has been rented out to one person or family, then it will be the responsibility of the tenant to pay the Council Tax and a bill will be issued to them.

If you rent the property out to more than one person, but they are joint tenants, then again, it will be their responsibility to pay the Council Tax and the bill will be sent to them.

However, if you rent out the property to several people and they each have an individual tenancy agreement with you, the property will be deemed to be a house in multiple occupation and you, as the landlord, will be responsible for paying the Council Tax and you will receive the bill.

I am a landlord, and there has been a change of tenancy at one of my properties.

You can print off an end tenancy form or a new tenancy form and post to us to notify us of any changes in tenancy. Send your completed form to:

Council Tax Service
PO Box 147
Manchester M15 5TU

You can also email the information to us ctax.landlord@manchester.gov.uk

Why is it important to give us this information?

Telling us quickly about tenancy changes allows us to:

• reduce the amount of correspondence we send to you
• issue accurate council tax bills more quickly

This should mean less administration for you.

Download our 'Help us improve our service' checklist - advice about the information you should include when you report changes. It also includes useful details about getting in touch with us.

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