had a letter off the registry office 2 say that we owe £20, as the fees are increasing in the next tax, but the thing is we paid balance in full on the 24/09/2010 wen we gave notice, so can they increase the price after ive paid the balance, cant find any wording that says if they can or can not in all the paperwork, hope some1 can help me out xxx

Well i didnt think they could charge you more if you have paid the full amount if you had only paid the depost then yeah. Linzi you can give notice a year in advance

Hmmmm wonder if they'll try and do this to me... Would be interesting to see if any other brides getting married next year start getting similar letters....

we gave notice in october and as yet havent had a letter saying anything about tax increases or anything, will let you know if we do, but its definately wrong when the balance is paid in full but they are asking for more. firstly the highest cost is for giving notice, which was done this year and should not be liable for the tax increase, the wedding costs ( around £40 at the register office) next year i suppose could be liable for the tax increase, but that doesnt amount to much. maybe it varies by which district you're in and their polocies :/

In all of our literature from the registry office and on the website it states that the prices increase in April every year and if you get married after that you would pay the increased price (regardless of when you pay). We were also reminded of this when we gave notice and again when the invoice came in. It gives current price but mentions an increase.
It is not increasing due to VAT but due to council budgets

When we gave notice we paid the going rate and that was it. However when we paid for the registra fee for coming to the venue even though we paid in 2010 we had to pay the 2011 price which was an extra £20! I thought it was a little cheeky but what could we do?!

I sriously doubt they can charge you extra when you have already paid in full, if they wanted you to pay the 2011 prices they should have charged that at the time x

Do you have a letter that says you have paid in full, and that there is no outstanding fees? Because they have no right to start charging you extra. The moment you pay a deposit, the vat you pays should stay at that rate. My h2b wants us to book everything now so we don't have to pay the higher vat, but we're not that organised. Deffiniatly argue it.

MzEden is right - we tried to pay the registrar in advance but they said I couldn't and the price will go up in April. In everything I have from them it does say that prices will go up in April too. I don't think you are gonna get out of this one and for £20 is it really worth the stress of trying to fight it? It is definately nothing to do with the VAT increase which goes up on the 4th Jan.

our venue sent us a letter weeks ago saying that we could pay the balance in full as to not incur the vat rise ..or we could just leave it .......when i put it to Mr lala he said "well we will gain more than the extra in interest if we leave our money in the savings account" so leaving it we are ....the extra only comes to about £100

That seems really silly! Any way to get more money from us eh?!

i have copied the following from the website, which yes it doesnt say the fixed price for a ceremony in may 2011, but i have paid in full, if i hadnt i wouldnt argue it? still none the wiser

These are the registration fees and charges from 6th April 2010 to 31st March 2011.

Ceremonies at Craig Penallta, Penallta House
Monday to Thursday £40.00
Friday £80.00
Saturday £100.00- our agreed price +£33.50 each 2 give notice and £3.50- for the marriage certificate
Ceremonies at other approved venues from 6th April 2010 - 31st March 2011
Monday to Thursday £170.00
Friday £190.00
Saturday £220.00
Sundays and Bank Holidays £280.00
Ceremonies at other approved venues from 1st April 2011 - 31st March 2012
Monday to Thursday £175.00
Friday £195.00
Saturday £225.00
Attendance of a Registrar Sundays and Bank Holidays £290.00