Maybe only council tax payers will understand but basically::::

I'm a student, and I work part time. My boyfriend works full time. I'm exempt from paying council tax but because we live together he gets a 25% discount and we BOTH pay the tax which is going to be 119 pounds every month next year and was 160 POUNDS every month! last year, and I pay half of it even though I'm really struggling just to pay my half of the rent and bills shopping etc.
ANYWAY now it turns out that he miscalculated some amount we had to pay and has been hiding the fact that they now want him(us) to pay 252 pounds on top of the ordinary amount next month... I can't afford this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! His daughter is coming over at the end of this month and he's promised her we'll bring her out and go to al these places with her which is all going to cost money too on top of this tax issue...
I'm pulling my hair out about it and I ended up calling him up at work and shouting at him that I'm not paying the council tax and he can pay it on his own...and he's pissed off.
It;s all in his name... Is it fair that I pay half of it? Am I being a bitch?! If they turn this thing into an income tax in Scotland he'll have to pay it on his own anyway...... He expects me to pay this then hides the bills from me basically and seems to resent me spending my money on myself at all if I get clothes or anything which is RARE because I'm so broke...???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't know what to do.

I feel so middle aged arguing about money.

Arguing about money sucks. I'm sorry that you are doing it.

It seems kinda fucked to me that he is getting a discount on the tax because you live there and asking you to pay it. On the other hand, sometimes it is best for couples to just split every single bill in half...to avoid resentment (I pay for everything, etc.).

You should probably talk to him calmly and let him know that you are much more strapped than he is and that minimally, you need to have advance warning if the bill is going to skyrocket...because you can't pull money out of your wazoo all the time.

OR, you could hit him with a rolling pin. Because if all else fails, that'll probably learn him.

this is a good idea.

£250 is a considerable chunk of cash. If you're able to help him pay it when the time comes, you could always do so out of kindness or whatever, but if the law exempts you from paying council tax because it's assumed that you don't have much money, it's kind of bizarre that he's expecting you to help pay his share, when he's working full time. DOes he think it's unfair that you're not obliged to pay council tax? Does he lay a guilt trip on you for it?

As for his daughter, well... you're not her mother. And you're broke. It's only fair that he pays for the excursions, especially if he was the one who promised them to her.

I am a student too and pay half our council tax because I think it's fair. And if I were in your situation I'd probably pay half of what's been miscalculated, but my bf&I have a very "what's mine is yours" relationship and it works both ways. Now the real question is: how did your bf end up with council tax debts? Cause the bills are usually pretty clear and tell you exactly what you have to pay month by month.