Landlord Fraud?

[Ma79rie]

Since renting the property I live in I have paid rent council tax and water to my landlord.
Recently I received a letter from the agent which acknowledges this but asks that from next month I pay council tax direct to tge council. I have discovered the property I live in is not registered for council tax and was "delisted" 2 years before my tenancy began. I did find the property listed under business rates and that the landlord had received 100% small business relief since 2010. I suspect that should I report him I will be given my notice. I have also not been notified (if it is a requirement) of where my tenancy deposit is lodged.
Altogether a mess.
Could anyone suggest what I do now?
Marie

[Peter Pedant]

1) pay council tax to the council in future
2) retain papers about having already paid the CT
I imagine you have the contract demand and receipts from the agent
wait
and when the mega demand comes in - allege that the bill has already been paid under your lease and to the agent ....
3) ask the agent where your deposit is

it is a mess and not one you can sort out
pay the amounts you are asked keep records and wait

[Buenchico]

As PP has said, simply asking where your deposit is held might be all that's required in respect of that problem. (The landlord should have told you but genuine oversights do occur):
https://www.gov.uk/tenancy-deposit-protection/information-landlords-must-give-tenants

Unless you live in a 'house in multiple occupation' (where you share facilities, such as a kitchen or bathroom, with others), it's always your responsibility to pay Council Tax. The landlord is only required to pay Council Tax for HMOs.
http://www.landlords.org.uk/news-campaigns/news/council-tax

So you need to start by working out who should have been paying (and who remains responsible for paying) Council Tax to the local authority.

[Peter Pedant]

I fear it will turn out that the lease contract says pay the landlord
and he will be found to have pocketed it .....
wait and see

[Peter Pedant]

pity we never get feedback
some of these questions are quite interesting

[Ma79rie]

Thank you both for your replys.
I have had a meeting with the agent who was 'aghast' at the situation. I have the letter from the agent asking that I tell the local authority that I moved into the property on 1st March 2016. The agent is the same which drew up my tenancy agreement 10 years ago.
I also met my landlord who said if I am not comfortable with saying this to the local authority then he would do it or get the agent to email it.
I have now received a form from local authority asking when I moved in.
Perhaps my completing this will result in my tenancy being terminated? Also my deposit paid in 2016 has not been placed in any scheme.

[Ma79rie]

My apology for misleading typos! My tenancy began in 2006 . . Not 2016 as I typed.