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Usually local authorities with social care duties can only raise council tax every year by up to 4.99% without a referendum, while others can increase it by up to 2.99%.
Council tax bills have gone up for millions of households in England and Wales. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ...
Utica taxpayers will see a nearly 14% tax increase under the 2024-2025 budget. In signing the budget, Mayor Mike Galime vetoed 19 of the 33 budget amendments passed by the Utica Common Council in ...
Financial problems were expected to persist for several years; the council had estimated a gross budget deficit of £50.903 million for the 2024-25 financial year by July 2023 which, even with initial cost-cutting measures being put in place and council tax being increased by the maximum 4.99%, would leave a funding gap of £16.213 million.
Council Tax Benefit was a means-tested rebate that potentially rebated 100% of a claimant's Council Tax bill. The rebate would be reduced by a fifth of any qualifying income above a certain level; benefits did not qualify for this calculation, but most other income did. In effect, Council Tax Benefit was a rebate for people with low incomes.
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 is set to rise by nearly 10% in Bradford after the government approved a request from the local authority. The Labour-run council had submitted a bid to increase bills by 14.99% in ...
Council tax for the average band D property is rising to nearly £2,000.