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Barnet London Borough Council, also known as Barnet Council, is the local authority for the London Borough of Barnet in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in London. The council has been under Labour majority control since 2022. The council meets at Hendon Town Hall and has its main offices at 2 Bristol Avenue in ...
Council Tax is a local taxation system used in England, Scotland and Wales. It is a tax on domestic property, which was introduced in 1993 by the Local Government Finance Act 1992, replacing the short-lived Community Charge (also known as "poll tax"), which in turn replaced the domestic rates.
The London Borough of Barnet (/ ˈ b ɑːr n ɪ t / ⓘ) is a local authority area on the northern outskirts of London.The borough was formed in 1965 from parts of the ceremonial counties of Middlesex and Hertfordshire. [1]
Rates in England and Wales in 1990 were briefly replaced with the Community Charge (so called "poll tax"), a fixed tax per head that was the same for everyone within a council area, a figure that could differ greatly per local authority.
Barnet Council could refer to: The current Barnet London Borough Council, created in 1965; Barnet Rural District Council, renamed Elstree in 1941;
A leaflet explaining the Community Charge (the so-called "poll tax"), Department of the Environment, April 1989. The Community Charge, commonly known as the poll tax, was a system of local taxation introduced by Margaret Thatcher's government whereby each taxpayer was taxed the same fixed sum (a "poll tax" or "head tax"), with the precise amount being set by each local authority.
Council Tax (Additional Provisions for Discount Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 S.I. 1994/540 ... Barnet Community Healthcare National Health Service Trust ...
Added some of that in. Probably needs fleshing out more, particularly the pro-council-tax argument (I'm sure the government have made some statements in defense of it!) 136.2.1.101 11:48, 24 March 2006 (UTC) -- There should be some discussion on council tax benefit which is a complicated system.