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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.
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.
In England, local authorities have three main sources of funding: UK Government grants, council tax and business rates. [61] In the financial year 2019/20, local authorities received 22% of their funding from grants, 52% from council tax and 27% from retained business rates. [ 61 ]
The Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Act 2006 (c 7) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.One of its purposes was to postpone the compilation, in relation to billing authorities in England, of new valuation lists for the purposes of council tax until after the Lyons Inquiry had produced its final report, in order to allow that report to be taken into consideration when ...
In 2006–2007 council tax in England amounted to £22.4 billion [54] and an additional £10.8 billion in sales, fees and charges. [55] [needs update]. In Scotland from April 2024, all but three of the Scottish local councils introduced a 100% "additional levy" on second homes.
The Valuation Tribunal for England (VTE) is a tribunal of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government that considers appeals of local council decisions on council tax, business rates and other related matters in England. [1] It was established by the Local Government Finance Act 1992.
An Act to provide for certain local authorities to levy and collect a new tax, to be called council tax; to abolish community charges; to make further provision with respect to local government finance (including provision with respect to certain grants by local authorities); and for connected purposes. Citation: 1992 c. 14: Introduced by ...
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.