Register for Council Tax or tell us you are moving
If you're moving home, you will need to tell the council the address you're leaving, and register for Council Tax at your new address.
Moving into Barnet
Complete this form if:
- you are moving into Barnet from another borough
We will respond within 10 working days.
What you will need to complete the form:
- your name
- your new address
- the date you are moving to the new address
- your bank details
- landlord or letting agent details if you are a tenant
- names of any other people liable to pay Council Tax who live at the address
You can save and resume the form later if you need to.
Moving to a different address in Barnet
Complete this form if:
- you are moving to another address within Barnet
We will respond within 10 working days.
A closing bill will be issued when you've completed the form. This can be sent to your new address.
Closing bills will be issued within one working day of the account being closed. Money owed goes through our normal debt recovery process.
What you will need to complete this form:
- your name (as shown on your existing Council Tax bill)
- your address (as shown on your existing Council Tax bill)
- the date you are moving to the new address
- your council tax account reference
- landlord or letting agent details if you are a tenant
The form will take about 15 minutes to complete.
You can save and resume the form later if you need to.
Moving out of Barnet
Complete this form if:
- you are moving out of the London Borough of Barnet
- you are a landlord or letting agent and your tenant is moving out
We will respond within 10 working days.
A closing bill will be issued when you've completed the form. This can be sent to your new address.
Closing bills will be issued within one working day of the account being closed. Money owed goes through our normal debt recovery process.
What you will need to complete this form:
- the name and address on the Council Tax bill (this needs to match the information found on your Council Tax bill)
- the date you are moving out of Barnet (if you are a landlord: the date the tenant is moving out)
- landlord's name, if you are a tenant
If your property is newly built, we will not be able to charge you Council Tax until the property is finished or the date we decide the property will be complete.
Find more information on how to register new build and converted properties for Council Tax
If you have made an error when completing an online form to tell us you are moving into, within or out of Barnet contact us.
Please use our Contact Us form if you need to tell us that:
- you live in a shared house and need to tell us about people moving out or moving in
- you want to add a partner to an existing Council Tax account
- you're moving out of your parents' home
- you're moving in with your parents
- someone is moving into a care home and you need to change the names on the Council Tax bill
When contacting us, please tell us:
- the date the move happens
- details of the address you are moving out of
- details of the address you are moving to
- details of residents liable to pay Council Tax that remain at the address you are moving out of
- details of adult residents at the address you are moving into