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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.
Council Tax in Scotland is a tax on domestic property which was introduced across Scotland in 1993, along with England and Wales, following passage of the Local Government Finance Act 1992. It replaced the Community Charge (popularly known as the Poll Tax).
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 ...
Council Domestic rate poundage Antrim and Newtownabbey Council: 0.008152 Ards and North Down Borough Council: 0.007836 Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Borough Council: 0.008886 Belfast City Council: 0.007901 Causeway Coast and Glens: 0.008195 Derry City and Strabane District Council: 0.009419 Fermanagh and Omagh Council: 0.008142 Lisburn ...
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 2004, the Scottish Socialist Party launched a "Scrap the Council Tax" campaign, boosted by a poll suggesting 77% of Scots supported the abolition of the tax. [1] A bill proposing a progressive system of taxation based on a household's income was presented in 2005, but was defeated with 12 MSPs in favour, 94 against, and 6 abstaining. [2]
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.
Outside Northern Ireland Council Tax is collected instead of domestic rates. Business rates are collected throughout the United Kingdom, with different systems in England , in Wales , in Northern Ireland and in Scotland .