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Dundee City Council is the local authority for Dundee City, one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. In its modern form it was created in 1996. In its modern form it was created in 1996. Dundee was formerly governed by a corporation from when it was made a burgh in the late twelfth century until 1975.
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 tax is usually accompanied by a number of service taxes, e.g., water tax, drainage tax, conservancy (sanitation) tax, lighting tax, all using the same tax base. The rate structure is flat on rural (panchayat) properties, but in the urban (municipal) areas it is mildly progressive with about 80% of assessments falling in the first two slabs.
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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 February 2025. City and council area in Scotland This article is about the city in Scotland. For other uses, see Dundee (disambiguation). Place in Scotland Dundee Dùn Dè (Scottish Gaelic) City, lieutenancy and council area Skyline of Dundee from Fife V&A Dundee RRS Discovery Tay Bridge McManus ...
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The new city council area was named The City of Dundee in the legislation of 1994, but this was changed to Dundee City by a council resolution on 29 June 1995, under section 23 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65). [2] In terms of area, it is the smallest of Scotland's council areas.
The council area is divided into eight wards, used to elect members to the council to provide local government services to the council area. The boundaries for all Scottish council areas and their sub divisional wards are regulated and regularly reviewed by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. The current ones were created in ...