The Film Noir Experience

I don't know quite how taxes work here in the UK, but I do know that they have a council tax.  Apparently where we live the council tax is about 800 pounds sterling a year.  Now, I think thats a lot of money to fork out for property tax on property I don't own.  But, people keep telling me that its not property tax. 

As a student, I don't have to pay, which is lovely.  However, I won't be a student forever and not having a job it gives me one more thing to worry about money-wise. Anyway, the guy from the Cardiff council came along today to let us know that we would probably be owing money shortly.  Apparently the flat  has been empty since April, so he wanted to know when we moved in.  So, I got to go through the whole thing.  We've had the flat since June 9th, but I didn't move my stuff in until the 26th and then we went on holiday, so technically, we've only really been living in the flat for a week.  (And, what a week its been!)  Apparently, because I'm a student, John is going to get a discount and because we moved in after the start of the year, we'll also be getting a pro-rated council tax bill. 

To be honest, I only answered the buzz because I was hoping the cable was three days early.  Clearly, I was wrong.